Category: Articles
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Policy Directors for Obama and McCain Discuss Their Approach to the Entrepreneurial Economy
A live webcast of “The Next President and the Entrepreneurial Economy,” a panel discussion featuring Jason Furman, the Director of Economy Policy for Barack Obama, and Doug Holtz-Eakin, Director of Economic Policy for John McCain, will take place Friday, September 19 from 4:45 to 6:00 pm EDT. The event will be moderated by Kauffman Foundation…
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Create WV Conference – Quality of Place Track Sessions
Jeffrey Miller, organizing leader for “Quality of Place” sessions at the 2008 Create WV conference, has announced the line up for this year’s exciting track: Tuesday, October 21 Wednesday, October 22 “The ‘place’ track was one of the highest rated at last year’s conference,” said Miller. “We are very excited about this year’s lineup, which…
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Charleston Catholic Uses Web 2.0 Technology to Open New Communication With Students, Parents
“Oh man! When is that psychology paper due again? I hope it’s not tomorrow!” “I forgot all about that big assignment due in English! I don’t even remember what to do. I am totally going to fail!” “Oh, no, Mom, I don’t have any tests to study for.” These are just a few of the…
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International Contest Finals Held in Charleston
West Virginia is becoming home of the champions. Recently the “World’s Strongest Men” competed in Charleston, with WV native Phil Pfister coming in 4th place (he won it all in 2006). Well, the next round of competitors may not be able to win a fight with the giant men who roamed Charleston the past two…
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Disrupting Class-Spread the Word
Before I discuss the final two chapters in the book, I wanted to provide you a handout that I am using in all my discussions about the Education Track. This is my “leave behind”, the “how-to”, this is The Other Half of the Strategy. Download this document and read at least the first page and…
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What is Our State’s Personality Profile?
When folks think of living in West Virginia, being too stressed out usually isn’t top of their mind in terms of things to worry about. In fact, it’s usually the opposite. But yet researchers at the University of Cambridge put West Virginia at the top of another “bad” list – states with the highest percentage…
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Race, Politics and Stereotypes in WV
The presidents of Marshall University, West Virginia State University and West Virginia Wesleyan College are inviting everyone to a special dialog on race, politics and stereotypes in our state. The event is a response to the media portrayal of West Virginia and the role race played in the Democratic primary in May, and the ongoing…
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Free Money – Just Add Business Plan
A reminder that three exciting workshops for business and “social” entrepreneurs are being held this week by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and the WV Angel Investor Network. The primary goal of this seminar is to develop a compelling story about your business idea that will appeal to investors. Please bring a copy of…
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USAirways to Feature West Virginia in November
An exciting opportunity announced by the WV Commerce Department: US Airways Magazine will profile West Virginia as part of its business series in the November 2008 issue of its in-flight magazine, reaching about 6.8 million affluent business and leisure travelers who fly the airline to more than 235 destinations in 32 countries. Running approximately 24…
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Huntington Herald-Dispatch: Standards, Attitudes Hampering Education
From the Huntington Herald-Dispatch: Hari Satya Shankar Addagarla recalls how his academic classload one year while in India included math, chemistry, physics, biology, history, geography, civics and three language courses. That was when Addagarla was a 12-year-old in what would be called a middle school in the United States. The academic classload for a typical…