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Business During
Hours Held at New River Community & Technical College
By Marianne Taylor
Business During Hours for the month of July was held on Thursday, July
14 at noon at the Summersville campus of New River Community &
Technical College.
Marianne Taylor, Director of the Chamber welcomed guests and took time
to allow all those in attendance to introduce themselves and make any
announcements about upcoming events pertaining to their business or
organization.
Following introductions, Marianne thanked the college for hosting this
month’s event and then welcomed Gary Wilcox, marketing professor at
the college, to speak to guests concerning the upcoming marketing
seminar for the small business.
“I am looking very forward to leading this seminar, to be held on
Wednesday, July 27 here at the Summersville campus from 9am-4pm. I
will be teaching about marketing plans, tourism, off-line and on-line
marketing, newspaper, radio, and television advertising, social media
marketing and plan to teach how to develop a website,” said Wilcox.
Dean Fred Culler next spoke about some of the upcoming classes being
offered at the college, including a mine certification course,
photography classes, selling on E-Bay and more. He also emphasized the
desire for the college to be involved in the community and expressed
his appreciation to the community for embracing the Summersville
campus and taking advantage of all the college has to offer, for both
traditional and non-traditional students.
Mary Igo, Workforce Education Program Specialist invited guests to
enjoy lunch and then awarded several door prizes.
Business members in attendance included New River Community &
Technical College, Nicholas County Senior Center, Mid State Auto, Bill
Dyer Insurance, SRMC, Nicholas Pharmacy, American Red Cross,
Summersville Lake Retreat, Papa John’s Pizza, Friends R Fun, United
Bank, US Cellular, Bright Enterprises, Community Trust Bank, Summit
Media Radio, WWSW 95.7 Radio, City of Summersville, Shafer Insurance,
Hardman’s Hardware, Chameleon Heath Care, Ken Altizer, Ray Moeller,
Frontier Communications, and GPI Storage.
Business During Hours is one of the many membership benefits offered
by the Summersville Area Chamber of Commerce. For more information
about the Chamber, please visit www.summersvillechamber.com or call
the Chamber office at 304-872-1588.
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