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The Office of University Communications makes available the following photos of upcoming or recent university events to the news media. Unless otherwise indicated, credit should be given to "Rick Haye/Marshall University." Any questions regarding the photos should be directed to the university photographer.

Current News Photos

Dr. Gayle L. Ormiston, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Curriculum at Kent State University since July 1, 2002, has been named Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at Marshall University.

Six incoming freshmen have been named Erma Byrd Scholars at Marshall University:

• Kathy Barnett
• Erin Dzaack
• Sahana Fischer
• Laura Good
• Veronica Loss
• Alicia Petrarca

R. Scott Anderson has joined the Marshall University Foundation Inc. as Chief Financial Officer.

Members of Marshall University’s chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, the national band honorary fraternity, are renovating the band room in Smith Music Hall. (Pictured: Shawna Hatten and Amy Holliday.)

Dr. Shari Clarke has been named vice president of multicultural affairs at Marshall University. Photo provided by Shari Clarke.

Dr. Betsy Dulin has been named dean of the Marshall College of Information Technology and Engineering (CITE).

Twelve incoming freshmen have been selected for Marshall University's Society of Yeager Scholars:

The annual Maier Awards for Latin and writing were given Monday, April 28. (Photos by Jeffrey Sholten Singer/Marshall University.)

Marshall University honored its EMBA Class of 2008 at a hooding ceremony April 26:

• Dr. Sarah Denman, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at Marshall University, hoods EMBA graduate Katrina Spaulding of Crown City, Ohio.
• Marshall University President Stephen J. Kopp presents top EMBA graduate Don Channell of Hurricane with a plaque. Channell earned a 4.0.
• Keynote speaker Phyllis Arnold of BB&T congratulates EMBA graduate Laura Davis Ellis of Charleston.

Ed Zimmerman, a Marshall University graduate and lifelong resident of Huntington, has joined the Marshall University Foundation, Inc., as Director of Planned Giving.

Austin Seybert, a freshman trombone major at Marshall University from Bridgeport, has been named one of four finalists from West Virginia to attend the Summer Music Institute conducted by the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of Marshall Department of Music.

Dr. Montserrat Miller, an associate professor of history at Marshall University, was named 2007 Professor of the Year by the Faculty Merit Foundation of West Virginia.

Foundation for the Tri-State Community, Inc., President Mary Witten Wiseman, second from left, presents a check for $100,000 to Marshall University President Stephen J. Kopp, second from right, on Friday, Feb. 29. Looking on are, at left, Bob Galardi, Director of Major Gifts for the Society of Yeager Scholars, and, at right, Dr. Barry Sharpe, Executive Director of the John R. Hall Center for Academic Excellence. The $100,000 represents the first payment toward a six-year gift from the Foundation to the Yeager Scholars program totaling $205,000. Photo by Dave Wellman/Marshall University.

Dr. Jennifer Y. Mak, associate professor and program coordinator in the Division of Exercise Science, Sport and Recreation at Marshall University, has been named the 2008 Midwest District Scholar of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD).

Dr. David J. Pittenger, Associate Provost at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga since 2004, has been named dean of Marshall University’s College of Liberal Arts.

Dr. Kevin Law, assistant professor of geography at Marshall University, recently won the John Russell Mather Paper of the Year award sponsored by the Climate Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers.

CSX’s Regional Vice President-Public Affairs Randy Cheetham, second from left, presented a check for $20,000 to Marshall University. The funds will support research at the Rahall Transportation Institute at Marshall and fund a scholarship for Marshall’s engineering program. From left to right are Marshall President Stephen J. Kopp, Cheetham, Rahall Transportation Institute Director Robert Plymale, Dr. Tony Szwilski, Interim Dean of Marshall’s College of Information Technology and Engineering (CITE), and Sara Mullen, director of development for CITE.

Cory Dennison IV has been named Director of Development for the university’s College of Science.

Michael G. Sellards, President and Chief Executive Officer of St. Mary’s Medical Center, has been appointed to Marshall University’s Board of Governors by West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin III.

Dr Sarah N. Denman, Marshall's provost, will retire at the end of the current academic year.