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JMU entrepreneurship center hires new director
Suzanne Bergmeister comes from the University of Louisville
James Madison University announced Thursday that Suzanne Bergmeister has been named the next executive director of its Gilliam Center for Entrepreneurship. She comes from the University of Louisville’s Forcht Center
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Shenandoah Growers taps ex-Starbucks exec as new CEO
Indoor agriculture company also hires new CFO
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Rockingham County-based indoor agriculture company Shenandoah Growers Inc. has appointed former Starbucks Inc. Chief Marketing Officer Matthew Ryan as the company’s new CEO. And Mike Buckley, former senior vice president
Clouds gathering over big solar farms in Va.?
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In recent years, many solar farms have been approved by local governments across the state, but the outlook in some areas isn’t so sunny anymore. In Frederick County, the Board
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Shenandoah Growers taps new chief science officer
Tessa Pocock joins Rockingham-based greens grower
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Tessa Pocock has been named Shenandoah Growers Inc.’s new chief science officer effective immediately, coming to the Rockingham County-based indoor agriculture company from San Francisco-based Plenty Unlimited Inc., where she
Shentel appoints executive VP/COO
Telecom company promotes 25-year industry vet Ed McKay
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Edinburg-based Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. — better known as Shentel — has promoted Edward “Ed” H. McKay to lead its broadband business as executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective
VMI report released; calls school ‘traditionally run by white men, for white men’
Investigative team says school actively took steps to "prevent" negative information in report
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A long-awaited state report on an alleged culture of racism at Virginia Military Institute was released Tuesday afternoon, concluding that “VMI has … traditionally been run by white men, for
Mary Baldwin to launch nursing practice doctorate
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You could say Christina Feggans-Langston was destined to become a nurse. “I was named Christina after one of the nurses that my mom had when she was delivering me,” says
Slovenian manufacturer bringing $2.6M U.S. HQ to Harrisonburg
SIBO USA will produce closure solutions for tubes, containers and other packaging systems
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SIBO Group, a Slovenia-based manufacturer of closure solutions for tubes, containers and other packaging systems, will invest $2.6 million to establish its U.S. corporate headquarters and a new manufacturing operation
Harrisonburg’s first-ever downtown master plan in progress
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Kirsten Moore opened Magpie Diner in downtown Harrisonburg in August 2020. Despite pandemic dining restrictions, she’s regularly had customers willing to wait up to two hours for a table on
Modine expands Va. footprint, will invest $7M in Rockbridge County
Project to produce 60 jobs
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Modine Manufacturing Co. will invest $7 million to convert its Rockbridge County warehouse into a manufacturing plant that will produce data center cooling solutions, creating 60 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam