West Virginia American Water Accepting Applications for 2018 Firefighting Support Grants

West Virginia American Water announced today, on International Firefighters’ Day, that applications are now being accepted for the company’s 2018 Firefighting Support Grants program. The program provides financial assistance to fire and emergency organizations serving communities in the company’s service area. Established in 2013, West Virginia American Water’s Firefighting Support Grant program offers grant funding…

Record number of WVU students awarded NSF research fellowships

A record number of students – five – from West Virginia University have been selected to participate in National Science Foundation-funded summer research fellowships with the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Home to three Nobel Prize winners, NIST is one of the leading research organizations in the world. The students will spend 11 weeks…

Shepherd receives federal grant to launch new veterans agriculture program

Shepherd University has entered into a $600,000, five-year cost-sharing agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to provide opportunities for veterans to become agricultural entrepreneurs throughout West Virginia. The funding will be used to develop conservation systems on the university-owned Tabler farm, which sits northwest of West Campus, and assist…

Bonnie’s Bus visiting eastern panhandle

Bonnie’s Bus, a digital mammography center on wheels, will visit the Eastern Panhandle in May, offering three-dimensional (3D) digital mammograms and breast care education to area women. Berkeley Senior Services and the WVU Cancer Institute are sponsoring the Berkeley County visit.  Bonnie’s Bus will be parked at Berkeley Senior Services, 217 North High Street in…

RCBI broadens scope of 3D printing camps

The Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) is expanding its popular 3D printing camps to include additional methods of making for middle and high school students. “Our enhanced camps this summer offer a fresh approach to making while continuing to focus on STEM activities that develop an array of thinking skills and abilities that are relevant…

Neighborhood Investment Program will host the FY 2019 Applicant/Participation Workshop

Non-profits and community groups that want to apply for the FY 2019 Neighborhood Investment Program (NIP) tax credit voucher program must attend one workshop.  The workshops dates and location are: May 9th, Wednesday, at Holiday Inn & Suites Charleston, 400 2nd Avenue Southwest, South Charleston, WV 25303. May 15th, Tuesday, at Lakeview Golf Resort &…