FAIRMONT, West Virginia, Dec. 7 -- Fairmont State University issued the following news story: On November 30, Fairmont State welcomed over 100 students to campus for the annual SOAR Awards. The SOAR Awards are a series of events hosted across West Virginia and surrounding areas, where incoming freshmen who attend receive a $2,000 scholarship. The SOAR Awards were created with accessible higher education and student success in mind, a sentiment Interim Vice President of Student Success Alicia K more PR

FAIRMONT, West Virginia, Dec. 7 -- Fairmont State University issued the following news story: Fairmont State University welcomed 48 FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Challenge and 24 FLL Explore robotics teams to campus for the West Virginia State Championship on Saturday, December 2. The FLL Challenge teams are comprised of students ages 9-14 and the FLL Explore teams represent students ages 6-9 from across the state of West Virginia. Around 650 participants, coaches, parents and volunteers attended Sat more PR

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Dec. 7 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: David Gozal, M.D., M.B.A., Ph.D. (Hon), vice president of Health Affairs and dean of the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, was named to the 2023 list of Highly Cited Researchers(TM) list by Clarivate(TM). Of the world's population of scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers are one in 1,000. Each researcher selected has authored multiple Highly Cited Papers that r more PR

WEST LIBERTY, West Virginia, Dec. 7 -- West Liberty University issued the following news: WLU Baseball Head Coach Eric Burkle has announced that lead ESPN College Baseball Analyst Mike Rooney will provide the keynote address for the Hilltoppers' 2024 Leadoff Dinner on February 10, 2024. Rooney has been a familiar face on the college baseball scene for years. He starred for current Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy from 1988-92 at Notre Dame, where he was teammates with current Chicago Cubs  more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 7 -- The Public Service Commission of West Virginia issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: The Public Service Commission of West Virginia was asked Wednesday to investigate a complaint that 10 emergency call centers were unable to field 911 calls for up to 10 hours during a three-day period last month. The state's umbrella agency for West Virginia's 51 911 centers, the WV E911 Council based in Pineville, filed the complaint against Frontier West Virg more PR

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news: West Virginia University researchers are working to improve the well-being of patients diagnosed with a brain tumor through rehabilitation. The team, led by Nicole Stout, a researcher with the WVU Cancer Institute and research assistant professor in the School of Public Health, recently conducted a pilot study in which an occupational therapist embedde more PR