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The downward trend for coal production in West Virginia is expected to continue in both the near and extended future, as significant declines in the state’s coal mining will continue to weigh heavily on the industry over the next two decades. The coal production report, written by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research in…
The Marshall University School of Pharmacy has joined 93 other schools of pharmacy across the United States by pledging to educate student pharmacists on ways to combat the nation’s prescription drug epidemic. The American Association of College of Pharmacy (AACP) and its member institutions, including Marshall, while acknowledging that schools currently educate their student pharmacists…
Industry representatives and educators in targeted regions across the state have joined to help educate middle school students about the benefits of, and education opportunities for, pursuing careers in manufacturing in West Virginia. “Explore the New Manufacturing” is a program of the West Virginia Manufacturers Educational Fund, or WVMAEF, that the West Virginia Manufacturers Association…
The University of Charleston has announced a new partnership with the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Company of West Virginia to make portions of its online classes available for Toyota employees at the car maker’s facility in Buffalo, WV. The partnership follows years of discussion about the development of unique programs for employees of Toyota who don’t…
After floods devastated areas in West Virginia, DHG responded to the tragedy by making donations to the American Red Cross West Virginia Region. The DHG Foundation offered to match employee and partner donations, and in total, the firm and the DHG Foundation donated $22,000 toward relief efforts. “The same day the floods hit, DHG held…
During a meeting of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission held today, state officials announced that a pilot project to provide college counseling through text messaging is yielding encouraging results. The project, which is part of the Commission’s statewide College Foundation of West Virginia (CFWV) outreach initiative, provides students with a series of text…