Growing up in Lexington, KY, Millie Marshall’s dream was that she would be a professional horse trainer. When her parents asked her about college, she originally didn’t plan to go. Today, sitting as the president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, West Virginia, Inc. (TMMWV) with multiple technical degrees, her dreams have shifted, but she isn’t one to shy away from change.
If you watched the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, you may know that America’s own Noelle Pikus-Pace took home the silver medal for women’s skeleton. What you may not know is that her former teammate, Lea Ann Parsley, with whom Pikus-Pace was in a devastating skeleton accident in 2005, has deep, West Virginia roots.
A one-mile walk around Ritter Park is planned for Friday evening in honor of Dr. Kevin Milam, a 2002 Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine graduate who is living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. The awareness event also is a fundraiser for the 1439 Scholarship, which benefits…
Innovative Solutions Technology has been named a recipient of the 2014 Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Small Business Achievement Award. The award recognizes Innovative Solutions Technology’s outstanding work in support of the DHS mission—in particular, the work performed for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). Innovative was nominated for their performance at FLETC facilities…
A workshop on Business Fundamentals is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon, Thursday, June 19, in Kanawha 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 workshop…
The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine (JCESOM) is hosting a major scholarship fundraiser Saturday, June 7, in an effort to raise funds for medical student scholarships. The event, “Outstanding in Our Field,” is being coordinated by two Marshall “first ladies,” Jane Kopp and Mary Shapiro, along with Linda Holmes, JCESOM’s director of…