Complete to Compete
By Rob Anderson Over the past 50 years, public higher education within the United States witnessed a meteoric rise which led to its status as the best public system in the world. State governments, fueled by the tax revenue of its citizenry, have traditionally shouldered the load of financing public higher education growth and maintenance. […]
The View from Capitol Hill: Senator Carte Goodwin
By Jennifer Jett When Senator Robert C. Byrd passed away earlier this year, it fell to Governor Joe Manchin to select the individual who would hold Sen. Byrd’s seat until a special election could be held to find a more permanent replacement. Every West Virginian turned his or her eyes toward the State Capitol and […]
Natural-Born Leaders: West Virginia’s Stellar Students
By Laura Burdette Today, high school students are bombarded with demands. Choosing a career path, applying to colleges, taking the SATs and ACTs, enrolling in honors and college-level courses and finding time to fit in extra-curricular activities to make their college applications shine are just one side of the coin. They must also balance homework, […]
West Virginia Growing Globally
By Debra Martin Step off the plane in a foreign country and you might be delighted and slightly overwhelmed with how different the environment is—different sights, different smells, different currency and different customs. But look behind the scenes into the business world of that country, and it may reveal many things that are very familiar. […]
The Art of Lean Six Sigma
By J. Fernando Cevallos-Candau When a small manufacturer of mining equipment wanted to reduce the lead time in the production of a part, they turned to Progressive Processes, LLC for help. At Progressive Processes, what we found surprised them but not us. By introducing relatively simple changes to the manufacturing process, we were able to […]
Winners’ Circle 2010
Compiled by Laura Burdette, Jennifer Jett, Dawn Nolan, April Plank and Kensie Westerfield It’s not impossible to imagine an outsider taking one step across the West Virginia border and being intimidated with the heights of the surrounding mountains, the tight turns of both the highways and back roads, the narrow valleys and the ever-changing four seasons. For centuries, men and […]