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Quinn Raffo of Richwood, West Virginia, has been awarded a $10,000 per year scholarship for a total of $40,000 over four years to Davis & Elkins College after participating in Senator Leadership & Scholarship Day in December. Raffo, a student at Richwood High School, was selected from a group of the 55 highest achieving high…
Ronda Engstrom has been appointed instructor of criminology, and Sebastian Williams has been appointed to the English faculty at Davis & Elkins College. Joining the faculty at the start of the spring semester, Engstrom teaches courses in Juvenile Delinquency and Justice and Theoretical Criminology, and as instructor of English, Williams is teaching courses in College…
McKinley Carter Wealth Services has been recognized as a 2021 Best Places to Work for Financial Advisers as announced by InvestmentNews today. From the tens of thousands of advisory firms around the country, McKinley Carter was chosen as one of this year’s top-75 based on employer and employee surveys delving into everything from company culture, benefits, career…
New River Community and Technical College is developing a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified Aircraft Maintenance Technician School (AMTS) with an Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) rating. In a press conference on Tuesday, New River CTC President Dr. Bonny Copenhaver announced that the college is applying for a FAA start-up grant to assist the college in…
Disproportionately within the welfare system of children of color is well known, most specifically affecting Black children. This has become a supporting factor in the work CASA of the Eastern Panhandle (CASA-EP) is doing to diversify and educate its volunteer pool. The push for CASA volunteers to be more reflective of the children served is…
West Virginia has a large and growing population of older people who will likely need some type of long-term care and services to live safely in their later years. Among the states, West Virginia has the third highest percentage—20%—of its total population who are 65 or older. According to the West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic Research, the total population of West Virginians over 65 will grow 41% between 2010-2030.