
Augusta Health nearing 75K COVID-19 vaccination shots delivered
The total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered at Augusta Health Vaccination Clinics to date is 73,374, and 37,185 people have been fully vaccinated at the hospital’s clinics.

The total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered at Augusta Health Vaccination Clinics to date is 73,374, and 37,185 people have been fully vaccinated at the hospital’s clinics.

John Almarode, executive director of teaching and learning at James Madison University, is among 12 recipients of the 2021 Outstanding Faculty Award presented by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and Dominion Resources.

Farm Credit of the Virginias recently announced that Credit Manager Brad Hewitt, has transitioned into the role of chief credit officer and will continue serving out of the Harrisonburg branch office.

Augusta County has named Rebekah Castle as the county’s new director of economic development and marketing.

Dr. Scott H. Suter’s new book, A Potter’s Progress: Emanuel Suter and the Business of Craft, examines how one craftsman in the 1800s cultivated the art of pottery and expanded markets across the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

Nationally ranked Wittenberg proved its lofty status by doubling up the EMU basketball men in the second half en route to an 80-59 win.

EMU lost on the road Saturday afternoon, dropping an ODAC decision at Lynchburg, 90-51.

Another chance was all the visiting Southern Virginia Knights needed, as Sam Armstrong cashed in on his second attempt at the game-winner, sending the EMU basketball men to a 68-67 defeat in Harrisonburg Tuesday night.

EMU outscored La Roche 12-6 over the final 3:14 of Saturday’s game, pulling away for their first win of the season, 84-76.

A three-year, $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will allow 18 students from Eastern Mennonite University and nearby colleges to gain cross-cultural and research experience – in Australia. The grant will fund the “Tephritid fruit fly Multidisciplinary Australian Research Collaboration for Biosecurity” (T-MARC-BIO) initiative, which is led by EMU chemistry Professor Matthew Siderhurst. Tephritid fruit…
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