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Dr. Peggy Proudfoot Harman and husband/documentarian Jason Harman took home the first-place prize in the Best West Virginia Short Documentary category for their documentary, “George Rashid: The Leper of Pickens” at the WV FILMmakers Festival. Peggy Harman, an associate professor and director of Marshall University’s Master of Social Work program, said winning first place was…
Allegheny Insurance today announced the winners of their “Keep the Change” match donation program as Philip Barbour High School Band, with North Marion High School Track Team coming in second and Literacy Volunteers of Randolph County in third. For the “Keep the Change” initiative that ran over the summer, Allegheny Insurance donated water bottles to…
Dr. Cynthia C. Spering has been appointed assistant professor of psychology at Davis & Elkins College. She joins the faculty starting with the fall 2016 semester instructing introductory and upper-level courses. “We welcome Dr. Spering to the D&E family,” said Dr. Sharmi Roy, interim vice president for Academic Affairs. “Our students will get benefits from…
FestivALL Fall will host the 4th Annual Harvest Art Fair at the Woman’s Club of Charleston. From October 22-23, the elegant space will be filled with over 35 juried artisans of fine art & fine crafts. As an extension of FestivALL’s Capitol Street Art Fair, which is held every summer, the Harvest Art Fair (previously…
West Virginia State University’s (WVSU) Creators Program workshop series continues with “Making Movie Music,” a lecture at the WVSU Economic Development Center (EDC) Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. Noted musician Chuck Biel will speak as part of the program’s Creators Talk lecture series. Biel will demonstrate compositional techniques for film and other media available…
Community service is a cornerstone of our way of life in the Mountain State. As West Virginians, we take pride in our communities, and volunteer organizations like AmeriCorps have facilitated thousands of volunteers from West Virginia and beyond in making a positive difference in our state. Today, we celebrate a huge milestone for AmeriCorps; one…