Reaching Beyond wvu

Founded in 2019, Vantage Ventures (VV) is an initiative of the John Chambers School of Business and Economics at West Virginia University to launch high impact, scalable businesses in the Mountain State.

Data Driven WV connects organizations, including business, non-profits and government entities, with WVU students and faculty to provide data-driven, technical insights and solutions. We are bridging the skills gap in our West Virginia communities through service-oriented outreach, community projects and subject matter expertise in cybersecurity and data analytics, in partnership with WVU’s Management Information Systems, Business Data Analytics and Business Cybersecurity Management programs.

The Encova Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship promotes entrepreneurial education, community engagement and economic development for our community and state through K-12 programming, higher education initiatives and business partnerships.

Located in Reynolds Hall Rm 3110 

The Kendrick Center’s mission is to promote prosperity and human flourishing in the Mountain State through ethics and economics education, research, and outreach.

Since the 1940s, the BBER’s mission has been to serve the people of West Virginia by providing the state’s business and policymaking communities with reliable data and rigorous applied economic research and analysis that enables the state’s leaders to design better business practices and public policies.

The Center for Financial Literacy and Education was established in 2015 to promote financial literacy throughout the state. The CFLE created a central mechanism for the outreach, programmatic, and research specific initiatives involving financial literacy and education within the college. Our mission is to bring awareness, resources, programs, and support to constituents across the region that will initiate change agents to promote the economic health and prosperity of the citizens of the State of West Virginia.

The Social Philosophy and Policy Center supports scholarly research, editorial work, and academic programs at the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University.  In collaboration with the Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation, Cambridge University Press, and editorial staff of the Center for Philosophy of Freedom at the University of Arizona, the Social Philosophy and Policy Center produces Social Philosophy & Policy.

Dedicated to advancing research, education, and business practices related to Asia.

Our vision is for West Virginia students, citizens, policymakers, and the business community to understand the roles that the principles and institutions of a free society play in creating widely shared prosperity.

The College of Business and Economics, mostly through collaborations with the WVU Forensic Science Initiative in the Research Office, has created a range of programs that fill previously unmet needs in the forensic community. They fall under two broad concepts: The business of forensics and the forensics of business.

The John Chambers College of Business and Economics has launched a center dedicated to monitoring and researching gaming markets. By analyzing data and collaborating with industry and policy stakeholders, the center seeks to identify and mitigate risks like problem gambling. Expert faculty in cybersecurity, data analytics, and gaming economics will integrate findings into research and teaching to promote responsible gaming and protect consumer interests.