HUNTINGTON â The Marshall University Lewis College of Business and Brad D. Smith Schools of Business and their Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (iCenter) recently hosted the third annual West Virginia Innovation and Business Model Competition (WVIBMC) finals. The statewide competition is open to all students enrolled in a two- or four- year institution of higher education in West Virginia.
Winning first place was Morgania, a sustainable fashion business created by Morgan Widmer of West Virginia University. Widmer will receive a prize package of $3,000. Her faculty mentors were Carrie White and Anne Jones. Widmer is a senior fashion design major from Buckhannon, West Virginia.
The Morehead State University Foundation has announced the Bertha Mills Booth Center for Entrepreneurship Endowment received a generous $50,000 gift from the estate of L. Joyce Booth Ferris (68, 70) and Richard âDickâ Ferris. Â
Joyce, a native of Beauty, Kentucky, in Martin County, graduated from Morehead State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1968 and went on to receive a master s degree in business education in 1970. She was one of seven children. Of the siblings, five received degrees from MSU. Joyce began her business career at the Inez Deposit Bank in Inez, Kentucky. She went on to teach business education at Lancaster High School and The Ohio State University for several years.   Â