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David Ice, Lydia McCue and Robert H. Plymale will be inducted into the June Harless Center Rural Education Hall of Fame Oct. 30.

Dr. Don Brown will initiate the second Celebrity Series at Marshall University Nov. 2.

Dr. Loren Wenzel has received the West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants’ “Outstanding Accounting Educator Award” for 2004.

Glenn Hall, Jim Hamer, Charlie Neighborgall and Dick Muth were inducted into Marshall's Lewis College of Business Hall of Fame on Tuesday, October 12.

Shannon Renee Summers of Sistersville, Adam Oberdick of Wheeling, Marisa Rubio of Martinsburg, Megan Corley of Charles Town, Jessica R. Brown of Beckley and Alexis Stewart of West Logan, all incoming freshmen at Marshall University, have been named Erma Byrd Scholars.

Delegate Margarette Leach signs the presentation check representing $25,000 toward the marketing of biotechnology May 26. Looking on are Delegates Jim Morgan (left) and Kevin Craig.

Mark Bugher, HADCO chairman (seated, right), and Dan Angel, Marshall University president (seated, left), sign the memorandum of understanding forming the Biotech Alliance May 26. Looking on are (from left) David Todd, Huntington Area Development Council; David Ice, Marshall University Research Corporation; Jan Fox, Marshall Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer; David Graley, Chairman-elect for Huntington Area Development Council and Cal Kent, Marshall Director of Institute of the Development of Entreprenurial Advances (IDEA).

The Society of Yeager Scholars has announced its newest class, which includes: Megan Basham, Karen Bohne, Jacqueline Bowen, Eric Byrge, Sarah Gutman, Caitlin Haught, Kelly Jackson,  Joshua Lynn, Shannon McKinney,  Michael Price, and Megan Ward.

Bill Smith has joined the Marshall University Board of Governors.

T. David Harris II, left, explains his poster titled “Synthesis of Molecular Magnets” to West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise (right) during Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol” in March. Harris will present the poster during Posters on the Hill April 20 in Washington, D.C. Looking on (center) is Marshall chemistry professor Dr. Michael Castellani.

Left to right, John Witek and Deborah Novak of Witek and Novak Inc.; Jackie Hersman, director of the Upward Bound Program at Marshall University; Mark Dempsey, West Virginia state president of AEP; and Craig Marcum, energy marketing coordinator for AEP, pose Tuesday, April 6, in front of the statue of John Marshall on the Marshall University campus after being presented Ashes to Glory Scholarship guidelines by H. Keith Spears, Vice President for Institutional Advancement. Spears is not pictured.

Gov. Bob Wise (right) recognized Justin Swick (left) and Derek Gregg (center) for their outstanding scientific achievement with regards to the Vandalia Project at Marshall University.

State Farm Insurance has awarded a $9,000 grant to Marshall University’s Graduate School of Education and Professional Development, enhancing a partnership that helps West Virginia school teachers attain national certification. Herman Dixon, State Farm regional agency field representative, (second from left) made the presentation Dec. 3, 2003, at the West Virginia State Capitol, in conjunction with National Board of Professional Teaching Standards President Joe Aguerrebere’s visit to Charleston. Joining Dixon for the presentation were, from left: Dr. Rudy Pauley, Program Director, Elementary and Secondary Education, Marshall University Graduate School of Education and Professional Development; Dr. Ron Childress, Marshall University Vice President for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate School of Education and Professional Development; Dr Sarah Denman, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Dr. Steven Mewaldt has won the West Virginia Professor of the Year award given by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and announced Nov. 13.

Marshall University will join Conference USA, President Dan Angel and Athletic Director Bob "Kayo" Marcum announced Nov. 5.

Marshall University officials Dr. Leonard Deutsch (left), dean of the Graduate College; Donald Van Horn, dean of the College of Fine Arts; and Dr. Marshall Onofrio, chair of the Department of Music, display a representative of a gift of 684 long-playing classical vinyl disks to Marshall University by Peter A. Brown of New York City in honor of composer Michael J. Valenti. Accompanying the recordings was a check for $5,000 to catalog the collection.

Dr. Calvin O. Butts III will speak at Marshall University's annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial service Jan. 19. Joseph Bundy will portray activist A. Philip Randolph Jan. 20.