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The U.S. Small Business Administration and the U.S. Department of Labor today jointly announced a new website to support state workforce and unemployment agencies in implementing or enhancing Self-Employment Assistance programs. Today’s announcement expands on guidance issued in May, which included $35 million in funding for states to implement or expand these programs made possible…
West Virginia University President Jim Clements has been elected secretary of the Council of Presidents of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities. At the association’s recent national meeting held in Denver, representatives of member institutions elected Clements for a one-year term to the post, which also places him as a member of APLU’s executive…
The fourth annual “Little Princess Ball,” scheduled for January 5, 2013, at North Bend State Park, is an evening for dads and daughters. “Little girls ages 5-12 and their fathers do have a ball at this event,” according to Ken Zebo, event coordinator at North Bend. The event includes a special dinner with dad, going…
To ring in the New Year, 2013, Davis & Elkins College is planning two celebrations for the community: an elegant Graceland dinner buffet and a new Halliehurst Ball designed for late night gaiety. Guests can opt to attend one or both events and also take advantage of special overnight rates at Graceland. According to Scott…
Dr. Judith Campisi, a pre-eminent research scientist with the Buck Institute on Aging in Berkeley, Calif., will visit Marshall University’s Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine later this week for two lectures on aging and the disease process. Campisi will present “Aging and Chronic Disease: Puzzles & Promises,” at noon Thursday, Dec. 13, in the…
Every year for two decades, even after his conviction was overturned, David Lazzell was required to place his name on the West Virginia Sex Offender Registry. His name was finally cleared recently with help from the Innocence Project at the West Virginia University College of Law. “For years the system failed me,” said Lazzell. “But…