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Bolstering the mission to champion entrepreneurship across West Virginia is complex, so theBrickStreet Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship called upon experts to join the effort. Since it is housed in the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics, the Center gathered influential members of West Virginia’s entrepreneurial community to create the BrickStreet Center Advisory Council.

A young man from Fayetteville, West Virginia, embarked on the path to be a veterinarian, but somewhere along the way he found an affinity for local and regional economic forecasting and policy analysis.

That man is Brian Lego. He is a research assistant professor for the West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic Research, which operates in the College of Business and Economics.

Bolstering the mission to champion entrepreneurship across West Virginia is complex, so theBrickStreet Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship called upon experts to join the effort. Since it is housed in the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics, the Center gathered influential members of West Virginia’s entrepreneurial community to create the BrickStreet Center Advisory Council.

The online education arena is a crowded one, and programs offered at the College of Business and Economics have received national recognition by one of the most reputable sources in the country.

The Online Hybrid MBA program at West Virginia University has been ranked #47 in online MBA programs nationally by U.S. News & World Report, while the Online M.S. Business Data Analytics and Online M.S. in Forensic & Fraud Examination combined for a #66 ranking in the non-MBA category by U.S. News. The globally recognized publication made the announcements January 10 through its 2017 U.S. News Best Online Programs Rankings.