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A tire reuse technology, Confined Aggregate Concrete, recently won the first American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Grand Challenge Infrastructure Innovation Contest for most feasible green engineering idea. Confined Aggregate Concrete is sold as Mechanical Concrete® and is a geosynthetic technology that confines any crushed stone or aggregate material inside of a thin-walled cylinder. This…
The Education Alliance is accepting online donations at FloodsOfSupport.com to offer teachers throughout West Virginia resources for classroom needs in the wake of recent torrential flooding. Amelia Courts, president/CEO of the Education Alliance, says 100 percent of all donations will go directly to teachers in schools severely impacted by historic flooding. “We are launching this…
West Liberty University will introduce its Hilltopper Academy to the sights and sounds of Wheeling during its July 31 – Aug. 5 program. “We want to make the transition into campus life easier so we offer the Hilltopper Academy as a way to introduce freshmen to campus life. We encourage all incoming students to take…
The West Virginia Health Information Network (WVHIN) today announced Pulmonary Associates of Charleston is now active on WVHIN’s query-based health information exchange (HIE). “We are excited to have Pulmonary Associates of Charleston join our growing network, because they are the first independent physician practice in the state connected to our query-based service, said Sonia Chambers,…
West Liberty University graphic design senior Rosalie Haizlett was named an Emerging Artist Fellow by the Tamarack Foundation recently. Haizlett will graduate in December 2016 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Graphic Design and is the daughter of Professor Jim Haizlett of West Liberty. According to Tamarack Foundation, Emerging Artist Fellows are thriving early-career…
Just over three short weeks ago, our state was hit by severe, widespread, historic flooding. Twenty-three people lost their lives. Homes and businesses were destroyed. Communities were devastated. But along with this tragedy came the fastest, most coordinated emergency response from local, state and federal governments that I have seen in my time as Governor…