Country Music Coming to WVSU Capitol Center Friday, Feb. 22
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 […]
OHCF Awards Funding for Land Conservation
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 […]
Meet Award-Winning Authors at Winter Blues Farmers Market Feb. 28
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 […]
Engineering a Dream: A Freshman’s Drive toward a NASCAR Career
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 […]
West Liberty University Selects Dr. Brian L. Crawford as Provost
Dr. Brian L. Crawford was named provost at West Liberty University. “The selection of a provost is one of the most important decisions a university makes in terms of leadership and management. And it’s a decision upon which we — as a university — have worked together over the last few months, constantly mindful of […]
WVU’s Clements Appointed to Prestigious Business-Education Group; Attends First Meeting this Week
West Virginia University President Jim Clements has been selected as a member of the Business-Higher Education Forum, the nation’s oldest organization of senior business and higher education executives dedicated to advancing innovative solutions to U.S. education and workforce challenges as well as issues related to global competitiveness. Clements will join BHEF’s other members – executives […]
