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By Dr. Tracy Pellett In the wake of significant budget cuts to higher education in West Virginia, Glenville State College (GSC) has taken a bold stance: no increased tuition for the 2017-18 academic year. The nearly 150-year-old institution even went a step further, cutting the tuition amount—symbolically—by $1 and reducing the cost of meal plans…
By Amber Ravenscroft On June 1, The EdVenture Group celebrated its 16th birthday, marking over a decade of innovative work in education in West Virginia. Founded in 2001 by a high school mathematics and computer science teacher, The EdVenture Group has impacted more than 30,000 students and implemented over 5,000 workshops and capacity-building opportunities for…
By Tricia Clark Suttle & Stalnaker, PLLC was founded on the belief that family comes first. The firm works with employees to make sure they balance work and family life, and when conflicts arise, family life always comes first. The flooding on June 23, 2016, gave the firm the opportunity to put that founding belief…
By Kayla Cook Over a two-day period on June 23-24, 2016, torrential rains inundated the southern part of West Virginia, resulting in devastating floods that killed at least 23 and misplaced thousands. Bowles Rice LLP, a regional law firm that includes five offices throughout the Mountain State, jumped into action. Four members of the Bowles…
By Aishina Shaffer and Bree McCullough Twelve hundred homes washed away. Twenty-three deaths. Ten feet of water. The destruction caused by the 2016 West Virginia floods was seen far and wide. One year later, while those affected by the flooding are still struggling to keep their heads above water, some headstrong students in Southern West…
By Parween Mascari The Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) racing series began four decades ago with the vision of one man, Big Dave Coombs, from Morgantown, WV. His vision was to hold a 100-mile motorcycle race in the scenic town of Davis, WV. That race, the Blackwater 100, began in 1975. The race track was…