Hometown Holidays in Berkeley Springs
By Jules Happy Rone Berkeley Springs, WV, is getting ready to celebrate the holidays in style yet again. With decorated meters, a Santa’s mailbox, newly refurbished lanterns, holiday “elfie” stations for photographs, visits with Santa, small business shopping and events all season long, visitors looking to get into the holiday season will be right at […]
Perfused Cadaver Training: Surgical Residents Find Confidence Through Unique Model
By Zane Lacko Performance and practice lead to better outcomes in the operating room. Modern advances in medicine mean surgeries are less invasive and robotically precise, but there’s no substitution for hands-on training when lives are at stake. Through a new program at West Virginia University (WVU), residents have increased opportunities to tackle even the […]
Building Better Leaders: WVU Launches New Graduate Certificate in Leadership
By Katlin Swisher, Ph.D. Students can now enhance their leadership capacity at work and in their daily life with West Virginia University’s (WVU) new graduate certificate in leadership. The first of its kind in the state of West Virginia, the program offers working professionals innovative, research-driven courses with practical applications. “Leadership crosses every discipline and […]
Up In Arms: A Q&A with John Temple
By Samantha Cart In June, author John Temple released his fourth book, Up in Arms: How the Bundy Family Hijacked Public Lands, Outfoxed the Federal Government, and Ignited America’s Patriot Militia Movement. A professor of journalism at the West Virginia University Reed College of Media and a journalist, author and speaker, Temple is known for […]
Booming Business in Mason County: Felman Production Inc.
By Phyllis Flowers Mason County has proven to be fertile ground to grow a manufacturing business. The Felman Production silicon manganese plant in Letart, WV, employs 106 union workers making a good wage—about $84,000 a year on average—in a very competitive business. Felman is one of only two U.S. producers of this alloy, which is […]
The Power of Music Education: Appalachian Children’s Chorus
By Audrey Pitonak-Goff As the Appalachian Children’s Chorus (ACC) approaches its 30th anniversary, the organization’s leadership has been reflecting on not only where the nonprofit music education organization has been but where it is going. The ACC’s mission is to provide artistic excellence, a quality music education and extraordinary opportunities while creating a positive effect […]
