The U.S. Postal Service will issue a cachet recognizing the Friends of Coal Bowl Sept. 8.

Marshall University has announced the latest group of Erma Byrd Scholars. Photos submitted by students.

• Michael Bledsoe

• Cody Collins

• Ellen Kist

• Jill Landsden

• Brittany Racer

• Margaret Stonestreet

From left, Cabell County Circuit Judge Alfred E. Ferguson, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Dolly Rozzi, Christ Temple Church Pastor Chuck Lawrence and Maryann Henry pose for a photo about six months ago in Washington, D.C. Photo submitted by Dolly Rozzi.

The Weisberg Division of Engineering and Computer Science of the Marshall University College of Information Technology and Engineering (CITE) has added two new engineering faculty members: Dr. Betsy Dulin and Dr. Andrew Nichols.

Anita Lockridge has been named Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration at Marshall University. Dr. Jan Fox has been promoted to Senior Vice President for Information Technology/Chief Information Officer.

Marshall students Shawn Cotton, Brad Fitzwater and Camden Clutter, left to right, are working this summer on the Autonomous Maritime Navigation project.

Dr. Keith J. Cotroneo, Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at Quincy College in Quincy, Mass., for the past two years, is the new president of the Marshall Community and Technical College (MCTC).

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin III holds Chloe Dean while laughing with Tayden Carpenter, left, following a ceremony July 11 in the Department of Communication Disorders at Marshall University. Chloe and Tayden, along with Ean Hayes and Luke Lee, are 3-year-old pediatric patients at Marshall’s Speech and Hearing Center. Amy Knell, second from left, works with the children on improving their hearing skills four days a week. The Huntington Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Foundation presented a check for $43,000 to the Speech and Hearing Center July 11.

Dr. Michael Castellani, professor and chair of Marshall University’s chemistry department, has been named one of two Volunteers of the Year by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR).

James E. Gibson, left, shakes hands with Jason Mitchell, a 2007 graduate of Summers County High School and the first recipient of the James E. Gibson Scholarship.

Dr. Ronald G. Area has been named CEO of the Marshall University Foundation, Inc.

Ruth Flowers Thornton, right, watches as Jonna Hughes, director and trustee with the Herschel C. Price Educational Foundation, signs guidelines for the Ruth Flowers Thornton Scholarship Thursday, June 7 during a ceremony at the Marshall University Alumni Center. Also looking on is Dr. Lynne S. Mayer, left, associate vice president for development in Marshall’s Office of Development.

Marshall's Society  of Yeager Scholars has announced its Class of 2011, which will enter Marshall University this fall. (Photos provided by class members.)

• Ennis Barbery

• Laci Browning

• Brianna Dickerson

• Elizabeth Fleming

• Rylee Genseal

• Henry Heisey

• Megan Hunt

• Sarah Ison

• Kassie Moore

• Margaret Stephens

• Zachary Woods

Marshall professor Jean Edward Smith's biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt has been published.

CSX Technology President John West, middle, was honored today as the first recipient of the Rail-SORCE (Railroad Safety and Operations Research Center of Excellence) Partnership Award. Looking on are Robert Plymale, director of the Rahall Transportation Institute, left, and Marshall University President Stephen J. Kopp, right.

An article written by Dr. Hongwei Yu, associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology in the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, was published April 30 in an early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS),

Seniors Saeed Keshavarzian, left, and Richard Merritt, right, reset the Differential Analyzer model in preparation for a demonstration as graduate student Stacy Scudder, middle, looks on.

Jack Houvouras (left), publisher of Huntington Quarterly, presents a check for $4,000 to Sharon Porter, president of the Marshall University Alumni Association.