2008                         2009

October 2009

• Let Florida Be Herd!
• New Ways to Give Back to Marshall
• Alumni Weekend! Welcome Home: Old Friends, New Beginnings
• MUAA Fall Board Meeting and Alumni Club Weekend
• Fountain Ceremony
• Erickson Alumni Center and Marshall University Foundation Hall
• Thank You for Joining Us for Homecoming Weekend 2009

September 2009

• Friends of Coal Bowl, Marshall University vs. WVU on October 17
• New Erickson Alumni Center opens November 2009
• Marshall University vs. UCF tailgate and golf
• Please take the time to renew your membership!
• Check out updated photos of Marshall University Alumni
• Congrats to Tiffanie Marie Rose, the River City's Alumni Scholarship Winner!
• Follow us now on Twitter and Facebook!

August 2009

• Another reason to wear Green - National College Colors Day and Green Fridays
• 2009 Locker Room Club Fanfest September 5 at 2:30
• Marshall vs. Virginia Tech Hokie-Thunder Golf/Block Party/Tailgate Sept. 11-12 - THUNDER IN THE MOUNTAINS
• La Fiesta! 23rd Annual School of Medicine Homecoming Weekend, September 18-19.
• Hello Memphis! - September 25-26 - deluxe motor coach trip to cheer the Thundering Herd to victory over the Memphis Tigers. .
• Homecoming 2009 and the Class of 1984 and Class of 2004 Reunions.
• MUAA Alumni Club at Sea - Again, with Captain Marco!
• Herd Golf Day, September 18 at Guyan Golf & Country Club.
• H.E.L.P Golf Scramble set for Oct. 2 at Riviera Country Club
• Sixth annual Marshall University Marathon Nov. 1 - a USA Track & Field-certified

July 2009

• Homecoming 2009 and the Class of 1984 and Class of 2004 Reunions

• Please help by voting the bridge GREEN - West Virginia DOT "Proposed Color Schemes for the Eugene A. Carter Memorial Bridge."

• Erikson Alumni Center nears completion

• Spotlight on the Lincoln County Club

• Marshall alumna Judy Ayyildiz to hold book signing at Borders August 1

• Marshall Alumni Night with the Rays... and the Jays - Tampa/St. Petersburg Club on August 15.

• Marshall vs. Virginia Tech Fan Block Party on September 11.

• MUAA Alumni Club at Sea

• Mike Hamrick named director of athletics at Marshall University

• Rebuilding the Thundering Word... Rebuilding Marshall's Forensics team to its former glory.

• Project Atlantis... Twenty-seven psychology majors have crossed the Atlantic for a year of study abroad in dual B.A. program.

• Welcome Yeager Scholars Class of 2013

• John Marshall Fife and Drum Corps to perform at convention in New York City

• Sixth annual Marshall University Marathon Nov. 1

• H.E.L.P Golf Scramble set for Oct. 2 at Riviera Country Club

June 2009

• Students benefit from scholarships endowed by alumni clubs

• The Sociology of Aging Class is asking people age 50 and older to help with project

• Spotlight on Jack Trainor, Class of 1964

• MUAA Alumni Club at Sea

• Marshall alumni Night with the Rays... and the Jays!

• Marshall vs. Virginia Tech Fan Block Party

• Spectacular opening ceremony for youth soccer tournament planned July 2 at Marshall

• Jazz in July! The Marshall University 12.0 Jazz Ensemble has been selected to perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland

• WMUL student broadcasters win record number of awards at the 15th Annual Communicator Awards 2009 Audio Competition.

May 2009

April 2009

• Alumni Weekend 2009 and Class of 1959 Reunion

• Marshall homecoming game set for Oct. 3 against ECU

• MU/Tulane baseball game at Power Park May 16, Kanawha Valley Club

• Great American ThunderFest 2009, Cincinnati Reds vs. Chicago Cubs on June 7

• Marshall vs. Virginia Tech Fan Block Party September 11

• Spotlight on Ned Vinson Class of 2000

• Chad Pennington to deliver keynote address at MU’s Commencement

• 172nd Commencement Ceremony on DVD

• Byrd dedicates medical teaching and clinical center
  at Marshall School of Medicine

• WMUL students win 25 awards, including seven grand prizes

March 2009

• Marshall homecoming game set for Oct. 3 against ECU!

• Alumni Weekend 2009 April 24-25 to celebrate our class reunions and the 72nd Annual Awards Banquet.

• MU/Tulane baseball game at Power Park May 16

• 172nd Commencement Ceremony on DVD

• Spotlight on Richard Plymale Class of 1960

• Former MU football legend Sonny Sirianni honored in Fort Myers

• Third annual Troy Brown Fantasy Football Camp set for April

• Marshall professor Robin O'Keefe to be credited with archaeological find

• Student body president Matt James nominated for national award from Northeast Fraternal Council Undergraduate Award of Distinction.

• Honors program to hold walk April 15

February 2009

• MUAA Facebook - connect with your fellow alumni

• Alumni Weekend 2009

• New Erickson Alumni Center under construction

• Spotlight on board member Jeffrey McDowell, Class of 2003

• All Former Women’s Basketball Players: Bring on the Alumni Herd!

• Cheer on the Herd March 11-14 in Memphis at the C-USA men's Championship Basketball Tournament

• Utah school to use Marshall fight song

• Marshall nominated for Best Campus

• Third annual Troy Brown Fantasy Football Camp set for April

• New Multicultural Program comes to Marshall

• University Career Services for recent and future graduates

• MU Day at the Capitol, February 18

• Marshall Artists Series - Golda's Balcony, Blues Journey

January 2009

• Alumni Weekend 2009 - April 24th and 25th; class reunions and the 72nd Annual Awards Banquet.

• C-USA Men's Basketball Championship March 11-14 in Memphis

• Marshall Recreation Center to open in February - special alumni rate available to active alumni

• Alumni Legacy Tuition Reduction Program - a substantial undergraduate tuition reduction

• 2009 Alumni and Friends Tennis Tournament February 6-8, sponsored by the Greater Kanawha Valley Alumni Club.

• West Virginia Day in Florida - Sunday, March 1, 2009, in The Villages, Florida

• Ride with Herd Pride - new state license plates for Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania

• Spotlight on Mickey Jackson, Young Thundering Herd member - Getting to know our board members

• We Are Marshall Exhibit opens at the Marshall Hall of Fame Café - items that were displayed at the College Football Hall of Fame

• MU crime house training law enforcement officers and Marshall's Forensic Science Center

• MU to add physical therapy doctorate

• WMUL students, faculty manager receive MarCom, Hearst awards

• Marshall Artists Series - Sergio Mendes, January 31; February 5, Sweeney Todd