Maier Foundation Donates $125,000 to West Virginia State University Scholarship Fund
Joining together in making the announcement were (from left) Maier Foundation Board Member Charles Jones, Maier Foundation President Brad Rowe, Vice President of BB&T Carson Insurance Services Allan L. McVey, WVSU President Brian O. Hemphill, WVSU Foundation Chair Mark Kelley and WVSU Vice President for University Advancement Patricia Schumann. Photo courtesy of West Virginia State […]
SBA Names Finalists for InnovateHER Business Challenge
10 Game Changing Entrepreneurs Selected to Pitch Their Innovative Products and Services During Women’s History Month The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) today announced the finalists of the 2016 InnovateHER: Innovating for Women Business Challenge, a nationwide business competition to highlight innovative products and services created and launched by cutting-edge entrepreneurs. In making the announcement, […]
West Virginia Community and Technical College System Highlighted as a “Transformational Leader” in Developmental Education Reform
Complete College America’s latest report, Corequisite Remediation: Spanning the Divide – Breakthrough Results Fulfilling the Promise of College Access for Underprepared Students commends the West Virginia Community and Technical College System (WVCTCS) for their success in corequisite remediation. “Approximately 64% of our community college students require some form of remediation. However, only 13% of those […]
Capito and Manchin Announce Funding for Mingo County Community Health Center
Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced that the Williamson Health and Wellness Center in Mingo County will receive $343,887 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The funding, awarded through the Health Center Cluster Grant Program, will support health care operations and expand […]
Online Survey asks West Virginia Small Businesses about Needs, Challenges
Small businesses in West Virginia have a chance to tell the state what they need to succeed. The West Virginia Small Business Development Center invites owners to share feedback regarding their business challenges and priorities in a confidential online survey on wvsbdc.org/westvirginia. The survey can be completed in about10 minutes. The window of opportunity to […]
51st Annual Meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society to be Held in Huntington
Marshall University’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology will serve as host to the 51st annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society April 7-9 in the Big Sandy Conference Center in Huntington. The conference is themed “Reinventing and Reinvesting in the Local for Our Common Good.” Dr. Brian Hoey, associate professor of anthropology at Marshall and conference chair and […]