SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program Helps Small Businesses Win Over $6.1 Billion in Contracts in FY 2013

With the help of the Small Business Administration’s Surety Bond Guarantee Program small construction firms were awarded in fiscal year 2013 more than $1.2 billion in contracts. This number represents a 61 percent increase over fiscal year 2012. SBA also guaranteed bonds for public and private contract bids valued at $4.9 billion, resulting in a…

More than 500 High School Students Attending HOSA State Leadership Conference at Marshall University

More than 500 high school and post-secondary students from across West Virginia are attending the Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) State Leadership conference Friday, March 7, and Saturday, March 8, at Marshall University’s Memorial Student Center on the Huntington campus. The event is sponsored by the Marshall University College of Health Professions. Pam Meadows,…

Highly Respected Civil Rights Attorney to Speak in MU’s Amicus Curiae Lecture Series

The Amicus Curiae Lecture Series, sponsored by the Simon Perry Center for Constitutional Democracy at Marshall University, continues Tuesday, March 11, when it welcomes David Rudovsky, senior fellow and professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and highly respected civil rights attorney. Rudovsky’s lecture, “Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration and Racial Injustice in…