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EmbroidMe has opened a new store in Wheeling, WV. The store and showroom are located at 951 National Road. EmbroidMe is the world’s largest diversified promotional products franchise. They provide custom embroidery, screen printing, and promotional products around the globe. “We are excited to open EmbroidMe in the Ohio Valley. We offer an assortment of…
The Raleigh County Judicial Center in Beckley, WV has received an Merit Award for Achievement in Architecture from the West Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The project was completed by Silling Associates, Inc. of Charleston. The new Raleigh County Judicial Center is located on a tight urban infill site at the main…
Zipping through trees on steel cables at 25-30 miles per hour sounds like an activity geared more to thrill-seekers than academicians. But in creating a zipline canopy tour, West Virginia University (WVU) has built a facility that’s both thought-provoking and adrenaline-inducing. The tour, a network of four ziplines connected to trees at WVU’s Adventure WV course in the WVU Research Forest,…
Ronald “Trey” Lockhart, a student at Concord University, has been selected to participate in the inaugural “GEAR UP Alumni Leadership Academy,” (Academy) a 12-month national leadership program providing students across the country with intensive training in civic engagement and community development. A native of McDowell County, Lockhart was selected from a nationwide pool of applicants…
The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) has announced that Charles Woody, a member in its Charleston, WV, office, will be serving as adjunct professor at Charleston School of Law in Charleston, SC. He will teach employment law during the 2013 “maymester,” a month-long semester in May during which intense, unique courses are…
Donna Breault, a professor in West Virginia University’s College of Education and Human Services (WVU), won an award from the American Educational Research Association for her latest book, “The Red Light in the Ivory Tower.” Breault, along with co-author and former WVU professor David M. Callejo Parez, received the Society of Professors of Education Award at the organization’s…