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The first cohort of students in West Virginia University at Parkersburg’s Learn and Earn program has completed the second round of on-the-job experience at DuPont Washington Works and will complete the program next month. The partnership proved so successful that the American Association of Community and Technical Colleges asked DuPont and WVU Parkersburg to present…
A former neo-Nazi skinhead who now renounces racism and preaches a message of tolerance delivered the eighth annual West Virginia State University (WVSU) Human Rights Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 7. Tom “TJ” Leyden spent 15 years in the skinhead movement promoting hate and bigotry before changing his ways when his 3-year-old son began using racial…
Marie C. Johns, Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), visited the West Virginia High Technology Consortium (WVHTC) Foundation incubator—a key component of the WVHTC Foundation’s continued efforts to create an atmosphere where small businesses can grow and prosper. The incubator was created in 1995 with seed money from the SBA and housed…
For the twelfth time in 13 years, a team from West Virginia University will be participating in NASA’s Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program, scheduled for July 12-20, at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The team is made up of students from the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. It is one of…
Angela Midkiff, registered nurse (RN), has been named the new clinical manager of behavioral health, and Barbie Price, RN, has accepted the position of clinical manager of interventional radiology. Midkiff has been the interim clinical manager since July 2012. She has been with St. Mary’s since April 2002, working as a behavioral health staff nurse…
Two years after its debut, the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network is now available in 473 markets and extends to 273.5 million potential customers. Already the world’s largest commercial 4G LTE network, the Verizon Wireless network continues to grow with recent expansions in West Virginia, including Mercer County and other locations. This network expansion in…