SHEPHERDSTOWN, West Virginia, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- Shepherd University issued the following news: Author and historian C.W. Goodyear is conducting research for a biography of Sen. Robert C. Byrd at the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education at Shepherd University. Goodyear, author of "Garfield: From Radical to Unifier," a critically acclaimed biography of the 20th President of the United States, has also donated to the center to facilitate work on Byrd's biography. "I'm e more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- Gallup, a research-based and performance-management consulting company, issued the following news: BY KYLE CHRISTENSEN West Virginia University's mission is to help students find their purpose. WVU believes that exploring students' unique purpose propels them toward successful, satisfying careers -- and pushes students to become more than they thought they could be. This belief led leaders to create WVU's Purpose Center -- the first of its kind on any campus wo more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Gov. Justice, as Chairman of the West Virginia School Building Authority (SBA), announced a historic milestone today as the SBA approved an allocation of $111,687,534 to 19 counties for Fiscal Year 2024. This funding, the largest annual award by the SBA since 2011, will be used to construct ten new schools and perform major renovations on thirteen existing schools across the state. "I a more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner issued the following news release: On behalf of the State of West Virginia, Secretary of State Mac Warner participated in the inauguration ceremony for the first-ever West Virginian to be named Honorary Consul of Japan. Larry Rector, a resident of Bridgeport and an attorney with Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, was appointed Honorary Consul of Japan by Ambassador Mikio Mori who serves as the Consul-General of Japan in New more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner issued the following commentary on Dec. 12, 2023: * * * Op-Ed: Stolen? Lessons from the 2020 Presidential Election "Yes or no -- was the 2020 election stolen?" Radio talk show host Hoppy Kercheval posed that question last week in a forum in Morgantown. I responded, "Yes." Here is my reasoning. West Virginia voters elected me their Chief Election Officer for two consecutive terms beginning in 2017. Working with more PR

INSTITUTE, West Virginia, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- West Virginia State University issued the following news: West Virginia State University (WVSU) and West Virginia University (WVU) are making strides in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) by using it to predict genetic modifications on habanero peppers. Led by project head Donald Adjeroh, the research aims to support the prevention and treatment of genetic diseases in the future. The team is working on an AI program that can predict the eff more PR

BUCKHANNON, West Virginia, Dec. 13 -- West Virginia Wesleyan College issued the following news: The Beta Beta chapter of Lambda Pi Eta welcomed six new members in the Fall Semester at West Virginia Wesleyan College. On Oct. 10, 2023, the Beta Beta chapter of Lambda Pi Eta at West Virginia Wesleyan College held its Fall 2023 induction ceremony. Jason Wilson, Peter D'Avanzo, Sarah McCall, Danica Propst, Faith Yoho and Alexis Abalos were invited to join the honor society. Founded in 1988, Lambda more PR