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In a continuing effort to provide ready access to the latest manufacturing technology, RCBI has installed a new advanced machining capability at the RCBI Charleston Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center. An Okuma MU-500-VA-L Machining Center is now available for both leased use and technical training. It delivers process-intensive machining and high-speed, high-accuracy cutting through the combination…
As West Virginia State University continues to expand its research portfolio, Vice President Orlando F. McMeans has named Dr. Robert J. Barney interim assistant vice president for Research and Public Service. Barney will also continue to serve as associate dean and associate director of the University’s Agricultural and Environmental Research Station, a position he has…
By Tommy Mullins Boone Memorial Hospital (BMH) opened its doors in 1964 with the philosophy of “People Serving People.” Its mission continues strong nearly 50 years later as each patient continues to be treated on an individual, personal basis and community initiatives thrive. Boone Memorial Hospital has excelled in community outreach. For several years BMH…
MedMatrix Solutions, a medical practice management firm headquartered in Beckley, announced the appointment of Pat Schuman as Credentialing Specialist. “Pat’s extensive experience will be a tremendous asset to MedMatrix Solutions clients,” said Patty Bowling, director. Prior to joining MedMatrix Solutions, Schuman was responsible for independently performing the credentialing and re-credentialing of approximately 180 medical staff…
Move over bronze plaques and other cliché awards …. Some businesses are choosing a unique memento to show their appreciation for founders, partners, retiring CEOs and other significant company players — portrait paintings. WWA Portrait Painters (the acronym stands for ‘Wild Wonderful Appalachian’) is the first and only portrait agency in WV. Their artists range…
A Marshall University professor has secured a three-year, $65,000 grant to do petroleum research with the assistance of undergraduate students. The funding, which was awarded by the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund through a competitive process, will begin in 2013. According to Dr. Laura McCunn, assistant chemistry professor, she and seven undergraduate students will use…