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The West Virginia State University (WVSU) chapter of the NAACP has been recognized for the second year in a row by the national NAACP for its increase in membership. The WVSU chapter was awarded the 2014 Chairman’s Trophy for highest membership increase since 2012-2013 at the 105th annual NAACP Convention in July in Las Vegas.…
In May, The Education Alliance launched a new education-based speaker series called EDTalks: Connecting Education, Jobs and Our Future. EDTalks brings the internationally renowned “TED Talks” philosophy to West Virginia by providing a lively series of networking and education forums designed to engage business, education, and community leaders in public education issues. The EDTalks series…
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today joined First Lady Joanne Jaeger Tomblin to proclaim September as ‘Infant Safe Sleep Month,’ part of West Virginia’s Our Babies: Safe and Sound campaign, a statewide educational program to support parents and caregivers of infants with the support they need to keep babies safe while sleeping with a special emphasis…
University Healthcare Jefferson Memorial Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in Digital Mammography by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Digital Mammography is considered the gold standard of breast health testing, offering advanced technology and sharper images for routine screenings or diagnostic studies. Jefferson Medical Center began offering digital mammography in June…
Six new scholarships have been established at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine to assist medical students with their educational expenses. The following scholarships were created through the school’s “Adopt a Medical Student” program, which is a graduated giving program that allows gifts to be made annually until the fund becomes fully…
A major television network is looking for experienced, unemployed or former American miners or a mining team (who have experience mining anything from coal to gold) for a new television series that requires an American mining team. Looking for proud Americans with colorful personalities who have experience with mining machinery and by hand. Applicants ideally…