Davis & Elkins College News

Parades, dinners and memorial dedications are scheduled throughout the area this week to honor those who have served the country in the armed services.

Davis & Elkins College will present a free one-hour concert by renowned cellist Dr.

With the sounds of swing, the hop of bebop and many other musical styles filling the air at Harper-McNeeley Auditorium, the Jazz Ambassadors will end its fall 2009 tour with a free concert in Elkins on Nov.19. In cooperation with the Elkins High School Jazz Band, Davis & Elkins College and The Inter-Mountain, this free concert will kick off the ...

Green initiatives are everywhere and many people in Randolph County became accustomed to doing their part by dropping off recyclable goods at a large trailer behind Elkins City Hall or at Davis & Elkins College.

Recycling in Elkins has recently become more difficult following the Randolph County Solid Waste Authority's decision to remove the bins from the downtown area and the campus of Davis & Elkins College.

Gerald Milnes, an award-winning filmmaker, folk arts coordinator of Augusta Heritage Center, teacher and master old-time musician, will premiere his new film at 8 p.m. today in Room 400 of the Science Center at Davis & Elkins College in Elkins.

Upshur County, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Friday. The pumpkins are being carved and children and adults are preparing their scary, cute, unusual and funny costumes for a night of frights and fun throughout the area this weekend.

Davis & Elkins College will host noted author Karen McElmurray as part of its Writers' Series on Wednesday and Thursday.

Davis & Elkins College has received a matching grant of $220,000 through the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that will aid the college in campus construction projects and completing the recently acquired community green space along Randolph Avenue.

Davis & Elkins College has received a $220,000 matching grant to improve its new green space along Randolph Avenue in Elkins.

The West Virginia Independent Colleges & Universities Inc. , a foundation for Independent Higher Education affiliated state association, will distribute $24,300 in UPS Scholarship funds to nine private colleges and universities in West Virginia.

Davis & Elkins College will host two free seminars as part of its Alumni Homecoming/Family Weekend.

With college costs soaring and 529 savings plans shrinking, cash-strapped parents are getting help from a surprising source - the schools themselves.

What: D&E's production of "Little Shop of Horrors." When: Thursday through Sunday and Oct.

Dr. Thomas Richard Ross, 90, a well known professor of history - Emeritus and Dean of the Faculty -Emeritus at Davis & Elkins College and a resident of Kerens Hill, Elkins, departed this life Thursday afternoon, Oct.

After a week of dreary skies during the Mountain State Forest Festival, the weather didn't change much for the anticipated coronation of Maid Silvia LXXIII Alicia Taylor.

New classes and teachers continue to add depth to the Randolph County Community Arts Center's fall class lineup.

The Mountain State Forest Festival crowned Maid Silvia the 73rd Friday afternoon.

Past Mountain State Forest Festival queens hailing from Mineral County met for an informal get-together recently at the Candlewyck Inn in Keyser to congratulate Alicia Taylor on her appointment as Maid Silvia the 73rd.

Megan Elizabeth Gyongyosi of Parkersburg has been appointed by state Treasurer John Perdue as a princess in the royal court of the 73rd Mountain State Forest Festival.