WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center Receives Certification for Joint Replacement Program

WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center recently earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approvalâ„¢ for its total hip and knee replacement surgery programs, demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for healthcare quality and safety in disease specific care. Berkeley Medical Center originally earned this distinction in 2012 and again in 2014 and 2016.  […]

UnitedHealthcare to Offer $10,000 Community Care Award for Charleston Small Business with Next Big Health and Wellness Idea

UnitedHealthcare, a leading national provider of healthcare benefits, will award $10,000 in funding to a small business with the next big idea for enhancing community health and wellness in greater Charleston. Businesses in and around Charleston with two to 100 employees are eligible to submit project ideas for enhancing their communities’ health and wellness through […]

Spilman SuperVisionâ„¢ Helps Companies Prepare for Bet-the-Company Compliance Issues in Today’s Overly Scrutinized Business Environment

Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that nearly 100 business leaders from the Mid-Atlantic region gathered today for the law firm’s SuperVisionâ„¢ symposium, which focused on helping companies prepare for bet-the-company HR compliance issues in an age of heightened media coverage. “Today’s media outlets are increasingly focused on the workplace,” said Eric W. Iskra, chair […]

Teachers converge at Marshall for SREB engineering training

Marshall University’s Weisberg Division of Engineering has been hosting teachers from states represented by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) for two weeks of specialized engineering training. This is the sixth year that Marshall has hosted the training, which is taking place in the Weisberg Applied Engineering Complex and has attracted teachers from across the […]

Shepherd to host fourth annual NEH summer institute July 8-28; seven events open to public

Teachers from across the country will converge at Shepherd University to explore Appalachian music, literature, theater, culture, and folk and musical arts during the fourth annual National Endowment for the Humanities summer institute, “Voices from the Misty Mountains and The Power of Storytelling,” July 8-28. Dr. Sylvia Bailey Shurbutt, director of Shepherd’s Center for Appalachian […]