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WVJC students among recent graduates

Career-training institutions West Virginia Junior College (WVJC), East Ohio College (EOC), United Career Institute (UCI) and Boardman Training Center (BTC) hosted their inaugural combined graduation ceremony earlier this month.   The ceremony was held at the Chestnut Ridge Church in Morgantown,  where 108 graduates from the four institutions’  allied healthcare, professional training and nursing programs gathered to celebrate the culmination of their hard work and dedication to their education.   “We are incredibly proud of our graduates’ ...

Mon students do better than W.Va. and the world in AP test scores

Monongalia County students taking Advanced Placement courses this past year outpaced their peers across West Virginia and around the world, Courtney Crawford told Board of Education members Tuesday night. “Here’s where I really get to celebrate the data,” said Crawford, who directs ...

Preston BOE debates putting levy on November ballot

Members of the Preston County Board of Education voted 3-1 to place the excess levy on the General Election ballot in November.  The levy was defeated during the  May Primary Election.  “I’m torn in this,” board member Michael Hovatter said. “I’ve supported ...

West Virginia schools get bad report card from WalletHub

Mountaineers, by literal definition, have to keep climbing. Metaphorically, though, planting a flag at the top of the peak still doesn’t guarantee against an avalanche below. That contradiction bore out in a study released Monday morning by WalletHub, a personal finance company that ...

Why do we care so much about automation?

Humans have  tried to use tools to decrease the amount of physical labor we do for most of the time we’ve been a species on this planet. This includes building tools to ease gardening, creating pulleys and inventing the wheel. And as things have become more digital, we have turned to machines to decrease the amount of manual labor we have to go through. Automation is using technology, with lessened human involvement, to complete some sort of action. This leads to increased efficiency and higher accuracy (due to the lack of human error).  Basic automation is the automation ...

Preston shares in Lowey after-school grant

Preston County’s school district is among the Mountain State recipients sharing in a federal grant for after-school programming. The award is from the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers organization, named in honor of the New York state lawmaker known in part for her ...