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Using West Virginia Forward as a lens, policy experts, corporate leaders and educational practitioners discussed the state’s economic opportunities and challenges and the need to nurture the talent pipeline through the diversification of workforce development. The second annual West Virginia Legislators’ Forum on Education and the Economy will be held in Charleston, with an aim to engage legislators on how best to address the current landscape of public education in West Virginia.

An op-ed by Brooks McCabe: West Virginia Forward, the collaborative product of West Virginia University, the West Virginia Department of Commerce and Marshall University, provides a well-articulated strategy for economic development and job growth and offers a solid blueprint for action. Let’s start the process of implementation. There is no better time than right now.

An op-ed by West Virginia Department of Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher. He discussed the business climate in West Virginia.

A three-year National Science Foundation grant totaling nearly $1 million will let West Virginia University develop its next-generation High Performance Computing, or HPC, cluster to advance computationally intensive research in a wide array of fields, from drug delivery to genomics and astrophysics.

West Virginia University economist John Deskins, WVU College of Business and Economics Dean Javier Reyes, West Virginia Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher, and Governor Jim Justice spoke at the the annual West Virginia Economic Outlook Conference.

In recent weeks, various state and federal officials have proclaimed the promise of an Appalachian Storage Hub for natural gas liquids somewhere in the West Virginia-Ohio-Pennsylvania triangle. Brain Anderson, director of WVU’s Energy Institute, picked up on that theme during the October 4, 2017 West Virginia Energy Expo at Mylan Park.

The findings of a study done at the behest of a West Virginia state agency and its two largest universities spelled out what officials describe as a path forward to diversify and grow the state's economy, but amid the opportunities spelled out in the report are also significant challenges.

An op-ed by President Gordon Gee: This year, West Virginia University partnered with the State Department of Commerce and Marshall University to commission the McKinsey & Company in a search for a fresh look at our problems and ways to solve them. Only private dollars, rather than state appropriations, funded this effort. Together, we have blazed a path that we call West Virginia Forward.

Acknowledging the challenges West Virginia faces while emphasizing the opportunities it has before it, West Virginia University President Gordon Gee delivered his fall State of the University address during September 11’s annual Faculty Assembly meeting held at the Erickson Alumni Center.

West Virginia University President Gordon Gee, Marshall University President Jerome Gilbert, Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher, and Rob Alsop, WVU’s vice president of strategic initiatives, talked about the collaboration between West Virginia University, West Virginia Department of Commerce and Marshall University and the summary of findings of a study titled, "West Virginia Forward: Maximizing our Opportunities for Prosperity" during a press conference at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston.