Direct Patient Care Training to be Offered by Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College

Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College will offer a Direct Patient Care workshop designed for participants seeking entry into the health care field beginning March 25, 2013. The Direct Patient Care course prepares individuals to work closely with patients under the supervision of a registered nurse.  Students learn to provide vital information on patient conditions to nurses and […]

Brain Expo on Friday to Introduce Children to Neuroscience

More than 550 elementary school children from around the tri-state region will visit Marshall University’s Memorial Student Center on Friday to participate in activities designed to help them learn about the brain and nervous system. The fifth annual Brain Expo at Marshall will feature 23 interactive stations where children will learn how healthy lifestyle choices […]

Couple Makes Gift to WVU Engineering College’s New Research Facility

In September 2012, representatives from West Virginia University and the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources broke ground on the Advanced Engineering Research Building. A recent gift from alumnus J. Wayne Richards and his wife, Kathy, will be used to help make the building a reality. The Richards’, natives of South Charleston, […]

WVU Alumna Talks Fashion, Business Thursday

A West Virginia University alumna will share the secrets of her up-and-coming fashion design business at 5 p.m. Thursday (March 7) in 2001 Agricultural Sciences Building. Farai Simoyi (’05) will reveal “The Business of Fashion from A to Z.” Simoyi earned her bachelor’s degree in fashion design and merchandising from WVU’s Division of Design & […]

WVSU Students Conduct Service Project with Central American School

Underprivileged youth at a small school in Central America received supplies and materials recently from a group of West Virginia State University (WVSU) students as part of an international service project. Notebooks, crayons, glue, erasers, pencils and other items were distributed to students by the Lambda Zeta Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, an international honor […]