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Entrepreneurs In Action Profile - New Day Bakery

New Day Bakery, a thriving bread business located near downtown Morgantown, WV.

Gwinn: A Leader in West Virginia

Dusty Gwinn, General Manager of the West Virginia University Business Incubator, recently participated in Leadership West Virginia, which is a statewide program to develop, strengthen and connect emerging leaders for the Mountain State, March 26th and 27th in Martinsburg, West Virginia (located in the eastern panhandle). Gwinn is one of 52 individuals to be members of the Leadership Class of 2009, an eight session program designed to stimulate leadership in the state of West Virginia.

Terri L. Marts named as WVU Interim Director for Advanced Energy Initiative

Terry L. Marts, formerly the president of URS Corp.’s Washington Defense Group (an engineering business serving the federal government), and “a seasoned executive with more than thirty years experience in the strategic management of energy, defense, and power utility system projects with federal agencies and private corporations”, has been named as the West Virginia University Interim Director for Advanced Energy Initiative (“AEI”).

Morgantown: A Smart Choice

The Wall Street Journal ran the article “Why College Towns Are Looking Smart”, by Kelly Evans on how college towns seem to be almost recession-proof and good places to look for a job in these tough economic times.

TechConnect West Virginia Conference

Two former tenants of the West Virginia University Business Incubator spoke Thursday, March 19, 2009 at the Charleston Marriott Town Center, located in West Virginia’s state capital.

A Real Bright Spot

An excerpt from NBC’s Nightly News with Brian Williams in which Peter Alexander reports on Morgantown’s economic prosperity.

Protea Introduces GPR-800

Protea Biosciences, Inc. has released the GPR-800, a new and improved protein analyzing machine.

Morgantown – The Top of the Low

Vanessa White writes about how despite the recession that’s currently hitting the U.S. and the world, Morgantown, W.V. is holding its own on a national level with the lowest unemployment rate in the nation.