Dressbarn and Dress for Success Partner to Assist Women Re-Entering the Workforce
Each year thousands of women are unable to secure employment because they don’t have access to appropriate ensembles to wear on job interviews. dressbarn is teaming up with the non-profit organization, Dress for Success, to gather 60,000 articles of clothing, as part of its S.O.S. – Send One Suit – Weekend donation drive, March 7-10. […]
WVU Students Launch ‘Buy Local’ Campaign in Shinnston
A group of West Virginia University students are implementing the skills they’re learning in the classroom to improve a community’s economy. Six senior students majoring in public relations in the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism campaigns course are teaming with Shinnston City Manager Debra Herndon and a group of active community members, volunteers and […]
WVSU, Southern West Virginia CTC Begin 2+2 Partnership Discussions
With an eye toward the economic needs of the state and the corresponding educational needs of West Virginia college students, academic leaders from West Virginia State University (WVSU) and Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College (SWVCTC) met in Logan last week to begin discussions on a series of 2+2 partnerships that will make it […]
Report: Small Businesses Leading Nation’s Economic Recovery
The economic environment is turning around for America’s small businesses despite some lingering challenges from the recession that hit the nation in 2008-2009, according to a new report released by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy, an independent office that serves as the voice for small business within the federal government. “The […]
Jenkins Fenstermaker Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Benchmark Litigation
Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC, a Huntington based law firm, announces that two of its attorneys, Lee Hall and Thomas Scarr, have been selected by their clients and peers for inclusion in the 2013 edition of Benchmark Litigation. Jenkins Fenstermaker is a multi-practice, full-service regional law firm with 22 attorneys. Thomas Scarr was selected for General Litigation […]
WVU Engineering Professor to Help Reduce Industrial Waste in West Virginia
Ashish Nimbarte, assistant professor of industrial and management systems engineering at West Virginia University, earned a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement source reduction through on-site assessments of industrial facilities. Small- and medium-sized manufacturing facilities in Martinsburg, Parkersburg, Charleston, Huntington and Wheeling, W.Va., under the auspices of the West Virginia Sustainable Communities, […]
