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Archery entrepreneur taps into RCBI services to start, market business
Archery isn’t a hobby for Scott Depot resident David Powell: It’s a self-described way of life. When he’s not fulfilling his duties as an executive with a large commercial roofing manufacturer, Powell often embarks on hunting expeditions across the country – and...
U.S. Department of Labor backs RCBI workforce initiative with $1.49 million award
RCBI and a broad coalition of partners, including Marshall University’s Creating Opportunities for Recovery Employment (CORE), Region 1, 2 and 3 Workforce Boards in West Virginia, the Greater Ohio Workforce Board, Mountwest Community and Technical College, Rhema...
RCBI named one of 60 EDA University Centers across the U.S.
RCBI has received a major boost from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to expand efforts to build an entrepreneurial and innovation-focused economy across West Virginia. The EDA has recognized RCBI as one of 60 University Center recipients across the...
ARC, DoE’s National Energy Tech Lab award advanced welding grant to RCBI
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) today awarded the Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) at Marshall University $336,796 to expand advanced welding training in West Virginia and eastern Kentucky to better serve key industries such as automotive, aviation,...
Statewide agriculture competition to reward student innovation
The Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) at Marshall University and a statewide group of partners announce the fifth-annual Student Ag Innovation Challenge to encourage problem-solving and innovation among West Virginia students interested in agriculture. Students in...
Brothers combine knowledge of firearms, innovation to launch family business with RCBI assistance
Brothers Ethan and Jonathan Collins have been interested in weaponry since they were very young. One might say obsessed, according to Ethan. As children growing up in Calhoun County, they even fashioned toy guns from items such as gate hinges and rebar they found...
Create Buckhannon wins statewide agricultural competition
Create Buckhannon is the winner of the 2021 West Virginia Vanguard Agriculture Competition, a statewide contest sponsored by the Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) at Marshall University to honor innovation and ingenuity in agriculture. The Vanguard award recognizes a...
EDA boosts RCBI efforts to strengthen supply chain, connect businesses
On-going efforts by the Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) at Marshall University to strengthen the local manufacturing supply chain received a boost this month from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA). RCBI is a project partner of Advantage Valley’s...
Aviation Maintenance Technology Program lands jet engine donation
The soon-to-launch Aviation Maintenance Technology (AMT) Program, a Marshall University/Mountwest Community & Technical College joint venture, received a literal turbo boost in August with the donation of four jet engines by an Indiana-based aviation company....
Learn about military applications of 3D printing, how to become part of the supply chain
Join the Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) and our AIM Higher Consortium partners Sept. 8 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. as we present Additive Manufacturing – Mission Ready, a free webinar exploring the U.S. Department of Defense’s use of additive manufacturing (better known as...
