Governor Tomblin Announces U.S. Small Business Administration Grants Loan Request
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today announces U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) grants his request for a Physical Disaster Declaration. The declaration makes low-interest loans available for residents and businesses who suffered damages from severe storms occurring June 12 and June 19, 2013 in Roane County. “With these low-interest loans our families and entrepreneurs can better […]
Freshmen Enrollment Numbers Surge at West Virginia State University
The number of first-time freshmen attending West Virginia State University (WVSU) this fall surged nearly 50 percent over fall 2012 enrollment numbers. Fall 2013 first-time freshmen enrollment numbers stood at 432 students as of today, compared to 291 first-time freshmen in fall 2012. The upswing in enrollment turns around three consecutive years of declining enrollment […]
WVU seminar series explores key environmental issues
Environmental topics that cross cultures, continents, and species will be discussed over the course of a seminar series this fall at West Virginia University. The series is sponsored by the Environmental Research Center in WVU’s Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Design. “There are myriad environmental issues impacting the world and numerous environmental research […]
WVU analyzes changes in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
The West Virginia University Department of Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling and Counseling Psychology is hosting a free workshop to discuss “significant and controversial” changes to the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The manual, published by the American Psychiatric Association and considered a ‘Bible’ for the classification of mental disorders, was released as a […]
‘Pizza Al’ and daughter create WVU scholarship in memory of wife and mother
Morgantown businessman Albino “Pizza Al” Roperti and his daughter, Rachel Roberti, have endowed a scholarship in memory of their late wife and mother Rosarina “Rose” Roperti. The family has pledged $25,000 to fund the Rosarina Roperti Research Scholarship in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences of West Virginia University. The gift will support undergraduate […]
Creators Program launches fall season with free Film Office workshop
The second season of West Virginia State University’s (WVSU) Creators Program workshop series will kick off with the West Virginia Film Office’s “Business of Film – Working with the Film Office” at the WVSU Economic Development Center (EDC) Saturday, Sept. 7, from 1 to 4 p.m. Participants in the free workshop will learn how the […]