By Billy Atkins There is a valuable resource available in West Virginia of which many Mountaineers are unaware. Community foundations offer great potential for improvements not only within communities but also around the state made in the name of philanthropy. According to the Council on Foundations’ Abbreviated History of the Philanthropic Tradition in the United…
By Kensie Westerfield Growing up, I remember how much my dad loved to watch Mountaineer sports. He would turn on the TV, turn down the volume and crank up the radio. I have met many sports fans since then who, like my dad, love nothing more than to be able to watch the game while…
By Jennifer Jett and Kensie Westerfield Over the years, we have been inundated by requests from our readers to publish a sports issue. When we made the decision to add this topic to our editorial calendar, one thing was certain: we needed to develop our own sports hall of fame. What we didn’t expect was…
By T.L. Headley Coca-Cola, Las Vegas, the New York Yankees—these names alone are enough for the senses to kick into gear. You can almost taste the Coke, see the lights of the city, smell the hot dogs and hear the crack of the bat. What’s more, you can visualize the symbols connected with the products—the…
By Sudhakar Jamkhandi, Ph.D We’re all familiar with the phrase “going global.” Some of us even engage in this practice. How many of us, though, are familiar with the concept of “building the capacities of emerging democracies and market economies?” Surely this is the responsibility of new democracies or new market economies themselves, right? And…
By April Plank Earlier this year, I called Bob Welty, the president of Fifth Third Bank West Virginia, to ask if he would meet me for an early lunch. After more than an hour of talking about our professional and personal backgrounds, he asked, “What was the purpose of this meeting? Is there something I…