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West Virginia University is now offering a new option for military personnel or veterans who have served their country, an option that provides entrepreneurial business education. Current or discharged military personnel can develop their entrepreneurial skills starting this summer, as WVU’s College of Business and Economics offers its first-ever Veteran’s Entrepreneurship Essentials program. Major General…
Marshall University’s Lewis College of Business Advisory Board has voted four highly successful business leaders into the LCOB’s Hall of Fame. The 2016 Hall of Fame inductees are Michael W. Gerber, Carol Hartley, Jeff Hoops and Charles C. Lanham (1928-2015). The College of Business 2016 induction ceremony will take place tomorrow, Thursday, April 28, beginning…
Cabell Huntington Hospital has been selected as a pilot site for CIRAC (Cognitive Impairment Recognition in Acute Care) The CIRAC project aims to reduce readmissions and improve health outcomes by detecting cognitive impairment of patients in the hospital setting. When a person has trouble remembering, learning new things, concentrating, or making decisions that affect their…
Active Southern West Virginia is proud to present the first ever running event across the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia. The Active SWV Bridge Day© 5K, benefiting Active SWV Kids Running Clubs, will take place on October 15, 2016. One hundred participants will begin on the north side of the New River…
West Virginia Women Work (WVWW), a nonprofit with a history of helping women become financially secure, has opened their newest program in Huntington. Step Up for Women Advanced Manufacturing Pre-Apprenticeship is a 10-week course that trains women in high tech manufacturing. Through a sub-grant of the Robert C. Byrd Institute’s (RCBI) Apprenticeship Works initiative, WVWW…
Professor Samuel Michael “Mike” Turrentine has been chosen dean of West Liberty University’s Gary E. West College of Business. He will begin the position on July 1, 2016, replacing Interim Dean Jean Bailey. “The university is grateful to Jean for her service during the past few years as we sought a permanent dean, and after…