Chemistry Department Faculty Raises More Than $50,000 and Donates it to the Marshall Foundation to be Used for Students

Over the past five years, faculty members from the Marshall University Department of Chemistry have donated more than $50,000 to the Marshall University Foundation Inc., earning the department membership in the university’s John Marshall Society. The John Marshall Society provides recognition to individuals, corporations and foundations that make significant gifts to the growth and development…

Veterans Education Fair to be Held at the Advanced Technology Center

Veterans and their families are invited to attend an education fair sponsored by the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education, in collaboration with Veterans Upward Bound, Thursday, December 4, 2014, from 1-4 p.m. at the Advanced Technology Center in South Charleston. Representatives of participating two-year and four-year institutions throughout West Virginia will…

WVSBDC Offers Small Business Workshop in Cabell County

A workshop on “Business Fundamentals” is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 12, in Cabell County. The workshop is part of the West Virginia Small Business Development Center (WVSBDC) training and business coaching program Three Step Jump Start to help small business owners receive the right information at the right time. The…

BridgeValley Goes to Broadway

BridgeValley Community and Technical College is coordinating a community enrichment program to take a group of Charleston area locals to New York City by bus in late March 2015, for a three day/four night excursion into the city. The group will be leaving early Thursday, March 19th and returning Sunday evening, March 22nd. The cost…

Awakening the Giant: WV Foundations and Nonprofits Policy Institute

With the historic transition of legislative leadership in West Virginia, it is critical, now more than ever, that nonprofits and foundations be prepared to participate in the state and federal legislative process in 2015. Philanthropy WV, the state association of foundations and corporate giving, and WV Nonprofit Association are hosting its inaugural Policy Institute on…

Robotics Teams From Across WV Students Will Be Competing at the State Tournament

FIRST LEGO League (FLL) is an international robotics program in which teams of young people, ages 9 to 14, assemble and compete with robots that are designed to accomplish tasks associated with a real-world “Challenge.” In the 2014 World Class Challenge, children from over 80 countries will identify a problem, create an innovative solution, and…