In keeping up with the desire to bring the best and brightest to campus, Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College has announced the hiring of three new employees: Charles "Chip" Bolyard as the Director of Institutional and Student Advancement, Nikki Chandler as a math instructor and Debi Layton as the TANF Instructional Specialist.

Bringing farm-to-table to the hilltops of West Virginia, the Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College (EWVCTC) Foundation will host its annual Mountain Top Dinner fundraiser event Saturday, September 7th beginning at 5 p.m.

Featuring Marion Ohlinger, a twelfth-generation West Virginian and chef-owner of Morgantown's Hill & Hollow restaurant, the Mountain Top Dinner will include a sampling of products from regional producers and showcase the best farm-to-table offerings in the area

Earlier this year, a tweet by journalist Yashar Ali went viral. Ali, recently named as one of Time's 25 Most Influential People on the Internet, tweeted how no one should be embarrassed for attending community colleges and called them the backbone of the secondary education system. He then challenged Twitter users to share where they went to community college and what they are currently doing.