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The West Virginia State University (WVSU) Chapter of the NAACP has received a national award for the largest membership increase among college chapters in the organization. The WVSU Chapter received the 2013 Chairman’s Trophy at the 104th annual NAACP Convention in Orlando, Fla., in July. Charity Hightower, an elementary education major at WVSU, is president…
When Shay Bloxton discovered pulsar 1926-1314 in 2009, she was in high school. Through the confluence of lines that symbolized radio waves, she saw evidence of the remains of a supernova, a neutron star known as a pulsar. She and hundreds of other teenage radio wave hunters across the country have shown that high school…
The Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Appalachian Center of the West Virginia University National Research Center for Coal and Energy will be hosting two technology workshops for the shale gas industry on Sept. 4 and 5 at the Hilton Garden Inn at Southpointe near Canonsburg, Pa. The Sept. 4 workshop, Wellbore Integrity, will explore the latest…
The start of the fall semester at Marshall University is always a time of change on the Huntington campus. Yesterday, the first day of classes, was no exception as thousands of students quickly discovered. The most eye-catching change this fall is in the center of campus where green space, along with new lights, trees and…
The U.S. Small Business Administration is excited to once again offer free web-enabled instructor-led Government contracting training sessions. Topics include Financial Management for Government Contractors, Proposal Preparation, and Federal Contracting and Government Contract Management. The seminars are being offered to eligible individuals or small businesses nationwide, as part of SBA’s efforts to provide relevant training…
Dr. Jayme Waldron often can be found crawling through dense brush in search of the largest venomous snake in North America – the eastern diamondback rattlesnake. An assistant professor of biology at Marshall University, she has spent much of her career tracking the snakes to learn more about how and where they live, and how…