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University Healthcare Physicians (UHP) would like to welcome longtime community pediatrician, William Wear, MD, and the staff of University Pediatric Associates to its group of 19 medical practices in the Eastern Panhandle. University Pediatric Associates, formerly known as Eastern Panhandle Pediatrics, joined UHP in July when Dr. Edward Arnett retired. Dr. Wear is a board…
West Liberty University is proud to welcome the traveling exhibit “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” which opens to the public on Aug. 14, in Elbin Library. “We are very excited to host this important exhibit and we know our students will benefit. We also hope the public will visit campus and tour the…
Marshall University student Lyndsey Brown, a senior majoring in forensic chemistry, completed her second summer in a fellowship at the Masonic Medical Research Laboratory (MMRL), an internationally recognized cardiac research institute in Utica, N.Y., this year. “Participating in the summer fellowship program at the MMRL has been an incredible experience that I will never forget,” Brown…
The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the WVU Libraries are teaming up again for the Mountaineer Touchdown Challenge, a fundraising campaign to benefit the Libraries. The initiative, in its third year, enables participants to pledge a dollar figure per touchdown the Mountaineers score during the 2013 season and subsequent bowl game. The…
According to information released by the West Virginia Division of Commerce in February, West Virginia coal exports grew by 40 percent last year, increasing from $5.3 billion in 2011 to $7.4 billion in 2012. West Virginia coal accounted for 49 percent of U.S. coal exports in 2012. The West Virginia Coal Forum—an organization representing both…
George Bennett, a West Virginia University graduate who founded four successful businesses, was elected to the WVU Foundation Board of Directors at its annual meeting Aug. 10. He will serve a three-year term. Bennett earned his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from WVU in 1967 and masters and doctoral degrees in industrial administration from Carnegie…