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By Katy Brown There’s an old song called “The Farmer in the Dell.” Ten children (or more) join hands and dance around the farmer, who stands in the center of the circle as they sing. At the end of the first verse, the farmer chooses his wife, who joins him inside the circle. At the…
By Amy Pellegrin “A West Virginia woman really needs her power restored. She’s running out of money to gas the generator keeping her husband’s ventilator on,” the tweet stated. In the aftermath of the June 29, 2012, derecho that slammed West Virginia and left hundreds of thousands without power for days, a team of Fairmont…
By Jorea Marple, Ed.D. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” These words in the Declaration of Independence provide the foundation for our country as well as…
By Chris Nye As a high school math teacher, I understand the amount of focus that is required in order to be successful at solving math problems. I firmly believe that math is best learned when the classroom environment is void of distractions. Over the years, I have observed as too many of my students…
By Marta Tankersley International education has long been utilized as a means of promoting understanding among cultures, and in recent years it has also become big business. The concept of education as an export may be new to many, but since the U.S. is the most popular destination for foreign students, higher education has earned…
By Bridget Bean I recently had the privilege of attending National Small Business Week in Washington, D.C., to take part in the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) annual celebration to pay tribute to the men and women who are starting and growing the small businesses that propel our economy. Every year since 1963, the President of…