Education Alliance Launches EDTalks Series

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 […]

Governor Tomblin Proclaims September ‘Infant Safe Sleep Month’

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 […]

Jefferson Medical Center Receives Digital Mammography ACR Accreditation

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 […]

School of Medicine Announces Creation of Six New Scholarships

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 […]

American Mineral Miners, Mining Team Wanted

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 […]

Inauguration Ceremony for Dr. Kendra Boggess Announced by Concord University

An Inauguration Ceremony for Concord University’s 12th President, Dr. Kendra Boggess, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 20. The program will begin at 10 a.m. in the Alexander Fine Arts Center Main Theater on Concord’s Athens campus. Dr. Boggess is the first female to serve as Concord’s president.  She officially began her duties in the […]