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Marshall University will host a documentary screening and discussion by critically acclaimed playwright and author, Calvin Alexander Ramsey, at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, in the Memorial Student Center’s room BE-5. Ramsey, author of the play “The Green Book,” was inspired by Victor Hugo Green, who from 1936 to 1963 published the Jim Crow-era “Negro…
West Virginia State University (WVSU) will kick-off the spring session of its Creators Program series with a free Independent Publishing Workshop Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. at the WVSU Economic Development Center (EDC) in Charleston. Local author Eric Douglas will discuss the pros and cons of self-publishing, along with how to sustain a career…
A workshop on Business Fundamentals is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 16, Hancock County. The workshop is part of the West Virginia Small Business Development Center (WVSBDC) training and business coaching program Three Step Jump Start to help small business owners receive the right information at the right time. The workshop…
Regional nonprofits and Shepherd University groups addressing critical community needs are invited to submit letters of inquiry to Women Investing in Shepherd (WISH) for the group’s 2017 grant awards. WISH will award four equal grants of $25,625–two for local nonprofits and two for Shepherd University learning projects. Qualifying nonprofit organizations must be designated as…
A team from the Charleston Area Alliance will serve as business mentors at the Kent State University Fashion/Tech Hackathon, a 36-hour event that brings together teams of students in fashion, computer science, engineering, math and physics from across the country to come up with apps and software that tie digital thinking to fashion. The visit…
West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service is partnering with representatives from a variety agricultural agencies, including the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), to host a meet-and-greet session with farmers at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Eleanor, W.Va., on Monday, Feb. 6, at 6 p.m. Agency representatives will discuss the programs and services…