Video Games Offer Active Military and Veterans Coping Mechanism for Stress

Growing up in a military family, Jaime Banks is accustomed to the transient yet structured life of military service.  After watching family members find stress relief through video games, the West Virginia University professor saw a connection to her research on communication technology and human identity. “Some members of my extended family serve in the […]

Shepherd Student is Interning in President Hendrix’s Cancer Research Lab

Shepherd University student Adam Hull, a senior biology major from Inwood, is the first recipient of the Robert Louis Katz Medical Research Foundation internship in Shepherd President Mary J.C. Hendrix’s cancer research laboratory at West Virginia University. Hull is spending June and July working in the laboratory with researchers Dr. Richard Seftor, Elisabeth Seftor, and […]

Marshall University Students Earn Professional Awards for Nonprofit Work

Two sections of Marshall University Public Relations Campaign Management classes took home four first-place Crystal Awards from the Public Relations Society of America-West Virginia Chapter at the PRSA-W.Va. Gala June 14 at the Culture Center in Charleston. Three of the Crystal Awards were for the Ronald McDonald House campaign researched, planned, executed, and evaluated by […]

$3 Million Grant Awarded to Enhance Broadband Access in Upshur, Barbour and Randolph Counties

The federal government has granted $3 Million to the Central West Virginia Development Association to develop a fixed wireless broadband network within Upshur, Barbour and Randolph Counties.  This award represents the largest geographic footprint of the funding program and serves more people than any other recipient as well.  The $3 Million from USDA Community Connect […]