WVU receives $1 million award to better prepare West Virginia’s rural, first generation students for careers of the future

While many students enter college without the necessary skills to study and learn effectively, they can cultivate positive study habits after they arrive. A new cross-unit collaboration will help move WV Forward [2] by preparing rural, underrepresented Appalachian West Virginia University [3] students for long-term computational careers in West Virginia’s evolving workforce environment. The Center…

Women Investing in Shepherd awards four grants to community nonprofits, university learning projects

Women Investing in Shepherd (WISH), a women’s giving circle sponsored by the Shepherd University Foundation, awarded four grants totaling $115,000 collectively to two community nonprofits and two Shepherd learning projects. Community nonprofits CASA of the Eastern Panhandle and Good Samaritan Free Clinic and Shepherd’s Tabler Farm and Catherine Weltzheimer house restoration were given the awards…

Charles Ryan Associates Announces New Hires

Charles Ryan Associates (CRA), one of the largest and most experienced communications firms in the Mid-Atlantic region, has added four employees to its roster. A women-owned firm, CRA now employs a total of 42 people among its three offices in Charleston, W.Va., Richmond, Va. and Columbus, Ohio. These professionals join CRA’s client services, creative and…

Summers County Leads in New Business Growth for October 2018

Summers County led in new business growth for October 2018 with a total of 10 new businesses, according to the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office. That equates to a 2.36 percent growth. The Secretary of State’s Business & Licensing Division reported Upshur, Barbour, Wetzel and Calhoun counties also had notable growth in October. The…

Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, West Virginia Attorney General’s Office to Host Senior Citizen Cybersecurity Workshop

Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College is partnering with the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office to offer a free Senior Citizen Cybersecurity workshop. The workshop will be offered on Southern’s Logan campus, Building C Room 340 on Wednesday, November 14. It will be open from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Students from Southern’s Information Technology…

Bowles Rice Welcomes New Attorney to Martinsburg Office

Bowles Rice is pleased to announce that attorney Nicola D. Smith has joined the firm’s Martinsburg, West Virginia office. Admitted to practice law in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, she will focus her practice on business, corporate and tax law Smith’s experience as an attorney includes commercial transactions and litigation, business reorganization and restructuring, business formation,…