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Since 2004, September has been designated as National Preparedness Month (NPM) to encourage households, businesses and communities to prepare and plan for emergencies. The event, now in its ninth year, is a nationwide effort hosted by FEMA’s Ready Campaign and the national Citizen Corps program. The theme for this year’s NPM is “Pledge to Prepare.”…
The June Harless Center for Rural Educational Research and Development in the College of Education at Marshall University was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from Alcon Laboratories, Inc., to expand funding for the Arts and Bots project. Arts and Bots integrates technology, literature and history through the use of familiar art supplies, circuit boards, lights,…
Classes, lectures, and events are available to mature adults this semester through the Lifelong Learning program at Shepherd. In its second year, the program offers short, noncredit courses, as well as one-day lectures and tours, for retirees. “The Lifelong Learning program is dedicated to meeting the interests of the mature members of our community who…
The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced today that Jennifer S. Greenlief, associate in its Charleston, W.Va. office, was recently elected as president of the board of directors for the West Virginia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. Greenlief has been a member of the board since August 2011. Her…
By Katy Brown There’s an old song called “The Farmer in the Dell.” Ten children (or more) join hands and dance around the farmer, who stands in the center of the circle as they sing. At the end of the first verse, the farmer chooses his wife, who joins him inside the circle. At the…
Representatives from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM), a nationally recognized osteopathic medical school in Lewisburg, W.Va., will visit three hospitals in the Charleston area. WVSOM admissions counselors will meet with those interested in medical school from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, outside of the cafeteria at Women and…