Upgrades to a downtown hotel cater especially to the WVU community. ➼ In 2016, a group of colleagues at a national hotel chain in Philadelphia went rogue. Their new Scholar Hotel Group re-opened the former Chestnut Hotel in downtown Morgantown this fall as its third property in a university town. Scholar Hotel Group has carefully chosen its locations to cater…
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Space Gal and WVU alumna Emily Calandrelli giving a TEDx talk in 2015.Courtesy of WVU College of Law. Free climate change and energy conference will feature national science TV host. Emily Calandrelli is an Emmy-nominated television host, executive producer of FOX’s Xploration Outer Space, and author of a children’s science and math mystery series. Now, the WVU alumna—nicknamed “The Space…
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“We are in the business of making people happy,” says Tom Licciardi, owner of Jacqueline’s Fine Jewelry. “So shopping for jewelry should be fun. We aren’t aggressive sales people. We are like family and we treat our customers like family.” And when Licciardi says that, he means it. His longest employee is his mother. Even the jewelry store itself…
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Nature’s Granite offers rock-solid customer service. ➼ Nature’s Granite owner Christine Congedo understands exactly how first-time customers feel when they come to one of her showrooms. During a previous career as a software engineer for the U.S. Department of Defense, she purchased a house in Baltimore’s Little Italy neighborhood to convert into four high-end apartments. She wanted granite countertops for…
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Project Lifesaver helps police bring missing loved ones home, safe and sound. ➼ It’s a nightmare that can easily become reality for anyone who has a parent with dementia or a child with autism. One minute they’re safe at home and the next—gone without a trace. Wandering is a common behavior for people with cognitive impairments, and a deadly risk….
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