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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – Brooklyn Boyce, a student in Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College’s nursing program, has been awarded the inaugural St. George Medical Clinic Scholarship at Eastern. Boyce, a resident of Hampshire County, said she has wanted to be a nurse since she was a young child. Her younger brother required care in a neonatal care when he was born, she explained, and she vividly remembers how nice the nurses were that helped care for her brother and that she wanted to be…
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. –The two-day Potomac Highlands Ag Innovation Showcase, hosted by Eastern Ag Innovation at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College, featured agriculture career options as well as vendor information and demonstrations for area students and the general public. The showcase, held on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14-15, included representatives, displays, and information from federal and state government agencies, agriculture-related vendors and employers, and various departments at Eastern. Student activities Friday for students from Moorefield Middle School, Mineral County Technical Center, and Tucker County…
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – Joe McGee, assistant professor of English and assessment facilitator at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College, will celebrate his latest “book birthday” on Oct. 25 for “Curse of the Crummy Mummy!” (Book #6 of “Junior Monster Scouts”), published by Aladdin Books, a children’s-book imprint of Simon & Schuster. The “Crummy Mummy” will be the latest, but not the only recent book birthday McGee has celebrated. On Sept. 6, Aladdin also released “The Squirrels Have Gone Nuts” (Book #4 of “Night Frights”).…
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The latest advancements in agriculture technology will be on display at this year’s Potomac Highlands Agriculture Innovation Showcase hosted by Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College’s Ag Innovation Program. The outdoor event kicks off at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15 on Eastern’s main campus, located at 316 Eastern Drive in Moorefield and will feature more than a dozen vendors. “This is a great annual event that celebrates the Potomac Highlands agriculture industry and brings together the latest advancements in ag equipment and services…
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In 2017, the Council for Opportunity in Education and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators’ Center for First-Generation Student Success launched the inaugural First-Generation College Celebration on Nov. 8, the anniversary of the signing of the Higher Education Act of 1965. This year, Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College is joining with College for West Virginia (CFWV) to celebrate the successes and contributions of first-generation college graduates and students in West Virginia. There are many definitions for identifying first-generation students, and many of…
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – The sun rose brightly and glinted off the windows at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College (Eastern) as the doors opened at 9 a.m. for the Oct. 7 Community Job Fair and dozens of employers and job seekers streamed into the building. The job fair was a joint effort between the college’s Career Services and Workforce Education departments and WorkForce West Virginia and the Region VII Workforce Development Board and was the first event of its kind held at the college…
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – The free Hospitality Training series, coordinated by Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College’s Workforce Education Department and led by experienced hospitality educator Debra Frank, got a good start with its Sept. 12 training, “Customer Service: A Step Above the Rest.” Frank started the Hospitality Training series with a session on customer service because studies indicate that exceptional service builds strong customer loyalty. Some topics in the customer service training covered research and data on customer service and how it impacts successful…
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – Jeff Fraley, director of nursing education for Voiture 1623 of the Forty & Eight (40 & 8) Veterans Organization, presented $500 scholarships to four nursing students at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Receiving scholarships were nursing students Michelle Adkins of Pendleton County, Jodee Crites of Grant County, Crystal Goodwater of Hampshire County, and Whitney Simon of Hardy County. Fraley congratulated the group for their hard work and encouraged them to keep up their efforts. Voiture 1623…
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Jess Rinker, an adjunct English instructor at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College, as well as an accomplished children’s book author, is a finalist for “Best Author” in WV Living magazine’s Best of West Virginia contest. Each year, the Best of West Virginia contest organizers solicit nominations in a range of categories. The list of finalists for each category was released Sept. 26, and winners will be selected based on the results of online voting. Category winners will be featured in the Winter edition…
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – Following a career working with a variety of nonprofit organizations in roles that focused on meeting needs for individuals and communities, Jennifer Rexroad is now applying those skills to higher education in the Potomac Highlands as Title III advancement services specialist at Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College. The advancement services specialist is a newly created position funded by the college’s federal Title III – Strengthening Institutions Program grant, and Rexroad believes that one of her primary tasks is building relationships…
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