Boys & Girls Club 2013 Elimination Dinner

The Boys & Girls Club of the Eastern Panhandle will host its 2013 Elimination Dinner and Silent Auction fundraiser on Saturday, July 27 at St. Joseph’s Parish School in Martinsburg, WV. The evening will begin at 5:30 with dinner at 6:30 pm. Sponsorships are available as well as tickets to the dinner. Tickets are $50 […]

How SBA Helps Parkersburg Business Owners “Never Work A Day in Their Life”

We’ve all heard the old saying, “Choose a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.”  Chad Clark and Mark Binegar are proving this adage true with the assistance of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Clark and Binegar dreamed of owning their own cosmetology school for over a decade.  Clark […]

WVU Foundation Launches New Fundraising Tool to Benefit WVU Solar House Team

The West Virginia University Foundation is launching a new fundraising tool to help organizations on campus. Friends Asking Friends is a peer-to-peer fundraising program that takes advantage of modern technology and social networking sites while soliciting family and friends. This new online tool will integrate the Foundation with email, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to raise […]

WVU Forensic Science Initiative Offers Crime Scene Course for Legal Professionals

The Forensic Science Initiative at West Virginia University (WVU) is offering a course this summer to lawyers, crime lab employees and law enforcement officers for a chance to learn about and experience a crime scene firsthand. Seven lawyers and a professor are currently enrolled in “Basic Crime Scene Investigation for Legal Professionals,” a weekend-long course, offered […]

Medical students at Marshall University Publish Inaugural Edition of Creative Works

“Aenigma Medicorum,” a literary and art review recently published by medical students at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, features poetry, photography, musical selections and short essays about life as seen through the eyes of medical students and physicians. The idea germinated with the student members of the school’s Multicultural Affairs Committee […]

WVU School of Journalism’s IMC Program Offering Online Professional Development Courses This Fall

The West Virginia University P.I. Reed School of Journalism’s online graduate program in Integrated Marketing Communications will offer a series of four online professional development courses this fall. These classes will help communicators brush up on best practices in today’s changing media environment. The first class, “Social Media Tools and Techniques,” will be offered Aug. […]