Showing posts with label wise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wise. Show all posts

Friday, August 23, 2019

UVA Wise Fall Convocation and iPad issue day

The University of Virginia’s College at Wise Chancellor Donna P. Henry kicked off the academic year Tuesday by predicting the college will bring the liberal arts experience into the 21st century and embrace new technology to enhance the higher education experience. UVA College at Wise iPad Issue Day 2019

UVA College at Wise iPad Issue Day 2019

UVA College at Wise iPad Issue Day 2019

UVA College at Wise Fall convocation 2019

UVA College at Wise Fall convocation 2019

UVA College at Wise Fall convocation 2019

UVA College at Wise Fall convocation 2019

UVA College at Wise Fall convocation 2019

Photos Earl Neikirk/Neikirk Image/UVA Wise

https://www.heraldcourier.com/news/all-uva-wise-freshmen-receive-free-ipads/article_c0bdf591-612a-580a-b405-94b31dd13b9b.html

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Admitted Student Day at UVA College at Wise

Admitted Student Day 2019

The University of Virginia College at Wise held their annual Admitted Students Day on Friday, March 1, 2019.  The day is dedicated to new students to see the different departments including Math/Computer Science, Natural Sciences, Nursing and Social Sciences.

Photo Earl Neikirk/Neikirk Image/UVA Wise Image

Saturday, March 2, 2019

It is Win or Go Home time in VHSL Basketball Playoffs

George Wythe vs JI Burton

JI Burton #11 Houston Thacker with George Wythe #10 Samajhe Floyd and #25 Avery Mabe defending.

George Wythe vs JI Burton

Photos Earl Neikirk/Neikirk Image/HeraldCourier.com

https://www.heraldcourier.com/sports/vhsl-class-boys-j-i-burton-drops-george-wythe-sets/article_6c9d2688-3cb6-11e9-8e3e-d310ae96ae5e.html

Wise Central vs Martinsville

Wise Central #30 Hannah Carter brings the ball down court against Martinsville #24 Nakieyah Hairston.

Photos Earl Neikirk/Neikirk Image/HeraldCourier.com

https://www.heraldcourier.com/sports/vhsl-class-boys-j-i-burton-drops-george-wythe-sets/article_6c9d2688-3cb6-11e9-8e3e-d310ae96ae5e.html

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

UVA Wise holds STEM-H for 600+ 6th. Grade Girls

3rd Annual Girls Day in STEM H

University of Virginia College at Wise held their 3rd. Annual Girl's Day in STEM-H program on Monday.  Over 600 6th. grade girls came to learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Health with demonstration areas to learn.  Shown are the students from St. Paul Middle School learning about surgery and what you have to wear to perform your job.

3rd Annual Girls Day in STEM H

3rd Annual Girls Day in STEM H

3rd Annual Girls Day in STEM H

Photo Earl Neikirk/Neikirk Image/HeraldCourier.com

https://www.heraldcourier.com/news/more-than-girls-explore-stem-careers-at-uva-wise/article_3f6457d1-115b-5b3f-a8bb-411d46d89cf4.html

Saturday, August 18, 2018

The University of Virginia opens health clinic at UVA Wise Campus

UVA Wise Health Clinic

The University of Virginia College at Wise cut the ribbon on the new UVA Student and Employee Health Wise Clinic on Friday, August 17, 2018 on the Campus of UVA Wise.  Shown are Elizabeth M. Cranwell, Board of Visitors, Chancellor Donna P. Henry, Charlotte Perkins, University of Virginia Corporate Development officer of UVA Health, Marcia A. Gilliam, Board Chair, and Peter Valadez, Class 2021.

UVA Wise Health Clinic

UVA Wise Health Clinic


UVA Wise Health Clinic


UVA Wise Health Clinic

UVA Wise Health Clinic


Photos Earl Neikirk/The University of Virginia College at Wise

https://www.uvawise.edu/2018/08/17/new-uva-clinic-opens-uva-wise

Monday, August 6, 2018

Manny Scott talks to teachers about how they can influence their students future

Manny Scott Lecture to Southwest VA Teachers

Motivational speaker Manny Scott looks out into the crowd of teachers during his speech on Monday.  Five school districts in Southwest Virginia came together for the first time to host a convocation for their teachers and support staff, with some 1,000 people from schools in Dickenson, Scott and Wise counties and the cities of Bristol and Norton to hear Manny Scott a well-known motivational speaker for educators at the Pryor Convocation Center at UVa’s College at Wise.

Manny Scott Lecture to Southwest VA Teachers

Manny Scott Lecture to Southwest VA Teachers

Photos Earl Neikirk/Roanoke Times/Roanoke.com

https://www.roanoke.com/news/education/be-a-student-of-your-students-far-southwest-virginia-educators/article_19b833f0-9809-5399-a65e-389cb98340c0.html

Saturday, July 21, 2018

Remote Area Medical at Wise County Fairgrounds

Remote Area Medical at Wise

Landon Johnson, 11, from Kentucky was getting his eyes checked out at the Remote Area Medical clinic in the Wise County Fairgrounds in Wise, Virginia on Friday, July 20, 2018.  Johnson was with his family who were all getting medical attention as well.

Remote Area Medical at Wise

Photos Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier/HeraldCourier.com

https://www.heraldcourier.com/news/hundreds-turn-out-for-first-day-of-ram-clinic/article_261781a8-e2d4-5824-8c2c-b8e81e7ab92b.html

Sunday, May 6, 2018

UVA Wise graduates 270 Students on Saturday

University of Virginia College at Wise Graduation

U.S. Senator Mark Warner give the commencement address to the students at UVA Wise on Saturday.

University of Virginia College at Wise Graduation

University of Virginia College at Wise Graduation

University of Virginia College at Wise Graduation

University of Virginia College at Wise Graduation

University of Virginia College at Wise Graduation

Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier/HeraldCourier.com

Saturday, February 17, 2018

Eastside vs JI Burton Girls region basketball

Eastside vs JI Burton

Eastside #10 Hannah Wyrick shoots against JI Burton #1o Maggie Williams during game on Friday.  Wyrick also beat the Wise County scoring record of 2275 in the third quarter.

Photos Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier/HeraldCourier.com

http://www.heraldcourier.com/sports/wyrick-sets-scoring-record-in-eastside-win/article_4c9f4ca8-13a4-11e8-a937-935f72af9513.html

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

UVA - Wise holds final Virginia Gov. Debate

Virginia Gubernatorial Debate at UVA-Wise

Virginia Gubernatorial Debate at UVA-Wise

Republican candidate Ed Gillespie, left, and Democratic candidate Ralph Northam, right, met Monday night for their final gubernatorial debate at the University of Virginia's College at Wise in Southwest Virginia.

Photos Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier/HeraldCourier.com

http://www.heraldcourier.com/news/northam-gillespie-square-off-on-jobs-taxes-and-the-opioid/article_ec6c657e-ad72-11e7-a390-6fd70137d043.html

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Remote Area Medical comes to Wise Fairgrounds

Remote Area Medical

Jerry Hughes from Coeburn, Virginia gets digital xrays taken of his mouth by VCU Dental student Ashley Conners during the Remote Area Medical clinic at the Wise County Fairgrounds in Wise, Virginia.  Missions of Mercy organizes the Dental area with Virginia Dental Association.

Remote Area Medical

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, left, Stan Brock, Remote Area Medical, listens to Teresa Gardner, Executive Director Health Wagon, talk about the current RAM Clinic at the Wise County Fairgrounds on Friday, July 22, 2016.

Remote Area Medical

Dr. Graham Gardner, Orthodontist, left, listens as his daughter, Ava, talks about her first experience at the Remote Area Medical Clinic on Friday in Wise, Virginia.  Dr. Gardner has been working the clinic for over 10 years and brought his daughter to see first hand what the Missions of Mercy does and how there is a dental need right here in Virginia.

Remote Area Medical

Dr. Elizabeth Reynolds, DDS., Richmond, Virginia, looks into the mouth of 21 year old Miriam-Brooke Upchurch from Big Stone Gap, Virginia.  Upchurch was getting teeth pulled at the Missions of Mercy Dental area of the Remote Area Medical at the Wise Fairground in Wise, Virginia.  Dr. Reynolds brought her daughter Anne Randall Berkeyheiser, center, to the clinic to help out this weekend.

Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier/HeraldCourier.com

http://www.heraldcourier.com/news/volunteers-to-help-thousands-receive-free-care-at-th-ram/article_2f5ebdda-e019-5b20-ba4a-85bb280aa2a5.html

Saturday, June 11, 2016

VHSL Championships in Radford and Salem

Group 2A Boys Soccer

Virginia High #1 David Arthur drives downfield with Bruton #9 Courtland Ford and #11 Sharif Donkor behind.

http://www.heraldcourier.com/sports/own-goal-bruton-defense-doom-bearcats-in-boys-soccer-semis/article_7e6d8b14-2f76-11e6-8040-3bfbd1bada87.html

Group 2A Girls Doubles

Wise Central doubles team of  Mariah Barnette, right, and Jessee Kennedy, left, both look to return a shot during their match on Friday at Radford University in the VHSL Tennis Championships against the Wilson Memorial team.

http://www.heraldcourier.com/sports/battle-boys-fall-in-semis-wise-central-girls-beaten-in/article_8cc8d1ea-2f6d-11e6-bf69-2f528b0c7800.html

Group 1A Boys Soccer

Honaker #10 Jordan Stout goes airborne after he was blocked by Riverheads #7 Tristan Robson on Friday in Radford in the Boys 1A soccer.

http://www.heraldcourier.com/sports/riverheads-rolls-past-honaker-in-boys-soccer-semis/article_cca92dc4-2f2b-11e6-9bbb-6bbe489a15b0.html

Group 2A Boys Baseball

Virginia High #13 Gavin Leonard waits for the throw as Goochland Player slides into first safe duirng the VHSL 2A  Baseball game on Friday.

http://www.heraldcourier.com/sports/goochland-ends-bearcats-hunt-for-a-third-straight-title/article_b5f8c81e-2f80-11e6-a88c-df88a1b39688.html

Photos Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier/HeraldCourier.com


Sunday, March 13, 2016

Terminal named for U-2 Pilot

Francis Gary Powers Terminal Dedication

Lonesome Pine Airport in Wise, Virginia terminal building has been renamed in honor of Francis Gary Powers.  The plans are for the signage shown outside and inside the terminal.

Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier/HeraldCourier.com

http://www.heraldcourier.com/news/local/lonesome-pine-airport-dedicates-terminal-to-wise-county-veteran/article_e905b0a1-33be-57fa-8dfc-26af27494580.html