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Immediate admission decisions will be available to students interested in attending West Virginia State University (WVSU) in the fall of 2013 during On-the-Spot Decision Day, Saturday, Feb. 23. Designed for both first-time freshman and transfer students, the event will begin at 11 a.m. in the Wilson University Union and will feature presentations on admissions and…
Students in West Virginia University’s Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources and the College of Education and Human Services will benefit from a $330,000 donation from alumni Robert “Bob” Orders, Jr. and his wife, Ann. The Charleston couple is creating the Bob and Ann Orders Civil Engineering Scholarship and the Ann and…
Two country rock acts with Mountain State roots will take the stage Friday night, Feb. 22, at West Virginia State University’s Capitol Center. Former Charleston Town Center “Teen Idol” competition winner Colton Pack will start off the evening at 7:30 p.m. A native of Danese, in Fayette County, Pack is an up and coming country…
The West Virginia Outdoor Heritage Conservation Fund (OHCF) recently approved three projects in its first round of grant funding. A total of $599,586 was awarded to the Pendleton County Farmland Protection Board, the Greenbrier County Farmland Protection Board and the National Committee for the New River. Together, these projects will protect 566 acres of prime agricultural and…
Six Headline Books authors will sign books from 3-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at the annual Winter Blues Farmers Market at the Morgantown Event Center, 3 Waterfront Place. Children’s authors will read during a story time for kids. Reading will be: Barbara Myers and Lily Hamilton of Morgantown, authors of Lily & Nana, a children’s…
If you ask Travis Braden if he has a Plan B in life, you won’t get an answer. A freshman planning to study mechanical engineering at West Virginia University, Braden is dead set on becoming a NASCAR legend. The 18-year-old Wheeling native is already on the right track. He was named the 2011 NASCAR Whelen…