With the introduction of its Leave No Trace initiative, Visit Mountaineer Country Convention & Visitors' Bureau will join a nationwide effort to educate children on respecting, appreciating and conserving the natural world. Last year, Visit Mountaineer Country CVB President and CEO ...
MORGANTOWN – Higher education means preparing a strong workforce, four college and university presidents told members of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce on Friday. It was the last day of the chamber's annual conference, held at the Greenbrier, and the panel discussion was called ...
MORGANTOWN – WVU President Gordon Gee talked to members of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce on Thursday about the university's Academic Transformation and its $45 million deficit. “Higher education has to change fundamentally,” he said, and he's chronicled that in his new book, ...
Contented, stable living through STEM? Samsung Electronics America hopes so. That’s because the Solve for Tomorrow contest has again clicked over for 2023. Samsung launched the competition in 2010 as a way to encourage creative thinking and problem-solving in society, using the components of science, technology, engineering, and math — or STEM, as those core subjects are known by the blanket abbreviation. Morgantown High School was one of 300 finalists nationwide during last year’s competition. Solve for Tomorrow is open to all public high school and middle school ...
MORGANTOWN — Leaders of WVU and Marshall University teamed Monday to introduce a new initiative designed to keep West Virginia college graduates working and prospering here in the Mountain State. And, as West Virginia University struggles through its Academic Transformation process, ...
KINGWOOD — Preston County parents, teachers and staff will receive a survey from the board of education soon. During an earlier meeting, board member Cross Kisner called for a recommendation for kindergarten through fourth grade report cards and grades to be delivered to parents in the same manner as those for grades 5-8. The request would require a change to PCS Policy R-3-22-7 (grading policy and grading scale for grades K-4) and PCS Policy R-22-8 (grading scale for grades 5-8). “The (current) report card does not inform parents,” he said. “The information on them can be ...
