Downtown PKB Names New Events & Marketing Coordinator
Andrea Shirey has been named as Downtown PKB’s Events & Marketing Coordinator, a newly created temporary, part-time position for the organization. Downtown PKB promotes downtown Parkersburg, fosters economic opportunity and creates community vitality. Our goal is to create a vibrant commercial district that will provide downtown businesses, workers and nearby residents with the goods and […]
McDonie Family Establishes Marshall School of Medicine Scholarship
Joseph and Karen McDonie have established a scholarship with the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine for future medical students. The Joseph K. and Karen P. McDonie Scholarship honors the memory of the couple’s late parents—Braxton and June McDonie and Clarence and Jeanne Pratt. Both Joe and Karen McDonie were raised in the […]
West Liberty University’s Dr. Joe Horzempa Named Finalist for Professor of the Year
Dr. Joseph Horzempa, associate professor of biology at West Liberty University, has been selected as one of five finalists for West Virginia Professor of the Year by the Faculty Merit Foundation of West Virginia. “This is one of the highest awards that a professor can receive and we congratulate Dr. Horzempa for this honor. He […]
SBA to Launch $1.2 Million Aspire Challenge
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced Aspire Challenge, a prize competition of up to $1.2 million to expand access to entrepreneurial education and microloans for formerly incarcerated individuals. The competition will make up to 16 awards of $75,000 to organizations across the nation to assist in delivering entrepreneurial training and microloan assistance to formerly incarcerated individuals. […]
Nearly $20,000 in Lab Upgrades Benefit Science Students
West Liberty University recently received a $19,300 grant to purchase state-of-the-art instrumentation to enhance its anatomy and physiology laboratories. Dr. Natalia Omelchenko applied for the grant from the WVEPSCoR, sponsored by the National Science Foundation. She is an assistant professor of biology in the department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. “We are extremely pleased with […]
Wild, Wonderful West Virginia Ski Industry Celebrates Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month
Wild, Wonderful West Virginia, in collaboration with the West Virginia Ski Areas Association, kicked off Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month for the 2016-2017 ski season today at Canaan Valley Resort State Park. The season, which began in November, so far has progressed nicely for the resorts as thousands of skiers, snowboarders and snowtubers visited […]