Cancer Services Topic of Community Seminar
West Virginia University Hospitals-East and the WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Eastern Division will sponsor a community mini-medical school program on cancer care in the Eastern Panhandle. The seminar will be held on Tuesday, April 16 in the WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center on the City Hospital campus. The guest speaker […]
West Liberty University College of Education Selected to Join International Delegation Study Abroad Program
West Liberty University’s College of Education is participating in an international delegation study abroad program hosted in Reggio Emilia, Italy – acclaimed for exceptional early childhood education. Assistant Professor of Education Dr. Miriam Roth-Douglas is representing WLU in the delegation. “We are honored to have the prestigious opportunity to participate in an international delegation with […]
ESGR Announces West Virginia’s Nominations for 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense operational committee, announced 13 West Virginia Guard and Reserve members nominated their employers for the 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. The agency received 2,899 nominations nationwide. The Freedom Award is the Department of Defense’s highest recognition for employers supporting employees […]
Commitment to Service Helps WVU 4-H-ers Earn National 4-H Club of the Year Honor
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, […]
Orion Strategies Releases New Statewide Poll
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 […]
Money Talks When It Comes to Losing Weight, Mayo Clinic Study Finds
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 […]
