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Program Recognized by U.S. Treasury as 2nd Best in Nation   West Virginia’s highly successful deployment of funding through the U.S. Treasury Department’s State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) was singled out for recognition in a press release issued by the agency earlier this month. The West Virginia Capital Access Program (WVCAP) has utilized 97 […]

  Ryan Wall is the new Export/Manufacturing Manager at the West Virginia Small Business Development Center. The WVSBDC’s Export Manufacturing initiative provides West Virginia businesses with technical assistance to increase exporting and manufacturing. As statewide liaison, Wall focuses on evaluating the export capabilities of WVSBDC’s small business clients, developing foreign market strategies and coordinating and […]

TechConnect West Virginia, a statewide economic development organization working to foster and promote innovation-based businesses and entrepreneurial activities across West Virginia, has announced the addition of two new officers and four new members to the organization’s Board of Directors. Dr. John Maher, Vice President for Research at Marshall University, has been elected Chairman of the Board.  […]

Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has been selected to lead the Council of State Governments (CSG), and the national organization will be turning its focus on workforce development needs, particularly in the area of STEM. “I am honored to be the first past chair to serve as president of The Council of State Governments,” Gov. Tomblin […]

The West Virginia House of Delegates has held the first of its two “listening tours” for small business owners and entrepreneurs.  The first two sessions were held this past month in Bridgeport and Huntington.  The sessions have been organized by House Speaker Tim Miley (D-Harrison) and the House Committee on Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic […]

STEMPLOY LLC, a women-owned small business registered in WV, works with industry, professional organizations, educational institutions, policy establishments, and the government to establish connections in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields to provide opportunities for professional growth. By facilitating educational workshops, building career-awareness relationships, offering internships and job placement, STEMPLOY will employ more skills […]

Fifteen years ago, Dr. Marjorie Darrah began working on ways to make it more exciting for students to learn science and math.  By using the technology of haptics to add the sense of touch to math and science lessons, she reasoned that student learning would not only be more productive, but also more fun. “With […]

The Chemical Alliance Zone’s Chemicals and Materials (CAM) Commercialization Fund has awarded grants to three West Virginia-based companies to help bring new technologies to market. Liberty Hydro Inc. was awarded $20,000 for a portable water-filtration pilot unit needed for customer-site demonstrations of Liberty Hydro’s clean-water technology.  Liberty Hydro, a spinoff of the Mid-Atlantic Technology and […]

Congress has agreed on a 2014 Omnibus Appropriations bill that allocates $562 million to research and development in fossil energy, including advanced coal, natural gas, oil, and other fossil energy technologies. This represents an increase of $54 million above the FY2013 enacted level and $142 million above the President’s request. The increase is good news […]

More than 80 college student researchers from across West Virginia presented their discoveries at the 11th Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol in Charleston on January 30, 2014. The event, held in the rotunda of the State Capitol, showcased the importance of student research by giving policymakers and capitol visitors the opportunity to talk directly with […]