Local SBA Employee Creates National Resource
The U.S. Small Business Administration has recognized West Virginia’s District Deputy Director, Karen Friel, for a best practice improvement that has been selected for use in all of SBA’s District Offices nationwide. Friel saw a need for a document encompassing the necessary facts, statistics, contacts and news for the District Office in one place. This […]
Another Successful “Chips for Charity” Event
Mardi Gras Casino & Resort officials are pleased to announce the winner of the fourth “Chips for Charity” Poker Tournament: the American Red Cross and its player Charles Roskovensky. “We were proud to present Charles and the Red Cross a check for $5,000 at last night’s tournament,” said General Manager Bob Lagg. “This was, by […]
Lumos Networks Continues Transformation with Appointment of Joti Balani as Vice President of Marketing
Lumos Networks Corp., a leading provider of fiber-based bandwidth infrastructure & IP Services in key mid-Atlantic markets, announced the appointment of Joti Balani as Vice President of Marketing. This appointment comes on the heels of the ongoing transformation Lumos Networks embarked upon since its inception in Nov 2011 when it spun off from nTelos. In […]
Healthy Living 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 healthy living. The seminar, titled Obesity Crisis in America, will be held on Tuesday, March 12 in the WVU Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center on the City Hospital campus. The presentation, […]
WVSU Hosts On-the-Spot Decision Day for Applicants Saturday
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 […]
Orders’ Gift Establishes Endowed Scholarships at WVU
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 […]
