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Governor Earl Ray Tomblin and the West Virginia Division of Tourism along with the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau and Mayor Danny Jones today announced that Charleston, West Virginia has been awarded the distinction of hosting the 2014 Travel South Showcase, Feb. 23-26. Travel South Showcase is an invitation-only marketplace, exclusively for southern tourism organizations…
This Thanksgiving, over 18 people across West Virginia participating in the Experience Works Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), are processing and shelving food donations, keeping track of inventory, filling emergency food box orders, and helping to cook and serve meals at more than 14 food banks, homeless shelters, and nutrition programs across the state. With thousands of requests from…
It’s a tradition with many. Gift cards as gifts are everywhere. “There is good reason,” says Sissie Summers with West Virginia’s state parks. “Gift cards convey to the recipient that a person knows you or your family interests. The card becomes an experience when redeemed.” West Virginia State Parks gift card sales encourage recipients to visit a…
Twenty short films will premiere at the 2012 West Virginia State University Student Film and Video Festival at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 28, in the Davis Fine Arts Theater on the school’s Institute campus. The festival will feature works from both WVSU students and area high school students, according to Film Festival Coordinator Sam…
The Challenger Learning Center at Wheeling Jesuit University has been honored for its many videoconference-based programs that are reaching students around the world. The Challenger Learning Center recently received a 2011-2012 Pinnacle Award from the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration. The award is presented annually to organizations delivering outstanding K-12, standards-based, interactive videoconferencing programs.…
The Davis & Elkins College Upward Bound programs are among fewer than 800 similar projects nationwide that have been selected to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Education through two competitive TRiO grant proposals. The funding to D&E totals $3,227,565, and will continue over the next five years. The grant awards provide $395,513 annually…