WVU-Based NAFTC Appointed to Governor’s Natural Gas Vehicle Transition Team
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, D-W.Va., has appointed the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC), a program of West Virginia University, to the Governor’s Natural Gas Vehicle Transition Team. This appointment was recommended as part of the Governor’s Natural Gas Task Force final report, released in February of this year. In the report, the Task Force […]
Boone Memorial Hospital Names Employee of the Month
Boone Memorial Hospital would like to recognize the June 2013 Employee of the Month, Elizabeth “Libby” Brown. Libby is originally from West Virginia but moved to Tennessee for almost 12 years and eventually returned back to WV to be closer to her parents and family. She currently resides in Wharton in Boone County and has […]
Marshall University School of Pharmacy Passes Second Step in National Accreditation Process
The Marshall University School of Pharmacy has earned “candidate” accreditation status from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the national accrediting body for schools of pharmacy in the United States, according to the school’s dean, Dr. Kevin W. Yingling. Candidate accreditation status is the second step of a three-step process that culminates with graduation […]
Latimer Named 2013-14 Buswell Award Winner for Advancing Women’s Issues
Sociology professor Melissa Latimer has been named the 2013-14 Mary Catherine Buswell Award winner for her dedication to women’s concerns at West Virginia University (WVU). The award is sponsored by the WVU Council for Women’s Concerns and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The Mary Catherine Buswell Award was established in 1978 and recognizes a […]
Five More WVU Grad Programs to Offer Yellow Ribbon to Student Veterans
West Virginia University (WVU) is expanding the Yellow Ribbon program to student military veterans in five more graduate programs. The Yellow Ribbon program, which funds the education of out-of-state student military veterans, is an extension of the 9/11 GI Bill that pays all in-state tuition and fees at public colleges and universities for eligible students. The […]
Charleston Launches Holiday Celebration
The City of Charleston will launch this year’s long Independence Day weekend on Wednesday evening with the West Virginia Symphony and the largest fireworks show in the region. The concert is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. on the Schoenbaum Stage of Haddad Riverfront Park with Fireworks by Pyrotechnico launched at approximately 9:45 from two […]
