Book project, picking their schools and remembering Claude Ball
Mark Martin
HE WROTE THE BOOK:
Zach Casto, the son of one-time Ripley High athlete Bryce Casto, is a book author at the young age of 25.
Casto’s first publication – “Rounding Third: Skills, Drills, and Best Practices in the Game of Baseball” – is out in an ebook format. Plans are for the book to eventually be available in hardcover.
For years, Casto has had a deep love for the game of baseball and it grows stronger by the day.
He played baseball at Nitro High School, where he graduated in 2014.
From there he was a part of the baseball program at West Virginia State University.
Feb 3, 2021
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Wesleyan Nursing professor Melissa Franke and Randolph-Elkins WIC Program nutritionist Cindy Hughes worked together to create a alternative to in-person observation and learning for WVWC students. Hughes developed case scenarios of WIC families that included a variety of WIC-related issues and topics that she counsels every day and presented them to Franke. Franke communicated the case scenarios with WVWC nursing students and they met independently in small groups through Zoom to discuss and problem solve their family scenarios.
ELKINS Virtual learning with the click of a button as senior college students struggle to complete their educations virtually, find preceptorships, and get exposed to real-world scenarios and experiences, WIC found a way to help.
A pair of John Marshall High School seniors have earned scholarships from the Wheeling Elks and are now eligible for more. Lakyn Parker and Grant Swift have w
Jeffrey Webb
Jeffrey Webb holds an MFA in creative writing from West Virginia Wesleyan College. He has written nonfiction for such places as Teaching Tolerance, Appalachian History, and the West Virginia Encyclopedia, and he has written fiction for the Pikeville Review, Red Mud Review, and the Charleston Anvil. You can follow him on Twitter @jmwebbwriter.
Jan 7, 2021
BUCKHANNON The following statement was made Wednesday by John Bohman, director of Safety and Security at West Virginia Wesleyan College:
“A member of the West Virginia Wesleyan College community has tested positive for COVID-19. The College is following all safety and public health protocols; the individual remains in isolation.
“The safety of each and every member of the campus community is the College’s highest priority. We continue to urge all members of the Wesleyan campus community to follow all safety and public health protocols outlined by the Upshur-Buckhannon Health Department and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.”