WV Social Media Celebrates Three Tears in Business

August 2010, Kristin Meeks embarked on a new journey that of which took her out of the familiarity of higher education and into the new territory of social media marketing. With a business that started out part-time for a local restoration company New Way Carpet Cleaning and Crawl Space Solutions quickly turned into servicing 100’s…

The Graduate Health Informatics Program at Marshall is One of Three Accredited in U.S.

Marshall University’s Master of Science in Health Informatics (MSHI) degree program was awarded national accreditation April 19  from the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management. It is one of three nationally accredited programs in the United States, joining the University of Illinois at Chicago and Oregon Health and Science University in Portland,…

Gala Event to Celebrate State’s Coal Mining Community; Singer-songwriter John Ellison Among Those to be Honored

Miners, community members and others connected with the state’s coal mining industry will gather at Tamarack in Beckley on Thursday, Oct. 3, for the 2013 Miners’ Celebration a gala reception and dinner to celebrate the past, present and future of West Virginia’s coal mining enterprise. According to organizers, the purpose of the annual event is…

The Darby Collection Added to the Stirrup Gallery at the Myles Center for the Arts

For more than seven decades, The Darby Collection has been one of Davis & Elkins College’s best kept secrets. Now, the collection of nearly 10,000 North American treasures is on display for public view in its new permanent home, The Stirrup Gallery of the Myles Center for the Arts. The Stirrup Gallery is open from…

McClain Receives Salzburg Fellowship

Russ McClain, Director of The Center for Sustainability Studies and Coordinator of the Sustainability Studies and Environmental Science academic curricula of Davis & Elkins College, was awarded a Salzburg Global Seminar Fellowship from the Appalachian College Association (ACA) to attend an international conference in Austria this summer regarding global change. The theme for this season’s…

A Reflection of Creativity on the D&E Campus

The renovated Myles Center for the Arts – part learning space, part performance space – is creating a renaissance for the arts on the Davis & Elkins College campus. Thanks to the vision, leadership and generous financial support of Trustee June Myles, the arts have a new home – with beautiful, engaging spaces that reward…