WVU Festival of Ideas: Founder of Nuru International speaks Oct. 17
Jake Harriman, founder and CEO of Nuru International, will visit West Virginia University as part of this year’s David C. Hardesty Jr. Festival of Ideas on Oct. 17. His talk, “The End: Nuru’s Vision for a World Without Poverty,” begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. It is free and open to the public. […]
Coal Miner’s Daughter Picture Book Wins Gold in Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards
The story of a little girl coming to terms with her daddy’s dangerous job has won Gold in the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. Shovelful of Sunshine, by Stacie Vaughn Hutton, illustrated by Cheryl Harness, and published by Headline Kids, an imprint of Headline Books in Terra Alta, W.Va., won Gold in Moonbeam’s category for books […]
WVU Press Publishes Listening to the Land: Stories from the Cacapon and Lost River Valley
West Virginia University Press has published Listening to the Land: Stories from the Cacapon and Lost River Valley and invites the public to join The Cacapon and Lost Rivers Land Trust and Listening to the Land contributors at upcoming book launch celebrations. The Cacapon and Lost River Valley is located in the Appalachian Mountains of […]
Concord University’s 3RD District Accelerator Program, Hatfield-McCoy Trail Systems Presenting Investment Workshop
The 3rd District Accelerator program is teaming up with Hatfield-McCoy Trail systems to provide an investment workshop on the business climate of the Hatfield-McCoy Region. The workshop will include a broad overview of the Hatfield-McCoy Trail user behaviors and habits to help entrepreneurs and investors identify business opportunities in the HFMC counties. The workshop will […]
WVU Students Launch Campaign to Promote Manufacturing Careers Statewide
A group of West Virginia University students is applying the skills they’re learning in the classroom to bring awareness to manufacturing programs and job opportunities in West Virginia. Ten senior public relations students in the P.I. Reed School of Journalism are working with the West Virginia Manufacturers Association, along with public schools and community and […]
West Virginia Film “Miracle Boy” to be Shown at Concord Career Symposium
West Virginia filmmaker Jason Brown will be showing his movie “Miracle Boy” at the Concord University Career Symposium Friday, Oct. 4 at 11 a.m. The showing will be held in the Main Auditorium of the Alexander Fine Arts Center on Concord’s main campus located at 1000 Vermillion St. in Athens, WV. Brown is a native […]