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Orion Strategies, a full-service strategic communications and public relations firm with offices in Charleston and Buckhannon, has hired two new employees for its Buckhannon office. Graham Godwin is Orion’s newest researcher and Tabby Bennett has been hired as a junior account executive. Godwin received a Bachelor of Science degree in political science from Shepherd University…
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced the 80 winners of the second annual Growth Accelerator Fund Competition. The recipients represent 39 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico including WV Hive from Beckley, WV. Accelerators serve entrepreneurs in a broad set of industries and sectors – from manufacturing and tech start-ups, to…
Thirty-one students from four high schools in West Virginia—Berkeley Springs, Hedgesville, John Marshall and Oak Glen—participated in last week’s statewide Student Success Summit in Morgantown and returned to their hometowns ready to inspire their peers to pursue higher education. Now known as HEROs (Higher Education Readiness Officers), these 10th and 11th graders said they are…
What started out as lesson for seventh grade students in the use of spreadsheets to organize and present data mushroomed into a six-month long volunteer effort for George Phillips, a DOW chemical engineer who frequently supports STEM programs in area schools. When looking for an appropriate set of data measurements to organize with spreadsheets, Phillips…
Governor Earl Ray Tomblin joined natural gas contractor Cenergy LLC to announce the grand opening of the company’s new expanded operations facility in Milton. “This expansion highlights the competitive edge that’s attracting more and more businesses to West Virginia, and we’re thrilled Cenergy chose to expand and reinvest in West Virginia,” Tomblin said. “This project…
What do zombies, first-year students and West Virginia University faculty have in common? No, this is not the beginning of a bad joke. All will be participating in First-Year Seminar discussions this fall around World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks. It’s the first-ever Common Read program offered at…