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In honor of Veterans Day, Concord University is pledging increased support for student veterans as part of the State’s “5 Star Challenge” initiative which launched earlier this fall. The Challenge, which calls on institutions to adopt a set of exemplary standards for supporting student veterans, is a tribute to the military tradition of issuing “challenge coins” to service…
The Department of Education at West Virginia State University (WVSU) has received reaffirmation of accreditation through the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). WVSU has had continued accreditation through NCATE since 1963. “NCATE accreditation is important because it provides assurance that our Department of Education has met national standards set by the teaching…
Landmark hit as Lending Amount Reaches $100 Million for FY 2015 and $200 Million since Program Inception U.S. Small Business Administration Community Advantage (CA) Pilot Program scored a major success as it recruited its 100th lender, surpassed $100 million in lending for fiscal year 2015, and reached more than $220 million since the program was…
Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that the firm was ranked as a Tier 1 Metropolitan “Best Law Firm” by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® in 29 areas of law across four of its office locations – Charleston and Morgantown, West Virginia; Pittsburgh; and Roanoke, Virginia. The rankings are based on a rigorous assessment…
“This disease is only a test. It doesn’t diminish the music that lives inside me,” said musician Glen Campbell in his 2014 documentary, I’ll Be Me. Campbell, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2011, and members of his family have sparked a nationwide campaign for awareness and research for the disease. On Saturday, Nov.…
The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine yesterday launched its first scholarly medical journal. The Marshall Journal of Medicine is a peer-reviewed, open-access online journal designed to shed light on medical issues and conditions of priority to West Virginians and the Appalachian region. The first issue features submissions from physicians, medical faculty and…