SBA Hosts a Small Business-Lender Match Maker Forum in Dunbar on September 10

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s West Virginia District Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development and SCORE will host a free Small Business-Lender Match Maker Forum event Thursday, September 10, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. at West Virginia State University in the James C. Wilson University Union. Participants will…

Concord University’s Stuff the Bus Donates School Supplies to Raleigh County Children

School children in Raleigh County, WV, are benefitting from the community’s generous support of Concord University’s Stuff the Bus campaign. Coordinated by Concord’s Beckley campus, Stuff the Bus provides classroom basics like pencils, notebooks, pens, crayons, colored pencils and backpacks for students in need. Representatives of Concord University presented the school supplies to officials with…

Marshall Receives Large Federal Grant to Provide Substance Abuse Prevention Training for Health Care Students

Marshall University has been awarded a nearly $1 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide substance abuse prevention and early intervention training to students in a number of health care-related programs. Amy Saunders, director of Student Health Education Programs at…