Students from Raleigh, Mingo, Kanawha counties awarded Friends of Coal Scholarships

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 […]

Marshall’s Birke Art Gallery begins fall semester with exhibition of art by husband-and-wife duo

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 […]

New SBA Platform Lets Small Businesses Tell Their Stories

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 […]

Bonnie’s Bus To Visit Martinsburg in September

Bonnie’s Bus, a digital mammography center on wheels, will visit the Eastern Panhandle in September, offering digital mammograms and breast care education to area women. West Virginia University Hospitals-East and the WVUH-East Regional Cancer Program are sponsoring Martinsburg visit.  Bonnie’s Bus will be parked at the Martinsburg Mall in the former Sears merchandise pick-up lane […]

Business After Hours at Little Black Box

Join us to help Little Black Box celebrate 5 years in business at August’s Business After Hours! Please register for this event if you plan on attending. Little Black Box specialty boutique will be celebrating its fifth anniversary by the hosting the August Business After Hours of the Greater Greenbrier Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, August […]

Shepherd named a Best in the Southeast college by Princeton Review’s website

Shepherd University has been named one of the best colleges and universities in the southeast according to the Princeton Review’s website. The New York City-based education services company selected Shepherd as one of 136 institutions it recommends in its “Best in the Southeast” section on its website feature 2013 Best Colleges: Region by Region. “I […]