Freedom’s Run Gets National Attention from Competitor Magazine as “Must Do” Race

Let Freedom’s Run ring! Shepherdstown WV will again host the 6TH Annual Freedom’s Run Festival Weekend Friday and Saturday October 3 and 4.  The issue of Competitor Magazine, hailed as the largest globally circulated monthly magazine for fitness enthusiasts of all levels and backgrounds, selected Freedom’s Run as one of their few “Must Do” Races.…

Blennerhassett Island State Park Fall Dinner and River Boat Cruises Sept. 27 and Oct. 18, 2014

Country-style dinners and sternwheeler cruises on the Island Belle are planned for Sept. 27 and Oct. 18 by Blennerhassett Island State Park. The Ohio and Little Kanawha rivers are the waterways and fall foliage is the focus. The evening boarding of the Island Belle is at Point Park in downtown Parkersburg at 5:30 p.m. The…

SBA Partners with SEC on Jumpstart Our Business Startups (Jobs) Act Events to Help Small Businesses Raise Capital

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that it will join the Securities Exchange Commission in cohosting a series of events around the country to help small business owners learn about new opportunities to raise capital under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act.  The first event will be hosted by the University of…

Creation of Several New Scholarships Announced at School of Medicine

The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine announced today the creation of six new scholarships to assist students with tuition and other medical school expenses. In announcing the new scholarships, Linda Holmes, director of development and alumni affairs, thanked the donors for their generous commitment and applauded the two most recently graduated classes…

NICU Topic of Community Seminar

University Healthcare and the WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Eastern Division will sponsor a community mini-medical school program on the new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Berkeley Medical Center. The seminar will be held on Tuesday, October 21 in the WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center on the Berkeley Medical Center campus. …

First Concert of the WLU 2014-15 Concert Artist Series Features Soprano

West Liberty University opens its Concert Artist Series 2014 with a performance by soprano Colleen Gray, accompanied by Nanette Solomon on the piano. The concert begins at 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 28 in Elbin Auditorium, College Hall and is free and open to the public “Colleen Gray is an internationally acclaimed authority on the works…