Last year’s winning team created a gingerbread boat (edible, save for a rudder and other necessary aquatic ingredients), which then delivered a bevy of desserts (definitely edible), by way of […]
Education
MTEC adult learning program tops in state
Hollie McGilton never ignores a text message. Not because she’s obsessed with her cell phone, mind you. It’s because it might be from one of her students, the instructor at […]
New dean named of Fairmont State Middle College
FAIRMONT— An academic program at Fairmont State University that is the only one of its kind in the nation now has a new dean of the same. Emily Swain will […]
WVU Board of Governors hears update on presidential search: results from survey and listening sessions
MORGANTOWN — The WVU Board of Governors heard an update on the search for a new president on Friday. BOG vice-chair and Presidential Search Committee chair Patrice Harris told the […]
Grades of threat: Gov. Justice, WVU prof address worries of school violence
Gov. Jim Justice this past Friday called for the creation of a task force to address the recent threats of violence leveled at as many as 50 schools in West […]
W.Va. Higher Ed Policy Commission announces grants for mental health
The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission recently announced the recipients of its 2024-25 Campus Mental Health Grants, which aim to address the mental health needs of students at West […]
WVU Extension’s Energy Express awarded grant to help teachers
West Virginia University Extension’s Energy Express program has been awarded a $50,000 Sparking Early Literacy Growth grant, a statewide initiative to enhance literacy instruction for elementary-aged children. The grant was […]
Repeat grade: Your Community Foundation Inc. brings back educator ‘mini-grants’ for 2024-25 year
If you want to know just what those educator mini-grants did for classrooms across north-central West Virginia last year, take your seat for some quick capsules. There was that lesson […]
‘These are terroristic threats’: School officials respond to online threats of violence
Online threats delivered to Preston High School and Central Preston Middle School on Thursday prompted district officials to lock down the two buildings before eventually releasing students early. All extracurricular […]
National Merit semifinalists from across the region named
Fifteen area high school seniors are now in elite academic company. They were named semifinalists for the 2025 National Merit Scholarship program, the organization announced Wednesday. This is the 70th […]
