Executive Exclusives
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
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
Up In Arms: A Q&A with John Temple
By Samantha Cart In June, author John Temple released his fourth book, Up in Arms:
Booming Business in Mason County: Felman Production Inc.
By Phyllis Flowers Mason County has proven to be fertile ground to grow a manufacturing
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
Promoting Early Entrepreneurship: The West Virginia Kids Business Expo
By Traci Phillips Kayla Lewis, an 11-year-old girl from Charleston, WV, spent 12 hours baking cookies
The Renaissance of McDowell County
By Randi Weingarten When most of the coal companies pulled up stakes and abandoned McDowell
Feast in the Field Follow-Up
By Elizabeth Riffle It’s not often you see bison or buffalo on a menu in
Leadership in Turbulent Times
By Kevin Fields This article is part of a companion series to “Crisis Management: Seven
Someone Cares: Local Organizations Create Partnerships to Support Autism Resources
By Sarah Harris The state of West Virginia is full of hard-working individuals. West Virginians
West Virginia’s Blueprint Communities: A Guide to Revitalizing Neighborhoods
Described as a picture of uneven economic recovery by economist John Deskins, director of West Virginia University’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research, the Mountain State continues to see healthy growth in some areas and economic weaknesses and population loss in others. By revitalizing some of West Virginia’s oldest neighborhoods, the state’s blueprint communities are attempting to turn the tide on this pattern.
Business Driven: Workforce Development in the Mid-Ohio Valley
The Mid-Ohio Valley (MOV) Workforce Development Employer Solutions Program (WDB-EST) is a team developed to work specifically with employers throughout the MOV Workforce Region of Workforce West Virginia. The WDB-EST serves employers and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, or WIOA, participants within their nine-county area in West Virginia covering Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt and Wood counties.
