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The Newsletter for Marshall University April 26, 2017
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Progenesis Technologies, a biotechnology company headquartered in Huntington, West Virginia, and with ties to Marshall University, has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Grant (SBIR) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for $1.06 million over a two-year period. Progenesis was founded in 2006 by two Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine faculty members, Richard …
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The Marshall University Bookstore appreciates the dedication of our administrative professionals and will recognize the first 48 to visit the bookstore by offering a potted plant in a commemorative mug and a chance to register to win a $25 gift card.
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The Marshall University Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Elizabeth Reed Smith, will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, in Smith Recital Hall. Titled "Romantic Favorites," the program will include "Valse Lyrique" by Sibelius, Rimsky-Korsakov's "Capriccio Espagnol," and the Grieg Piano Concerto, featuring Marshall University faculty member Dr. Johan Botes as soloist. A native of South …
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Marshall University has joined the ranks of more than 740 colleges and universities across the globe whose application processes are at prospective students’ fingertips via The Common Application. The Common Application, or Common App, allows undergraduate students to submit one application to institutions from 18 countries, including 49 U.S. states, and gives students around-the-clock support, financial aid and scholarship information, …
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A screening of short documentaries on 20th-century mathematicians will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 27, in Smith Hall 154. The documentaries were created by students in the Honors seminar, “Mathematicians on Film” (HON 480), taught by Dr. Carl Mummert (Mathematics) and Dr. Walter Squire (English). Students in the class produced documentaries on Ingrid Daubechies, Paul Erdős and …
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Following months of preparation, Marshall University’s 14th annual Empty Bowls will begin when the doors of the First Presbyterian Church in Huntington open at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 28. A regional favorite, the partnership of art and goodwill exists to feed Tri-State families in need through donations to Facing Hunger Foodbank. Marshall students and volunteers with Huntington Museum of Art …
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The Marshall University School of Physical Therapy will hold its 5th annual White Coat Ceremony and Presentation Day at 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 28, at the St. Mary’s Center for Education. The White Coat Ceremony is a rite of passage that marks the student’s transition into a clinical environment, according to Program Director Dr. Scott Davis. “The white coat is …
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Yuhao Zhou, in collaboration with Marshall piano faculty member Dr. Henning Vauth, will give his senior recital in Marshall’s Smith Recital Hall at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 29. The program will include works by Niccolò Paganini, Dmitri Shostakovich, Ludwig van Beethoven and Henryk Wieniawski. The Belle and Lynum Jackson Competition rewards the best student performer in Marshall’s School of Music with … Read more.
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The department of cardiology at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine has established a new endowed scholarship at the school. The scholarship is known as the Marshall Cardiology Scholarship. Faculty and staff from the department of cardiology, under the leadership of Chairman Mark A. Studeny, M.D., Class of 1986, created the scholarship to assist future physicians and reduce student …
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Cabell Huntington Hospital will present the annual Uncorked! Fundraiser, hosted by Mark Cross and 21 @ The Frederick, to benefit the Marshall Artists Series. It will take place Saturday, April 29, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Frederick Building. This is your chance to sample over 60 varieties of wine, tantalize your taste buds with tasty food, and bid on unique …
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Marshall University’s Choral Union will be joined by the area’s longest-running brass quintet, Lincoln Brass, for “Joy and Woe,” a free concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 30, in Smith Recital Hall on the university’s Huntington campus. The performance will “explore the extremes of human emotions through music,” according to Deborah Bradley, director of the MU Choral Union. Featuring music by well-known composers …
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Marshall’s Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) program has achieved candidacy status toward full accreditation from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Dr. Peggy Proudfoot Harman, director of the university’s M.S.W. program, said this is vital step toward full accreditation by the Council on Accreditation. “In order to be a licensed social worker in any state, the social worker must …
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The College of Health Professions is hosting the Lose the Training Wheels camp June 5-9, and, for the second year, the university has partnered with the Phil Cline Family YMCA to offer the summer sessions. In its seventh consecutive year and offered in concert with the non-profit charity iCanShine, the program teaches participants with disabilities how to independently ride a two-wheel bicycle. …
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The Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has approved Marshall University as an ASHA Approved Continuing Education (CE) Provider. ASHA Approved CE Providers are the only organizations approved to offer continuing education courses for audiologists and speech-language pathologists for ASHA Continuing Education Units (CEUs). “We are pleased to welcome Marshall University as our newest ASHA Approved CE …
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The next regular issue of We Are...Marshall will be distributed May 3, 2017. Please send items for consideration to WAMnewsletter@marshall.edu by 5 p.m. Monday, May 1.
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