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Women Investing in Shepherd (WISH), a women’s giving circle sponsored by the Shepherd University Foundation, celebrated its fifth anniversary on April 28 at Shepherd’s Erma Ora Byrd Hall. WISH is made up of more than 250 Shepherd University alumnae and community members within the tri-state region of West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland. During the fifth…
Beckley ARH (BARH) Hospital has applied for a certificate of need from the West Virginia Health Care Authority for critically-needed cardiology services. Approval would allow the hospital to provide therapeutic percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a non-surgical, life-saving medical procedure for heart attack victims. The procedure opens a blocked or narrowed artery to restore blood flow…
The Wood County Economic Development Office and Downtown PKB, Parkersburg’s Main Street Community, recently completed a marketing prospectus booklet, the first in the state of West Virginia, highlighting the two Opportunity Zones in Wood County. In 2018, the City of Parkersburg was awarded two Opportunity Zone designations out of 55 statewide. The City’s Downtown Central…
Diana Martinelli, who has played a critical role in adapting and expanding curriculum at West Virginia University’s Reed College of Media, was named dean of the school today (May 1). Martinelli, who has served as associate dean since 2012, succeeds Maryanne Reed, recently named WVU’s next provost and vice president for academic affairs. Also, Earl Scime was appointed interim dean of the Statler College…
Concord University’s Department of Business in now accredited through ACBSP, the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs, an honor that recognizes the department’s superior curriculum and faculty. ACBSP is a global business education accrediting body and the only organization to offer accreditation to all levels of collegiate business educational degree programs. Dr. Susan Robinett,…
The Wood County Economic Development Office and Downtown PKB, Parkersburg’s Main Street Community, recently completed a marketing prospectus booklet, the first in the state of West Virginia, highlighting the two Opportunity Zones in Wood County. In 2018, the City of Parkersburg was awarded two Opportunity Zone designations out of 55 statewide. The City’s Downtown Central…