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U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a grant of $303,369 to support a West Virginia University (WVU) project that would transition workers to develop digital skills in regional areas where traditional industries have left. Funding is provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF).…
Concord University is teaming up with the West Virginia Department of Education to offer high school students free college credit towards their education degree. There will be a signing ceremony on Thursday, August 8 at 11:00 a.m. in the President’s Office (Administration 200). Beginning in the fall, admitted Concord students who completed the Careers in…
Wyoming County led in new business growth percentage for July 2019 with a total of nine new businesses registering to operate in the county, according to West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner. That equates to a 2.03 percent growth for Wyoming County. The Secretary of State’s Business & Licensing Division reported that Lincoln, Jefferson,…
Clark Kent made changing into Superman look easy. It is challenging to transform into Iron Man, Boba Fett or Wonder Woman, but aspiring heroes and villains can find help at the WVU Parkersburg Entrepreneur Center during the 2019 Maker Day event. On Sunday, Sept. 15, from 12 – 6 p.m., the Entrepreneur Center (located in…
Doctors have about three hours to administer the most effective treatment for the most common type of stroke. If they miss that window, recovery becomes questionable, and survival rates plummet. Amelia Adcock, associate director of the West Virginia University Stroke Center, is customizing an app that helps first responders in West Virginia triage stroke patients efficiently when…
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced several U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grants totaling more than $8 million dollars that will benefit West Virginia. As chairman, Senator Capito oversees funding for all aspects of the department, including its many grant programs. “As chairman of the…