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The defensive coordinator for one of the nation’s most successful NAIA and NCAA Division II football programs has been named the new head football coach of the West Virginia State University Yellow Jackets. Jon Anderson comes to Institute from the University of Sioux Falls (USF) where he has spent the past 11 years, including the…
The 12 institutions that announced the formation of the Mountain East Conference in August have officially applied for approval to begin competing as the NCAA’s newest Division II conference in 2013-14. The MEC’s formal application, signed by the presidents of all 12 institutions, was hand-delivered to NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis on Friday along with all…
Judy K. McCauley, director of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s West Virginia District Office, announced today the deadline for nominations for the 2013 West Virginia Small Business Person of the Year and Small Business Champion awards has been extended to Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. “We have received a lot of interest in the awards nomination…
A Marshall University professor has secured a three-year, $65,000 grant to do petroleum research with the assistance of undergraduate students. The funding, which was awarded by the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund through a competitive process, will begin in 2013. According to Dr. Laura McCunn, assistant chemistry professor, she and seven undergraduate students will…
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that certain Private Non-Profit Organizations (PNPs) in West Virginia that do not provide critical services of a governmental nature may be eligible to apply for low interest rate disaster loans. These loans are available as a result of a Presidential disaster declaration for Public Assistance resulting from damages…
What are the biggest and most common mistakes business owners make when facing down a disaster event? It could be flooding caused by a big hurricane, or the loss of sensitive and vital data inflicted by a hacked account. How you respond within the first few hours of the incident can either make your company…