
New program pushes STEM
College and university students majoring in science, engineering, technology and math (STEM) related fields have a free new resource for summer 2013 internships, as do companies who wish to hire them.

College and university students majoring in science, engineering, technology and math (STEM) related fields have a free new resource for summer 2013 internships, as do companies who wish to hire them.

Four stellar former Bridgewater College athletes have been selected for induction into the college’s Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 5, in the Kline Campus Center, as part of Homecoming activities. The inductees will also be recognized the following day at half-time of the Eagles’ Homecoming football game against Hampden-Sydney College.

The new superintendent at Fishburne Military School is a familiar face in the FMS community. Gary R. Morrison, a 1981 graduate of Fishburne who also served on the faculty and later as the director of admissions, was named to the top administrative position at the school at a meeting of the Fishburne-Hudgins Educational Foundation Board of Trustees.

For more than a quarter century the Virginia School Boards Association has been sponsoring a summer “Governor’s Conference on Education.”

The Staunton Augusta Art Center announces a new series of classes for students in grades K-12. Creatively taught classes will include basic art skills for the youngest students to engineering a quality portfolio for high school students preparing for application to the finest art colleges.

Budget decisions in Washington come home to roost right here close to home. And the impact can be devastating.

First elected in 1996 to the Staunton City Council, where he stayed for 13 years, Dickie Bell has been serving in the Virginia General Assembly since 2009

I have not eaten at Chick-Fil-A in over 6 months. It is not because I disagree with their corporately shared religious and social beliefs

Weather! Now, that’s something we’re all talking about this summer. In two weeks, campers at the Staunton Augusta Art Center’s Summer Studio will learn how weather has been artistically portrayed through the ages and they will learn techniques to create their own dynamic interpretations

Learning is taking a trip on unchartered waters. You know where you wish to go, but you don’t know how best to get there
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