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More than 250 women across the Tri-State attended the 16th annual Women’s Philanthropy Society Annual Luncheon at Guyan Golf and Country Club on Saturday, March 4, to honor three women who have made a positive impact on the community. The Christie Kinsey Focus Award, the Kitty Hage Lifetime Achievement Award and the new Abigail McNeely…
The West Virginia Film Office will host a two-day workforce training Film Production Accounting 101 workshop March 25-26 at West Virginia State University’s Economic Development Center (WVSU EDC) in Charleston. This hands-on skills training will be provided by film industry veteran John Gaskin, a Chicago-based film production accountant-auditor, who will focus on the skill sets…
The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission Division of Science and Research has renewed a grant for the third time from the Research Challenge Fund that allows Shepherd University science and mathematics students to spend the summer doing research. The $142,000, three-year grant will allow 11 students to work one-on-one with professors for eight weeks…
The Tom Dunn Energy Leadership Academy is now accepting applications from high school students throughout West Virginia. The Academy will take place July 11-13, 2017, on the campus of West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, W. Va. High school sophomores, juniors and seniors interested in learning more about the natural gas industry, regional career opportunities…
The West Virginia State University (WVSU) College of Business and Social Sciences will host a Business, Economic and Social Sciences Summit March 6-8, 2017, at the University’s Erickson Alumni Center. The theme for the 2017 summit is “Connecting Students to Leaders,” and will feature 17 speakers representing a variety of different professional fields over the…
Researchers from the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have determined that geothermal energy could someday be a feasible energy source for the West Virginia National Guard’s (WVNG) Camp Dawson training facility in Preston County. NETL’s Synergistic Fossil Integrations with Renewable Energy (SFIRE) project examines ways to use renewable energy resources like biomass feedstock, solid waste…