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The West Virginia University Collegiate 4-H Club was named national club of the year on Saturday, March 16, at the 2013 National Collegiate 4-H Conference in Columbia, Mo. The Club’s service projects helped reach nearly 57,000 people through educational, youth-development and heritage-based events. Club President Alec James, a junior exercise physiology major from New Manchester,…
Hillary Clinton is nine percentage points ahead of an unnamed Republican candidate, West Virginians aren’t satisfied that “things are headed in the right direction” and West Virginia is not ready for legalized marijuana, according to a wide-ranging poll conducted by Orion Strategies. Orion Strategies conducted the statewide, live-interview telephone survey of historic voters in West…
Weight loss study participants who received financial incentives were more likely to stick with a weight loss program and lost more weight than study participants who received no incentives, according to Mayo Clinic research presented Saturday, March 9 at the American College of Cardiology’s 62nd Annual Scientific Session. Previous studies have shown that financial incentives…
When economics professor William Trumbull suggested to his students to bring a few baseballs and baseball cards with them on a study abroad trip to Cuba as part of an economics class, Justin Halladay didn’t balk. Any opportunity to pick up a ball again was one he’d never take for granted. Baseball was his life…
Did you know the Small Business Administration is responsible for ensuring that 23 percent of federal contracting dollars go to small businesses, to include prime and subcontracts for women-owned small businesses (WOSB)? The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) celebrates Women’s History Month by providing a free workshop to educate women on how to get certified as…
The Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History’s 9th annual Mid-Ohio Valley Heritage Quilt Show, sponsored by the Friends of Blennerhassett and WesBanco, opened March 16 and runs through Sunday, March 24, 2013. There are 65 quilt entries in the show this year that showcase the artistic work of local quilters and needle workers. Doug Kreinik of…