Appalachia Matters24 Aug 2025

Timet Using Local Labor, Football Helmet Battle, STEM on the Farm, Looking Back on Friday Night Lights

At The Leadership Table, General Hoyer sits down for a return visit with Dr. Chris Ramezan, Executive Director of the Cyber-Resilience Resource Center at West Virginia University. In this segment, Dr. Ramezan shares how his first teaching experience reshaped his view of leadership and discusses the mission of the new Cyber-Resilience Resource Center. He also shares insights from an article he authored in the publication The Conversation and offers practical tips for protecting digital privacy in an AI-driven world.

In the Rooted in the Mountain State, provided by the department of agriculture we here about the importance of young farmers having exposure to technology and STEM. Agriculture is not immune from the drive for automation and technology use. Young farmers will be the future of the industry. When states offer incentives to attract companies to a state, the goal is to attract local workers to staff the plants.

Timet is building a titanium facility near Ravenswood. The company has been successful in attracting local talent. We will hear from four employees who are West Virginians who now work at the site. The company hopes to start partial production in final quarter of this year.

Football season is starting, and the question of concussions is a major one especially on the middle and high school level. There is a device called a guardian cap that fits over a football helmet. Aadvocates say the device will help reduce the impact of head injuries and provide additional protection. The West Virginia Secondary Schools Athletic Commission is not sold on it. We bring you an extended conversation with Wayne Ryan who is head of the WVSSAC.

In our final segment we will hear from Jocelynn Wilson she was a receiver for Point Pleasant football and she looks back as Friday Night Lights start in our region.

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