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The Living Now Awards has awarded a Bronze medal in Gift/Specialty/Keepsake books to Wishing You, an inspirational book of affirmations, by Dr. Lauren Nappen of Bucks County, Pa. Earlier this year, Wishing You was named a 2012 International Book Award Winner for Best Spiritual Gift and Novelty Book and Finalist in the Spirituality: Inspirational category.…
The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that several of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 directory of leading attorneys. Best Lawyers®, published by Woodward White, Inc., is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys…
A Marshall University scientist has received a $338,845 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to fund high-end laboratory equipment that will be used by researchers and students in biochemistry, chemistry and physics. The grant to Dr. Derrick Kolling, assistant professor of chemistry, along with colleagues at Marshall and the University of Charleston, was awarded competitively through…
Three Marshall University freshmen from Raleigh, Mingo and Kanawha counties in West Virginia have been awarded the Friends of Coal Scholarships for 2012. The recipients are Marva Virtiena Lewis of Beckley, Christopher George Robinson of Chattaroy and Erinn Whitney Rodriguez of Gallagher. Lewis is a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Raleigh County and…
The slate of Marshall University’s Birke Art Gallery exhibitions for fall semester begins today with a display of artwork by Cincinnati-based artists/educators Michael Stillion and Kate Labmeier. The exhibit will feature oil paintings and drawings by Stillion, and embroidered “animal portraits” by Labmeier. A reception with light refreshments will take place at the gallery from…
Everyone has a story, and now the U.S. Small Business Administration is giving entrepreneurs a new online platform to share their stories and showcase their successful and thriving businesses. SBA today launched “Small Business Owners Speak,” an interactive platform featuring videos by entrepreneurs from across the country who have started or grown a business with…