November 21, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin today appointed L.Wade Linger, Jr. to the West Virginia Board of Education. Linger, a West Virginia native, has spent a large portion of his professional career involved in the fields of technology and research her...November 20, 2008Two outstanding recipients were honored November 19, 2008 for work in the field of international education in West Virginia. Dr. Mike Strada of West Liberty State College (WLSC) was recognized for a career of leadership in higher education internation...November 19, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gov. Joe Manchin today announced that West Virginia University (WVU) and Marshall University have landed world-class cancer and gene repair researchers as their first hires through the state’s Eminent Scholars Recruitment and Enhanc...November 18, 2008The Annual Cyrus Vance Awards ceremony will occur Wednesday, November 19, 2008 in the Cultural Center at the State Capitol. Named in honor of the late U.S. Secretary of State, the awards recognized outstanding achievement in the field of international...November 07, 2008The West Virginia Division of Culture and History will continue this season’s Collegiate Series with a musical theater performance by Marshall University students entitled “An Evening of Songs & Scenes” on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. The program will t...October 31, 2008Aspiring West Virginia high school sophomores interested in the arts have an opportunity to showcase their abilities and win a coveted slot in the 2009 Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA). The Department of Education and the Arts announces student au...October 29, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Joe Manchin and First Lady Gayle Manchin today officially recognized Mount View High School science teacher Edward Evans for being named the Discovery Education and 3M “America’s Top Science Teacher” earlier this month. Evans i...October 29, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gov. Joe Manchin, joined by First Lady Gayle Manchin, education officials and leaders from the business community, today announced five additional public schools have joined the SEEDS (Student Educational and Economic Development Su...October 23, 2008Beyond the Backyard, a Bobby Warner Charitable Youth Foundation based in Charleston, recently made a $1,500 donation to the Division of Natural Resources (DNR) to purchase a state-of-the-art scoring system for DNR’s Archery in the Schools (AIS) Program...October 16, 2008Imagination Library of McDowell County, West Virginia has enrolled an unprecedented number of pre-school children. The announcement came as the Department of Education and the Arts and its program partner, the Dollywood Foundation, reviewed the tremen...October 02, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Officials at the Division of Forestry are now accepting submissions for the 2009 West Virginia Arbor Day Poster Contest. This year's theme is "Trees are Terrific . . . in Cities and Towns!” The contest is open to all public, priva...September 12, 2008Dr. Brian Noland, chancellor of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, and Dr. Steve Paine, state superintendent of schools, hosted county superintendents, principals and business officers today in Charleston to formally kick off the sta...August 28, 2008The presentation schedule for the West Virginia Higher Education Technology Conference, including pre- and post-conference tutorials is now available online at http://wvconference.com. The conference theme, “Technology in Higher Education: Challenges, ...August 18, 2008CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia School Building Authority has sold approximately $103 million in excess lottery revenue bonds, resulting in substantial funding to improve the state’s public school facilities. This is the first bond issue for ongo...August 13, 2008Imagination Library in Mingo County, West Virginia is opening an enrollment site in Gilbert, 10:00am-3:00pm, Friday, August 15. One of the world’s most exciting library formats, the project is a collaboration between international recording artist Dol... |
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