All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

Area businesses participating in career expo at D&E

Conference Notes

ELKINS – More than 30 local and regional businesses will be on hand Monday, March 18 for the 2019 Career Expo in Myles Center for the Arts on the Davis & Elkins College campus. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. employers and job seekers will have opportunities to network.

The event, sponsored by the Davis & Elkins College Office of Career Services and Student Employment, is open to the public. Those seeking a job should bring copies of their resume for employers. Professional dress is required for admission.

Among businesses available to discuss employment opportunities and accept resumes are Allegheny Insurance Services Inc., Armstrong Worldwide, Blackwater Outdoor Adventures, Burlington United Methodist Family Services, Clayton Homes of Elkins, Colonial Millworks, Cortland Acres, Davis Medical Center, Davis Trust Company, Dominion Energy, Elkins Mountain School, Enterprise Holdings, Elkins Rehabilitation & Care Center, Fastenal, FBI, Genesis Youth Crisis Center, Good Samaritan Skilled Nursing, Hazelton Federal Correctional Complex, HearingLife, Huttonsville Correctional Center, IBEX Global, Kroger, MegaCorp Logistics, N3, Piton Strategies, Snowshoe Mountain, Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital, Summersville Regional Medical Center, Summit Bechtel Reserve, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin III, WorkForce WV, WV Department of Health and Human Resources, WV Department of Transportation and WVU Medicine.

For additional information, email Director of D&E Office of Career Services and Student Employment Lisa Reed at reedl@dewv.edu.

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