NPS Launches Love Your Park Challenge as Winter Operating Hours Begin Kickoff Event at Grandview on December 26th
Glen Jean, WV – New River Gorge National River Superintendent Lizzie Watts has announced a new Love Your Park Challenge to kick off the winter season and give area residents and visitors a fun way to explore the three national parks of southern West Virginia all year long. Originally conceived as a way to celebrate […]
Goodnight Celebrates 24th New Year’s Eve
FestivALL Charleston will partner with GoodNight for the 4th year to host Charleston’s favorite family-friendly and free New Year’s Eve celebration. Craig Hinchman, long-time performer at GoodNight, has been the organizer of the event for the past few years, with the help of his wife Amanda Hinchman. When the event organizer retired, they stepped up […]
Huntington Bank commits substantial gift to Startup Engine business accelerator at John Chambers College of Business and Economics
WHAT: Announcement of substantial gift to Startup Engine at West Virginia University from Huntington Bank WHEN: Tuesday, Dec. 18 at 4:30 p.m. WHERE: Erickson Alumni Center WHO: WVU John Chambers College of Business and Economics Notes: The Startup Engine houses WVU’s first startup accelerator program, and is designed to attract, select and accelerate startup businesses focused on the sectors and industries identified in […]
Shepherd students attend European Innovation Academy in Italy
One of two Shepherd University students who attended the 2018 European Innovation Academy in Turin, Italy, July 9-27 was on a team whose business idea made the top 10. Shaylin Post, an engineering science major from Bridgeport, was on a team with members from Texas, Alabama, Italy, and Indonesia that created a company, Leather Ko, […]
WVU joins national initiative to increase college access, graduates
West Virginia University is joining with scores of universities in a national initiative to increase college access, close the achievement gap and significantly produce more degrees by 2025. “Powered by Publics” is an initiative of the Association of Land-Grant and Public Universities and involves 130 schools, gathered into 16 different clusters around regions, size and/or […]
Shepherd student is first to receive diploma through partnership with Scottish university
Sean Murtagh, of Shepherdstown, is the first Shepherd University student to earn a master’s degree through a new University of the West of Scotland (UWS)/Shepherd University partnership. The program makes it possible for any student who has completed the Appalachian Studies Graduate Certificate to add an additional semester of study abroad and receive the UWS […]