West Virginia University Hospitals-East offers Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Eat Well for Life ISM Program to Encourage Healthy Lifestyles by focusing on Nutrition and Exercise

Everyone knows that there are definite benefits to eating a well-balanced, nutritious diet and exercising regularly, but many people just don’t know where to start. The Eat Well for Life programs teaches participants to live it, not diet. Participants can enroll in Eat Well for Life I, offered at WVUH-East, City Hospital and Jefferson Memorial…

SBA’s 2012 America East Conference For Lenders In Baltimore August 1-3

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Region III invites all SBA participating lenders to attend the 2012 America East Conference, scheduled for August 1-3 in Baltimore at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel. America East provides intensive training to new and seasoned SBA lenders, resulting in expanded access to credit for the small business community. With…

New Energy Conference Aims to Create a Better Future for the Region

The National Research Center for Coal and Energy (NRCCE) at West Virginia University is hosting the first annual TransTech Energy Conference, November 14-16 at the Waterfront Place Hotel in Morgantown, W.Va. The conference will bring together innovative thinkers, investors, students and teachers who are interested in the growing field of transitional energy technologies. Energy technologies…

New culinary program at WVU Parkersburg recommended for ARC funding

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today recommended eight projects, totaling more than $4.7 million, to receive the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Investment Program grants. West Virginia University at Parkersburg was the only higher education institution project to receive a recommendation. The $150,000 for WVU Parkersburg’s project will provide commercial kitchen equipment for a kitchen incubator that…

Bethany College Wins Honors at State Public Relations Awards Gala

Bethany College’s Department of Communications and Media Arts was recognized with four awards at the annual West Virginia Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Crystal Awards Gala June 20 in Charleston. Bethany’s student chapter of the PRSA (Public Relations Student Society of America, PRSSA), department chair M.E. Yancosek Gamble, advisor, received the Crystal Award for…

How Do You Get Started on your Business Continuity Plan?

You’ve gone online to get the checklists, seen the articles, joined the webinars, and you have a lot of good information when it comes to building a disaster preparedness plan for your business.  But what should you tackle first?  Is it the financial protection that comes with good insurance coverage?  Should your priority be protecting…