HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University has issued the following media advisory:

The Marshall University School of Pharmacy will formally welcome its first-year pharmacy students at its 12th annual White Coat Ceremony on Friday, Aug. 18, at the Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall in Huntington.

During the event, students will be presented with their white coats and recite the “Oath of a Pharmacist.”  This year’s keynote speaker is Michael LeMasters, PharmD, chief compliance officer at the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy.

WHO:             First-Year Pharmacy Students, Class of 2027

WHAT:           White Coat Ceremony

WHEN:          2 p.m.  Friday, Aug. 18

WHERE:        Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall
519 John Marshall Drive, Huntington

WHY:             White coat ceremonies are a tradition in the pharmacy and medical professions that represent the student commitment to high ethical standards and quality patient care.

WATCH:        www.Marshall.edu/livestream 

MEDIA:          Journalists are welcome to attend and cover this event.

BEAVER, W.Va. – As part of a strategic collaboration, New River Community and Technical College will be joining forces with Friday Night Medical Time Out to enhance safety protocols for local high school athletes.

On Monday, Aug. 21, at Shady Spring High School, New River CTC Paramedic students will be conducting an educational session on the life-saving Medical Time Out program. This program offers essential guidance for managing critical incidents during sports events.

The training session begins at 4:30 p.m. and will equip coaches, trainers, referees, and emergency personnel with vital knowledge about the Medical Time Out program. This complimentary initiative provided as a partnership between the Kyle Group and New River CTC empowers participants to respond effectively to unforeseen emergencies, ensuring the well-being of student-athletes.

Dr. Jim Kyle, a respected authority in sports medicine and a seasoned ER physician with over 30 years of experience, will be present at the event for interviews. Dr. Kyle and his team have meticulously crafted protocols that outline a systematic approach to emergency treatment, emphasizing preparedness in critical situations. This training will use New River’s high fidelity mannequins to ensure each participant is capable of providing high quality chest compressions and appropriate life saving measures that will positively impact the lives of our region’s student athletes. 

Originating around a decade ago in southern West Virginia, the Friday Night Medical Time Out program was conceived by Barbara E. Kyle, President of the Kyle Group, and her husband Dr. Jim Kyle. Rooted in a shared commitment to preparedness, the program seeks to elevate safety standards in high school sports across the nation. The program’s effectiveness lies in its simplicity. Ahead of kickoff, key stakeholders – including EMS personnel, coaches, trainers, and potentially physicians – convene 30 minutes before the game.

A concise, five-minute meeting follows, during which the Friday Night Medical Time Out checklist is reviewed. This streamlined approach assigns roles and responsibilities, eliminating confusion and ensuring a prompt response during emergencies. The Kyle Group’s dedication to community welfare is evident through the provision of this program, available at no cost to schools nationwide. Barbara Kyle, reflecting on their altruistic motives, emphasizes that the initiative serves as a way to give back to the communities they hold dear. Parents, educators, and school administrators are encouraged to explore this invaluable program to enhance safety measures for student-athletes. For further information and engagement, please visit http://www.kylegroup.com.

For media inquiries and further information, please contact:

• Mykah F. Price, Director of Communications, New River Community and Technical College, Phone: 304-929-5450

• Christopher A. Boyd, Graphic Design and Multimedia Specialist, New River Community and Technical College, Phone: 304-929-6735

New River Community and Technical College serves nine counties in southeast and south-central West Virginia: Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Summers and Webster. The College offers classes online, in Beaver at the Raleigh County Campus, in Ghent at the Advanced Technology Center, in Hinton at Summers County ARH Hospital, in Lewisburg at the Greenbrier Valley Campus, in Marlinton at One Room University, in Princeton at the Mercer County Campus and in Summersville at the Nicholas County Campus.

BEAVER, W.Va. — New River Community and Technical College has issued the following media advisory:

WHO & WHAT: More than 50 students in New River Community and Technical College’s (New River CTC) Registered Nursing programs, Paramedic, and Practical Nursing Programs will be participating in a collaborative simulation along with AirEvac personnel.

Students will work together as a healthcare team in the fictional “New River General Hospital” to diagnose and treat patient actors and hi-fidelity manikins in the simulation exercise.

WHEN: Tuesday, July 25, 2023, starting at 9:00 a.m. The helicopter transport will commence at 10:15 a.m. from the Ghent Campus and arrival is expected at 10:40 a.m. on the Raleigh County Campus in Beaver, weather pending.

WHERE: Paramedic students will be dispatched from New River CTC’s Advanced Technology Center in Ghent to transport hi-fidelity manikin “patients” to the fictional “New River General Hospital” based at New River CTC’s Raleigh County Campus and the WV HEPC Allied Health Wing. Paramedic students will utilize both the college and state simulation ambulance vehicles and work with AirEvac for transport.

Media contact: Christopher Boyd, Media Contact, cboyd@newriver.edu

LEWISBURG, W.Va — The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) has issued the following media advisory:

The media is invited to attend a roundtable event with Rahul Gupta, M.D., a native of West Virginia and the first physician to serve as the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which is a component of the Executive Office of the President.

What: Roundtable discussion related to substance use disorder and recovery

When: Saturday, June 10, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Where: Conference Center on the second floor of the WVSOM Student Center, WVSOM campus in Lewisburg, W.Va.

During a visit to Lewisburg, Dr. Gupta will meet with WVSOM students and 25 local physicians and individuals who impact local health care. Dr. Gupta and WVSOM staff will be available for interviews.

Members of the media are encouraged to contact Marilea Butcher at  304-647-6367 (mbutcher@osteo.wvsom.edu) or Tiffany Wright at 304-793-6569 (twright@osteo.wvsom.edu) in the Marketing and Communications Office if they would like to attend.

WVPA Executive Director Don Smith said the association’s convention will be Friday and Saturday, Aug. 11-12, is announcing the dates and will release more details and registration links later this month.

“The West Virginia Press Association’s annual convention is the largest gathering of media in the state. With training seminars, featured speakers, policy discussions, awards presentations, networking and fun, it’s the one media event each year you can’t afford to miss,” Smith said.

Smith encourages everyone to watch the convention video: “You can’t afford to miss it.”

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Justice, First Lady Cathy Justice, and Babydog will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Charleston Dirty Birds home opener against the Lancaster Barnstormers on Tuesday, May 9, at approximately 6:15 pm.

The First Lady will also be hosting a school supply donation drive at the Communities In Schools table located on the main concourse. Those who donate school supplies to CIS WV at the table will receive a complimentary ticket for the Dirty Birds home game on May 23, 2023.

The unveiling ceremony of the Toni Stone Mural Project is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9 on the concourse of GoMart Ballpark behind the press box and section 109, where news media videographers are usually stationed for game highlights. Mayor Goodwin, Director Pierson, and Dirty Birds Community Ambassador Rod Blackstone will provide brief comments, leading to the unveiling at approximately 6:05 p.m., which will also include City Councilwoman Jennifer Pharr and team owner Andy Shea.

The Charleston Dirty Birds are a member of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Celebrating its 25th Anniversary season in 2023, the Atlantic League is Major League Baseball’s first Professional Partner League, a player gateway to the major leagues, and a leader in baseball innovation. ALPB has sent over 1,200 players to MLB organizations while drawing more than 45 million fans to its family-friendly ballparks throughout its 25-year history. Please visit www.AtlanticLeague.com

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The American Rosie Movement has issued the following media advisory:

The Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum will feature Anne Montague as the keynote speaker from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 13, the day before Mother’s Day.

Who:  Anna Jarvis House and Thanks! Plain and Simple, Inc. (“Thanks!”)

What:   Anne Montague, founder of (“Thanks!) and the American Rosie Movement (“ARM”), to tell how her mother, Jessie Jacobs, inspires a unifying movement in the US and beyond.

When:  May 13 – Saturday, 2– 4 p.m., plus all day festivities

Where: Anna Jarvis Birthplace and Museum, 3576 Webster Pike, Grafton, WV 25354 

Why:     Mothers have huge impact on the future.  Montague’s story of her mother is an example of how mothers’ contributions are often forgotten, even though their influence lasts.

Montague, who was born in 1939, will tell of four memories of her mother that have impacted her life and inspired the American Rosie Movement.  The first is her memory of watching her mother dress and leave to inspect lenses for periscopes, binoculars at Polan Industries during WWII. Another memory was an event after her mother’s death in 1983 which put Montague on the path to find a way to honor her mother through work that includes the strengths of women to care as well as do needed work for society.

Montague said: “Olive Ricketts, executive director of the Anna Jarvis House, has hugely influenced me to stay the course to make my work with Rosie the Riveters both practical and visionary. When I returned to West Virginia, I hoped to make Taylor County and West Virginia known for a national monument for mothers, but it was not doable, at least at that time.  Then, I realized that I could represent Mother, West Virginia and America by finding and doing projects with women, like Mother, who worked on the home front. 

Over the last 15 years of work with Rosies, we’ve had many successes and ‘learning experiences. However, today, with the encouragement of Olive and others, we are launching a national movement for all Americans to find Rosies and leave a permanent record of their legacy.  I am deeply grateful that Olive sees that Mother’s love and trust should be understood and recognized.” 

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The all-day event will include a tour of the museum from 10 a.m. to 4: p.m, crafts and vendors, the program with Jill Sturm, Mother of the Year and Montague, and music in the park at  6 p.m.,

The next day, Mother’s Day, the Anna Jarvis House will be open for tours until 4 p.m.

Contacts:

The Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum, 304-265-5549   https://wvtourism.com/company/anna-jarvis-birthplace-museum

Thanks! Plain and Simple, Inc. 304-545-9818 or 304-776-4743 www. AmericanRosieMovement.org  team@AmerianRosieMovement.org

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The office of Gov. Jim Justice has issued the following media advisory:

WHO: Gov. Jim Justice, other officials. 

WHAT: Gov. Justice will join officials from the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security to present the inaugural round of Medal of Valor awards. 

The following individuals will be presented with the Medal of Valor: 

• Patrolman Cassie Johnson
• Corporal Marshall Bailey
• Trooper Eric Workman
• Deputy John Westfall
• Sergeant Thomas E. Baker III
• Firefighter John Dean Forbush
• Firefighter James W. Spencer

The West Virginia First Responder Honor Board was created within the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security. The purpose of the Board is to recognize and honor first responders who have “distinguished themselves conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of their lives above and beyond the call of duty in the performance of their duties to be awarded the Medal of Valor”. W.Va. Code §29-32-2. After the Board votes, the nominations are referred to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House so that each representative body can confirm the awards. 

WHEN: Today, Wednesday, May, 3, 2023, at noon. 

WHERE: West Virginia State Culture Center Theater
State Capitol Complex
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston, WV 25305-0300

All West Virginians may watch the live stream of this event at the following links:
YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/Lccs92KtzLw?feature=share
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/WVGovernor
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wvgovernor

WHAT: West Virginia University will host the American Collegiate Horsemen’s Association National Convention, drawing students from across the country to learn about the horse industry and develop leadership skills.

WHO: Members of the WVU Collegiate Horsemen’s Association, WVU Equine Studies Program in the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, other college equine students and faculty members

WHEN: Wednesday through Friday, April 12-15

WHERE: Locations in Morgantown and surrounding areas

NOTES:

The best photo and video opportunities are as follows:

Friday, April 14
Professional Development Day, Erickson Alumni Center, 1 Alumni Drive, Morgantown

    • 9-9:15 a.m. — Welcome from Darrell Donahue, dean, WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, and Joe Hatton, deputy commissioner of agriculture, state Department of Agriculture

    • 9:15-10 a.m. — Keynote speaker, Julie Broadway, president, American Horse Council

    • 11-11:15 a.m. — Message from WVU President Gordon Gee

Saturday, April 15
Horse Industry Day, J.W. Ruby Research Farm, 55 WVU Reedsville Farm Drive, Reedsville

    • 11-11:30 a.m. — Saddlebred Test Ride

    • 12:15-3 p.m. — Veterinary Acupuncture, Chiropractic and Equine Sports Massage Therapy

Awards Banquet, Lofts Conference Center, University Town Centre, 125 Granville Square

    • 6-8 p.m. – “Growing Up, Growing Ag,” Elizabeth Lynch, Miss West Virginia 2022

Read more about the American Collegiate Horsemen’s Association National Convention at WVU.

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ON-SITE MEDIA CONTACT: Crystal Smith
Professor of Equine Studies
WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design
304-680-6070; Crystal.Smith@mail.wvu.edu