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A grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will help feed an organic blueberry revolution in the Shenandoah Valley. “Sustaining Organic Blueberry Production: Analysis of Practices and Assessing Outcomes,” a research projected directed by Roman Miller, PhD, professor of biology at Eastern Mennonite University, will look at the merits of organic horticulture as it relates…
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During Military Family Month, the Waynesboro Family YMCA is saluting those who serve our country and their families. The Waynesboro Family YMCA is a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community, and that strengthening begins with ensuring all people are welcome and can find connectedness – as in the case of families that are separated while…
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A new report, “Alzheimer’s from the Frontlines: Challenges a National Alzheimer’s Plan Must Address,” offers the insights, perspectives and views from individuals across the country who participated in the Alzheimer’s Association’s® public input process. The Association and its more than 70 chapters throughout the country, including the Central and Western Virginia Chapter, provided a platform…
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The use of antiquated means to value and develop land always puzzled Eastern Mennonite University alum Matt Gnagey ’05. Gnagey went to work to find answers, spending two years in research, culminating in a 2011 Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics Best Doctoral Research Manuscript award. The award is based on Gnagey’s work as a graduate…
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Award-winning author, speaker, coach and consultant Dr. Jarik Conrad will present “Hard Core Soft Skills: Transform Your Exceptional Potential into Extraordinary Performance” on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College. The program, sponsored by the office of multicultural services, is free and open to the public. “Each person has tremendous…
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So many items around you when you have your first stroke go astray. Besides physical inabilities to conquer, you have to face true friendships and future friendships. What did I just say? When I had my strokes in May 2006, I discovered that people I thought were my friends distanced themselves from me. From what…
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Antibiotics, jet travel, the Internet and GPS. Those are just a few things made possible by military investments that paved the way for mainstream commercial applications benefiting millions of Americans. The same process is going on with the military and renewable energy. And what makes the process today all the more beneficial is the human…
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Is James Madison really “the forgotten father of American environmentalism”? Andrea Wulf, design historian and award-winning author of “The Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation,” will discuss this topic at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, in the Health and Human Services Building on the JMU campus east of…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today the upcoming sale of approximately $227 million in Infrastructure and State Revenue Bonds to be issued by the Virginia Resources Authority to finance and refinance improvements to certain water, wastewater, and other infrastructure improvement projects for 17 local governments and local government authorities. The bonds will include tax-exempt and taxable…
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On 31 October, the world’s population is projected to reach 7 billion. The 7 billionth person will be born into a world that is very different from when the United Nations was founded in 1945, when our numbers were only about a third of what they are today. We are living 30 per cent longer….
