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More than a dozen students from colleges and universities around the nation are at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine this week for Project P.R.E.M.E.D. (Providing Real World Experiences for future Marshall Educated Doctors), where they will participate in an immersion program aimed at providing them a glimpse into the “real life”…
Country Music Television (CMT) and country music star Dustin Lynch are teaming up with West Virginia University at Parkersburg to encourage area residents to go back to school as part of the cable network’s CMT Empowering Education initiative. There are 4.7 million jobs open right now in the U.S. according to the Bureau of Labor…
Jesse Anderson is a park ranger at Greenbrier State Forest. His title is superintendent, but visitors and guests to West Virginia’s state parks and forests generally just say “Hey ranger!” The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) has nominated Supt. Anderson for the prestigious Service Wear Apparel Park Ranger of the Year Award. Winners…
The Marshall University Recreation Center is providing American Red Cross CPR/AED (CardioPulmonary Resuscitation and Automatic External Defibrillator) and first aid classes open to the public in September and October. The CPR/AED classes are offered from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7; from 2 to 6 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 5; and from 2 to 6…
Several new scholarships have been established at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine to assist medical students with their educational expenses. They are: The Anthony M. Alberico, MD, Scholarship, whichwill be awarded to a first-year medical student who has financial need as per the Office of Student Financial Assistance standards. Dr.…
The Battle of Carnifex Ferry will be re-enacted Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014, at 2 p.m. upon the same ground as the original conflict of Sept. 10, 1861. The re-enactment is hosted by the 36th VA Vol. Infantry and Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park. Past re-enactments have attracted hundreds of the country’s best Civil War re-enactors…