Join the Marshall Family on Monday, December 8 from 5:30 – 8 p.m. at the Memorial Student Center for our annual holiday celebration.
Tree Lighting
Join Marshall Royalty for a fun and festive lighting of the Memorial Student Center Plaza. The tree lighting will take place at 5:30 p.m. on the MSC Plaza.
The program will include performances by:
- Marshall University Early Education STEAM Center
- True Impact Dance and Performing Arts
- Emeraldettes
Indoor Activities
After the tree lighting, festivities move inside the student center. Guests can enjoy refreshments by the fireplace, shop the bookstore, decorate ornaments, have a picture made with Santa-Marco and more from 6 – 8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 8!
First Floor
- Enjoy cookies, s’mores, hot chocolate and punch by the fireplace
- Holiday cookie decorating with Marshall University Alumni Association
- Listen to holiday story time at 6:30 p.m. in the bookstore
- Build-a-Bison ($20 – all proceeds benefit the Campus Activities Board)
- Shop the Marshall Bookstore
Second Floor
- Have fun with our Holiday Photo Booth
- Create an ornament with Marshall University Student Affairs
- Don’t miss the opportunity for a holiday photo with Santa-Marco!
- Students will be on-hand to help children write a mail letters to Santa
- Children can color a Marshall picture while waiting for their photo
- Stuff a stocking with items from Marshall Health and the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
- Make reindeer bait with Marshall’s School of Pharmacy
- Enjoy a holiday experience with Marshall’s Early Education STEAM Center
- Learn more about our June Harless Center and the Imagination Library
- Watch our student organizations compete in a Gingerbread House Building Contest
- Esports Gaming Room
- Enjoy holiday music by Marshall’s WMUL
Photos from the 2024 event
Additional images from the 2024 event are available online. Be sure to tag @MarshallU and #HerdHoliday when sharing your photos on social media.
Marco’s Favorite Things
Marco is celebrating the holiday season by sharing a few of his favorite things! Follow @MarshallU on Facebook and Instagram Dec. 1- 12 to find out how you can win a basket of some of #MarcosFavoriteThings this year!