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By Dave Wellman For a few hours on Saturday, September 29th, teams of Marshall University (MU) students, faculty and staff will play flag football not only to have some fun but also to do their part in helping feed their hungry neighbors. Yes, football and fun equal food for the hungry in this special event…
By Jessica Kennedy West Virginia needs 20,000 more college graduates by 2018 to meet work force demands, but state officials say many students are skipping a critical first step in the college-planning process—submitting a college application. To help more students complete that task, the College Foundation of West Virginia (CFWV) will host its third annual…
By Diana Mazzella When the school bell stops ringing and the buses have departed, the middle and high school students of West Virginia return to their other lives—the lives where they talk on the phone, shop at the mall, write English essays and eat dinner. For 28 high school students in the Morgantown area, that…
By Bridget Bean Imagine stepping into your store, restaurant or the office where you run your business after a wildfire has been contained, a tornado or hurricane has passed or floodwaters have receded. Unfortunately for thousands of business owners across the country, this scenario is more than just imagined. Situations like these leave business owners…
By Kimberly Scranage The national agenda is now focused on outcomes in higher education, especially student graduation rates. Nationally, only 60 percent of full-time students earn their degree in eight years. Part-time rates are even lower, landing at only 24 percent. Recent research from national education policy groups, such as Complete College America, suggests that…
By Jill Holliday While evolution is always a heated topic, no one can deny the importance of change. For example, consider the evolution of clothing. In the days of the agrarian economy, women would make their clothing from scratch. In the goods-based industrial economy, women would buy a few yards of fabric at the local…