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Healthcare professionals from around the state will learn the latest news about diabetes prevention and management from nationally known experts during the annual Diabetes Symposium and Workshop Oct. 20-22 at the Embassy Suites in Charleston.

Organized by the West Virginia University Extension Service, the symposium gives nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, physicians, West Virginia University Extension educators and others who work in the health field a chance to gain valuable insight on diabetes.

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Entrepreneurism is alive and well in the state’s college community, as the West Virginia Statewide Collegiate Business Plan Competition received 115 entries, including 40 in its new Hospitality & Tourism category. The 115 entries are from 10 different institutions of higher education. One winning team from each category will be awarded a $10,000 prize in the spring.

“The 115 entries this year represent a 17 percent increase over the number of entries last year, which was a record at the time,” said Mindy Walls, director of the West Virginia University Entrepreneurship Center, which hosts the competition. “Also, there are 40 entries in the new Hospitality & Tourism category, which was added this year to support the second-largest industry in the state. This competition is growing in popularity and participation, and that is reflected by the 10 West Virginia colleges and universities that have entries in this year.”

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If you were rewarded for tossing scrap paper in a recycling bin instead of the trash, would you do it? How about turning off your computer overnight or unplugging your phone charger when not in use?

Last year as part of West Virginia University’s Ecolympics competition, the University recycled more than 32 tons of paper, plastic and aluminum and saw a decrease in energy use among many campus buildings including 10 buildings that decreased the amount of energy they used by at least 20 percent.

This year from Oct. 4 to Oct. 29, students and University employees in buildings across campus are asked to see how much they can recycle and save in just four weeks.

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