“Sharing the Helm of the Mountain” Celebrates Sesquicentennial and Looks to Future
As we celebrate the 150th Birthday of our Home Among the Hills – West Virginia, the West Virginia Grantmakers kicks off today our year-long series titled “Sharing the Helm of the Mountain”. While we honor, recognize, and celebrate the past 150 years, we look with anticipation, energy and commitment to fostering a strong next 150 […]
Local Students Find Path to College at Unique College Summit Workshop
WHAT: Â More than 130 high school seniors from Raleigh, McDowell, Putnam, Webster, Wyoming, Greenbrier and Mingo Counties will converge on the campus of WVU Tech in Montgomery for an intensive four-day workshop that promises to impact their futures and the futures of their peers. The training program runs from Thursday, June 27 through Sunday, June […]
Small Business Person of the Year Announced Today by U.S. Small Business Administration at National Small Business Week in Washington D.C.
As a young boy, John L. Stonecipher grew up in Pasadena, Calif. His future was forged as he watched police helicopters fly overhead.  By 18, he was certified to fly. By 19, with an instructor’s certificate in hand, he was teaching others the intricacies of helicopter flight. Today, Stonecipher was named 2013 National Small Business […]
Top Lenders, SBICs and Resource Partners Honored at National Small Business Week
Three banks, two certified development companies and two Small Business Investment Companies today received the highest recognition by the U.S. Small Business Administration in Washington, D.C., as they were proclaimed 2013 Lenders and Investment Companies of the Year, during National Small Business Week. Also honored were four winners in the Entrepreneurial Development category. While overall portfolio […]
Researcher lands NIH grant to study mechanisms of human reproduction
Dr. Guo-Zhang Zhu, an associate professor of biology at Marshall University, has received a two-year, $148,800 grant from the National Institutes of Health for his work to study the processes of human reproduction. Research in Zhu’s lab focuses on understanding the molecular basis of fertilization and early embryonic development. He says that in addition to […]
WVU-based NAFTC sponsors 64th annual Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills National Competition
The National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium, a program of West Virginia University, is proud to have sponsored the recently conducted 64th annual Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills National Competition. Automotive students from across the United States gathered in Dearborn, Mich., as two-student teams representing all 50 states engaged in a race against the clock – and one another – […]
