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The U.S. Small Business Administration today announced the federal government reached its small business federal contracting goal for the first time in eight years, awarding 23.39 percent in federal contracts to small businesses totaling $83.1 billion of eligible contracting dollars. SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet made the announcement at a press conference held at the National…
Marshall University President Stephen J. Kopp today announced that two university administrators have assumed new roles. Senior Vice President for Operations Brandi Jacobs-Jones has been promoted and assumed additional responsibilities as the chief of staff/liaison to the Marshall University Board of Governors, reporting directly to the president. In this new capacity, Jacobs-Jones will continue to…
Dr. Charles L. Yarbrough, a longtime Huntington dermatologist, has been named inaugural chairman of the newly formed department of dermatology at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. In making the announcement, Dr. Joseph I. Shapiro, dean of the School of Medicine, said the addition of Yarbrough to the medical school faculty is…
Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) is pleased to announce attorney Staci N. Criswell has joined the firm as Counsel, adding significant depth to the firm’s robust Private Client Services Industry Group. Her practice will focus on estate planning, trust and estate administration, and litigation in these areas. A leading West Virginia attorney in trust…
Consultants, contractors and representatives of state and federal agencies involved with planning, monitoring, design and construction of transportation systems will gather at the Clarion Hotel in Lexington, Ky., Aug. 5-7 for the 14th annual Technical Forum, Geohazards Impacting Transportation in Appalachia. The forum, sponsored by the Marshall University Center for Environmental, Geotechnical and Applied Sciences…
A long-time West Virginia State University (WVSU) associate professor and one time Yellow Jacket football coach has been inducted into the Newton Vocational/N.H. Pilate High School Sports Hall of Fame in Newton, Miss. Oree Banks, associate professor of Health and Human Performance, was honored by his former high school at a ceremony earlier this month…