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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By Traci Phillips Kayla Lewis, an 11-year-old girl from Charleston, WV, spent 12 hours baking cookies and sweets for the first annual West Virginia Kids Business Expo. The morning of the event, she arose at 6 a.m. and began baking more than 200 of her Sweet Day Cookies to be showcased at the expo in the TransCanada Building…