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Law enforcement agencies and emergency services around the world are learning to fly drones to assist in search and rescue situations. To help local first responders enhance their ability to respond to emergency situations in remote areas, Eastern West Virginia Community & Technical College has partnered with National Drone Services (NDS) to provide hands-on drone training throughout the Potomac Highlands Region. Participants from Hardy, Mineral and Tucker Counties received a comprehensive and customized training course that included classroom instruction and hands-on situational drone flight experiences…
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Monica Wilson, Dean of Student Access and Success, was recognized by Governor Jim Justice with a Certificate of Appreciation for 20 years of service to the State of West Virginia.
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Clearway Energy Group has hired five recent graduates of the Wind Energy Technology program at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College in Moorefield. The five new wind techs will support the operations and maintenance of Clearway’s new 115-megawatt Black Rock Wind Farm near Elk Garden and its 54-megawatt Pinnacle Wind Farm near Keyser. Pinnacle was repowered just this year with new turbine technology.
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A cohort of instructors at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College are the first to participate in an internal peer-review system that has led to two courses earning Eastern Online Course Excellence certification.
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Agriculture Innovation at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College recently hosted the 6th annual Agriculture Innovation Showcase in conjunction with the West Virginia Agriculture Technology and Innovation Student Challenge held at Eastern’s campus in Moorefield, West Virginia. The event was held in partnership with the Robert C. Byrd Institute, West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) and the West Virginia Department of Education. The Ag Showcase and student challenge was sponsored by the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, as well as the WVDA. Students competed to…
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Donna Davy, an art instructor at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College, recently earned national recognition from Artist’s Magazine.
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Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College has expanded its Community Engagement and Partnerships department with the hiring of four new employees to help carry out its mission of providing affordable and accessible academic, technical, workforce training, and life-long learning for the Potomac Highlands regional community.
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Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College Agriculture Innovation Program supports the next generation of agriculturists by providing an in-school agricultural educational farmers market experiential program. The Potomac Highlands Producers Cooperative worked with local producers in the region to purchase seasonal produce to construct a mock farmers market in Moorefield Intermediate School and East Hardy Middle School in early October. As part of the hands-on educational sessions, students received coupons to purchase produce from the mock farmers market. “This not only sparked interest of the…
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Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College has announced a new partnership with Weimer Automotive to provide a “Learn and Earn” program for students enrolled in its automotive technology program. Starting in Fall 2022, the Learn and Earn program will provide second-year automotive technology students an opportunity to experience working in a dealership, practice their learning outcomes and be paid while they train for their careers.
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Dr. Tom Striplin, President of Eastern West Virginia Community & Technical College announced that the U.S. Department of Education selected the college for a Title III – Strengthening Institutions Program award for their proposal, “Advising, Technology, Training and Innovation” (ATTAIN). This competitive federal grant will provide the college $2.25 million dollars over the next five years to strengthen educational experiences and student services.
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