WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer Riley Moore today announced a new contest that will award up to $12,000 deposited in a Jumpstart Savings Account to winners who tell the world what makes them proud to be a West Virginia skilled worker. “When West Virginia became the[Read More…]
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To help students from all backgrounds succeed in engineering, WVU research targets academic support programs
WV Press Release Sharing MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Women. Residents from rural or low-income households. Underrepresented minorities. First-generation college students. These are the people undergraduate engineering programs fail to reach, according to a West Virginia University researcher. As a teaching assistant professor in the Fundamentals of Engineering program at the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and[Read More…]
Ogden Newspapers’ Mike Myer, Spencer Newspapers Mary Helen Hedges voted into the WV Press Association Hall of Fame
William Harper, Don Marsh, Joe Mills and Samuel Craig Shaw entering Hall of Fame in ‘Veterans Class’ WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia newspapers have voted J Michael ‘Mike’ Myer of The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register in Wheeling and Mary Helen Hedges of Roane County Reporter and Spencer[Read More…]
Wetzel County Board of Education scraps consolidation plan for Paden City and Magnolia high schools
Ed Parsons, For The Intelligencer NEW MARTINSVILLE, W.Va. — The Wetzel County Board of Education, before a throng of Paden City High School supporters, voted unanimously Monday night against holding public hearings and a vote on the “reconfiguration” of the county’s schools. That vote led to loud cheers from Paden[Read More…]
WVU earns prestigious designation as an ‘Innovation and Economic Prosperity University’
WV Press Release Sharing MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Reaffirming the commitment from West Virginia University to its land-grant mission, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has designated WVU as an “Innovation and Economic Prosperity University.” WVU is one of just more than 80 higher education institutions to receive the distinction from APLU, a[Read More…]
WV Press Convention Follow-up: Pulse Research to begin follow-up calls and emails with data and information
Pulse to share new WV Data survey By Autumn Shelton, WV Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The WV Press Association is encouraging newspaper publishers, ad directors and advertising staffers to talk with Pulse Research Representative Sammy Papert in the coming weeks about his company’s research and opportunities to increase advertising[Read More…]
Ogden Newspapers’ Mike Myer, Spencer Newspapers Mary Helen Hedges voted into the WV Press Association Hall of Fame
William Harper, Don Marsh, Joe Mills and Samuel Craig Shaw entering Hall of Fame in ‘Veterans Class’ WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia newspapers have voted J Michael ‘Mike’ Myer of The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register in Wheeling and Mary Helen Hedges of Roane County Reporter and Spencer[Read More…]
Political Advisory: Delegate Brandon Steele to seek Circuit Judge seat in West Virginia’s 10th Judicial Circuit
Steele: “I feel strongly that this is the next stage in my life” By Autumn Shelton, West Virginia Press Association BECKLEY, W.Va. – Del. Brandon Steele, R-Raleigh, has announced his candidacy for circuit court judge in Raleigh County’s 10th Judicial Circuit. As a result, Steele will not be seeking re-election[Read More…]
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine White Coat Ceremony speaker to students: ‘Seize this opportunity’
WV Press Release Sharing LEWISBURG, W.Va. – One by one, first-year medical students participating in the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine’s (WVSOM) Convocation and White Coat Ceremony crossed the stage to receive the coats that represent the beginning of their career in health care service, cheered on by an[Read More…]
Marshall University to kick off Homecoming week activities with Unity Walk
WV Press Release Sharing HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Homecoming week at Marshall University officially kicks off on Monday, Sept. 25, as faculty, staff, students, family and alumni come together as the #MarshallUFamily, in a bold display of unity, inclusion and oneness. The Unity Walk is a signature event, taking place each[Read More…]
