Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Honor Governor Bob Wise with the CPB Thought Leader Award
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced it will present the CPB Thought Leader Award to Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education http://www.all4ed.org/Â and former governor of West Virginia. “Governor Wise and the Alliance for Excellent Education are champions for public media’s American Graduate initiative and the educational services that public broadcasting stations provide […]
WVU to Host Sustainability Awareness Week
WECAN, West Virginia University’s sustainability program, is teaming with the Student Government Association and multiple colleges and departments across campus for the 2013 Spring Sustainability Awareness Week in an effort to raise awareness and promote sustainability as well as demonstrate WVU’s commitment to sustainability. The event will kick off on Sunday, Feb. 24 with SGA […]
WVU’s WV Water Research Institute Introduces Program to Help Fund Regional Water Quality Initiatives
The West Virginia Water Research Institute at West Virginia University is offering local watershed groups in four regions that make up its 3 Rivers Quest Program up to $7,000 through a small grants program. A total of $160,000 in funding is available for eligible applicants from throughout the 3RQ project regions, which include the Monongahela […]
Harrison County Entrepreneurs’ Cafe Returns
The third Harrison County Entrepreneurs’ Café is scheduled for Monday, March 4, and brings a new partner to the team of organizations that host the Cafes in the county.  Liberty High School’s DECA Chapter has joined Clarksburg Uptown and the Harrison County Chamber of Commerce in hosting and promoting the event. Harrison County was one […]
Future Investment Day at Marshall is Friday, Feb. 22
About 200 eighth-grade students from Huntington Middle School will visit Marshall University’s Huntington campus Friday, Feb. 22, to take part in Future Investment Day. The purpose of Future Investment Day is for the students to realize the need for college and to understand the steps necessary to prepare for college. Future Investment Day features hands-on […]
Buy Local, Dine Local at WVU Small Farm Conference
Local foodies have two opportunities to purchase farm-fresh goods at the West Virginia University Extension Service Small Farm Conference which begins Feb. 28 in Morgantown. Back by popular demand is the annual Winter Blues Farmers Market, sponsored by the West Virginia Farmers Market Association. The market is open to public from 3-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. […]