ResourceU Brings Small Business Training to West Virginia

The Small Business Committee of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce ResourceU, a small business “university” that offers a series of free small business trainings in conjunction with the West Virginia Small Business Development Center, Leadership West Virginia, West Virginia Executive magazine and local chambers of commerce throughout the state. Trainings will…

WVSU’s Academic Quiz Bowl Team to Compete in National Championship Tournament

West Virginia State University’s (WVSU) academic quiz bowl team will be one of 48 teams representing Historically Black Colleges and Universities competing in the 26th annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) National Championship Tournament March 21-25 in Torrance, Calif. WVSU won the inaugural national championship in 1990 and has competed in the event every year…

Marshall University School of Medicine teams with St George’s University of London Medical School

Marshall University’s Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and St George’s University of London Medical School have signed an agreement to begin a new education program that allows medical students from each school to study at the partner institutions. Under the new partnership, up to 30 St George’s students will initially be selected to spend…

SBA Announces National Small Business Week

Today, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet announced that this year’s National Small Business Week will be held from May 4-8, 2015. This year’s theme will be “SBA: Dream Big, Start Small.” Contreras-Sweet will highlight the week with small business events in Miami, Los Angeles, San Antonio, New York…