Angie Hicks, Founder of Angie’s List®, Will Headline in Washington, D.C. During National Small Business Week

National Small Business Week 2013 will feature business industry leader Angie Hicks, the founder of Angie’s List®, who will take part in an arm chair forum with U.S. Small Business Administrator Karen Mills. This year’s National Small Business Week events will be June 17-21, and will take place across the country featuring events designed to…

The Hardwood Alliance Zone “Grows Viral”

The West Virginia Hardwood Alliance Zone this week unveiled a promotional video that highlights the benefits and history of Mountain State hardwoods and the significant role they play in domestic and foreign export markets. The production emphasizes the “sustainable, magnificent, abundant” properties of West Virginia’s natural hardwood resources through captivating imagery and industry interviews. Lush,…

Bloomberg Businessweek Ranks WVU No. 5 in Top Undergraduate Business Schools for Ethics

Upon his arrival at the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics in July 2010, Jose “Zito” Sartarelli made no bones about the fact that he placed great importance on ethics. That coincided perfectly with the commitment by WVU’s business school, but the College has raised those standards even more since the dean’s arrival. Those standards, through ethics education…

Dollar General Literacy Foundation Awards $17,000 to Charleston Schools, Nonprofits and Literacy Organizations

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded $17,000 to Charleston schools, nonprofits and literacy organizations to support adult, family and summer literacy programs.  Award recipients include: the Young Women’s Christian Association of Charleston and the Library Foundation of Kanawha County, Inc. “At Dollar General, we are passionate about our mission of serving others throughout the communities we…