SBA Launches Program to Help Transitioning Service Members and Veterans Become Entrepreneurs
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has joined with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) to launch a training program for transitioning service members and veterans to help them become entrepreneurs and create jobs. Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Startup is a national initiative that will be piloted with […]
Health Science and Technology Academ(HSTA) summer institute kicks off Sunday; about 110 ninth-graders from West Virginia will participate
About 110 ninth-grade students from throughout West Virginia will visit Marshall University’s Huntington campus July 15-20 to take part in the annual Health Science & Technology Academy (HSTA) Summer Institute. The students will be joined by eight HSTA teachers, four field site coordinators and Marshall faculty and staff in the “Fun With Science” summer institute, […]
WVU Hospitals-East City Hospital Receives American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award
West Virginia University Hospitals-East City Hospital has received the Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The recognition signifies that City Hospital has reached an aggressive goal of treating heart failure patients for at least 12 months with 85 percent compliance to core standard levels of care […]
Advance only tickets on sale now for Marshall University’s 15th annual Paint the Capital City Green rally
Tickets are on sale for the 15th annual Paint the Capital City Green celebration coming to Charleston Embassy Suites on Thursday, Aug. 23. Thundering Herd fans will hear from Doc Holliday, Marshall University’s head football coach, athletic director Mike Hamrick and President Stephen J. Kopp as well as key members of this year’s team as […]
Scholarship created in honor of retiring Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine administrator
James “Jim” J. Schneider retired from the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine in June, but his service to the school will live on through the creation of an endowed scholarship in his name. The scholarship, known as the James “Jim” J. Schneider Endowed Scholarship, will be awarded to an entering first-year student […]
Feed Our Youth Food Drive
As of January 2011, 77 percent of the children in Marshall and Ohio counties are going hungry every night, only getting meals at school. Here is what you can do to help! From July 14th to August 20th, RSVP After School Adventures Program is hosting a food drive. With your help, we are going to […]
