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By Jorea Marple, Ed.D. Ten-year-old Luke Maynus is used to hearing his mom, Lou, talk about math in public schools. After all, she’s the mathematics coordinator for the West Virginia Department of Education. Often, he tunes her out, but one evening when she was talking about new resources posted on the Learn21 Web site, his…
By Greg Morris In an effort to provide immediate and meaningful resolution to the skilled-labor shortages within the state, the West Virginia Community and Technical College System has launched the Tech Scholars Program. This new and innovative employer partnership program seeks to strengthen the quality of the state’s technical work force by providing scholarship funding…
By Melissa Stewart As a young horticulturalist, fresh out of college, I remember my first encounter with hydroponic production. This was a topic we didn’t cover in the pages of our textbooks but rather a unique twist to the traditional idea of container culture that I had become accustomed to through years of schooling. As…
By Dennis Byrne As the nation marks Veterans Day 2012, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) continues to build on its successful programs for America’s military veterans, helping tens of thousands of veterans each year with small business financing, comprehensive business training and counseling and access to federal contracts. “Around Veterans Day, our thoughts turn…
By Natalia Olson-Urtecho One of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) top priorities is to provide access and opportunity to small business owners in traditionally underserved communities. In fact, since 2009 the SBA has supported $13.5 billion in lending to underserved small businesses and $100.3 billion in federal government contracting dollars to small disadvantaged firms. Locally,…
By Dr. John Craynon, P.E. The Appalachian Research Initiative for Environmental Science (ARIES) was created to investigate the cultural, scientific and engineering issues related to energy production in Appalachia. Lots of specific issues that ARIES researchers are investigating are critical to Appalachia, energy production and West Virginia. With the extensive history of energy production in…