ATHENS, West Virginia, April 6 -- Concord University issued the following news release: Concord University has been awarded a Continuing Grant under Track 2 of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program in the amount of $2,317,725 by the National Science Foundation. The funds have been granted for a program titled Utilizing Wrap Around Mentorship and Virtual Reality to Prepare and Sustain STEM Teachers in Rural High-need Schools. The purpose of the project is to increase the number of highly   more

ATHENS, West Virginia, April 6 (TNSres) -- Concord University issued the following news release: Concord University's Department of Social Sciences is hosting the annual CU Research Festival on Friday, April 12 from 9:45 AM to 3 PM. This is an annual event to celebrate research conducted by students. Research presentations will be held in the State Room of the Jean & Jerry L. Beasley Student Center from 9:45 AM-12 PM. Keynote speaker, Dr. Erik Augustson will speak from 12-1 PM, followed by a s  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 6 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: Marshall University's Amicus Curiae Lecture Series on Constitutional Democracy will end the 2023-2024 academic year with a lecture by POLITICO editor, author and lawyer Peter Canellos titled "John Marshall Harlan and the Power of Dissent." The event, which is free and open to the public, is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at the Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall. Canellos's lecture will focus on the me  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, April 6 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Gov. Jim Justice today announced that First Lady Cathy Justice underwent successful hip replacement surgery at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. "Our family is very thankful Cathy's surgery went extremely well. I want to thank Dr. Dietz and all of the amazing folks at WVU Medicine for their great work and professionalism. I also want to thank everybody for their thoughts and   more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, April 6 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news: With a heart for patients in rural West Virginia, the same compassion was in play when West Virginia University School of Dentistry students and faculty visited Antigua, Guatemala in March. A team made up of three faculty members and seven students spent several days at Hospital Obras Sociales del Hermano Pedro where they saw an average of 25 patients a day.   more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, April 6 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news: A West Virginia University School of Public Health student recently teamed up with graduate students from regional universities to participate in the fourth annual Super Analytics Challenge. Tiffany Salamone, a student in the Master of Health Administration program, applied to the challenge after encouragement from Thomas Bias, Ph.D., associate professor in t  more