The Newsletter for Marshall University                             February 14, 2018

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Search committee releases position profile for chief academic officer

The Marshall University provost search committee has released the position profile for the university’s next chief academic officer. Consultants with the firm AGB Search Inc. will use the profile to help the search committee identify and recruit candidates. The committee and consultants developed the profile after meeting last month with representatives of Marshall’s faculty, student body, staff and the community …

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Marshall receives $1 million in-kind contribution for fight against addiction

Healthy Connections, a multi-partner group addressing the opioid addiction problem in western West Virginia and spearheaded by Marshall and Marshall Health, has received a $1 million, in-kind gift from Quality Insights, a national health care company headquartered in Charleston. The gift, which will be over a three-year period, includes a loaned executive who will serve as a program coordinator for …

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Marshall Theatre production of 'Alabama Rain' begins tonight, continues through next week

The Marshall University School of Theatre continues its 2018 season with an allegorical comedy, Alabama Rain, by Heather McCutchen. Performances are Feb. 14-17 and Feb. 22-24 at 7:30 p.m. nightly in the Francis-Booth Experimental Theatre in the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center. In Alabama Rain, McCutchen tells the tale of five sisters living in a mythical southern town where it …

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Notice:  Be Aware of Changes to YOUR MUNet Password Configuration  

Information Technology has recently applied a configuration change to improve the security of your MUNet account.  This update makes changes to the requirements for new and reset passwords. This change does not require any action from you at this time. Information Technology would like to remind you to change your passwords often, no less than once per year. For additional …

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MU Digital Forensics and Information Assurance program joins the National CyberWatch Center

Marshall University’s digital forensics and information assurance program has joined the National CyberWatch Center, a consortium of higher education institutions, schools, businesses and government agencies that collaborate to advance cybersecurity education and strengthen the national cybersecurity workforce. “The National CyberWatch Center is extremely pleased to welcome Marshall University as one of its newest members,” said Dr. Barbara Belon, director of …

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Marshall theatre company receives anonymous $20,000 grant

The Marshall theatre company, THEATRE ETC!, has received an anonymous grant in the amount of $20,000.  The grant will improve the level of production and affordability of the company’s performances, said the company’s founder and director, John Colclough, a professor of theatre at Marshall. THEATRE ETC! is an educational touring company composed of Marshall University theatre students. They tour to and …

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Bookstore to celebrate Dr. Seuss Saturday

The Marshall University Bookstore will have an advance celebration of the birthday of Dr. Seuss Saturday, Feb. 17, from 11 a.m. to noon at the bookstore, which is located in the Memorial Student Center on Marshall’s Huntington campus. This is the fourth annual celebration at the bookstore. The festivities include a reading of a Dr. Seuss book by Dr. Jerry …

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Next MUsic Mondays event to explore ‘Musical Responses to War’

The School of Music continues its Spring 2018 series of MUusic Mondays lectures at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19, with a presentation titled “Musical Responses to War: Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem.” MUsic Mondays lectures take place at Cellar Door, 905 3rd Ave., in downtown Huntington. Presented by music Professor Dr. Vicki Stroeher, the lecture will be part of the College …

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Broadway’s 'Amazing Grace The Musical' is Headed for the Keith-Albee

While humming the “hymn of hymns,” “Amazing Grace,” have you ever wondered what inspired the beloved lyrics? Wonder no more! Broadway’s “Amazing Grace The Musical” will be taking the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center stage at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20. The show tells the awe-inspiring true story of John Newton, a former slave ship owner who joins the abolition movement, …

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Med School Diversity awards open for nominations; ceremony is March 29

The Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion is hosting its very first Awards Ceremony on Thursday, March 29, in the Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall on the Huntington campus from 6 to 8 p.m. Nominations are being accepted online until Friday, Feb. 23, at http://jcesom.marshall.edu/diversity. Free ticket registration is available online at http://ODIawards.eventbrite.com. Click to …

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‘Faculty Coffee with the President’ series to begin this month

Later this month, President Jerry Gilbert will begin hosting a series of informal discussions with faculty. The series, called “Faculty Coffee with the President,” will include at least three programs each semester, with each program offering 12-15 faculty members the opportunity to participate. The discussions will focus on a variety of timely higher education topics, and President Gilbert will distribute …

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Marshall to host recital celebrating Japanese musical traditions and trends

Marshall University’s Japanese Program in the Department of Modern Languages has organized a musical celebration of Japanese culture. It will present “Masayo Ishigure and Koto 360º Recital” Friday, March 9, at Smith Recital Hall. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the performance begins at 7 p.m. Koto 360º is an exploration of the current trends in Japanese performing arts, presenting a …

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The next regular issue of We Are...Marshall will be distributed Feb. 21, 2018. Please send items for consideration to WAMnewsletter@marshall.edu by 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19, 2018.

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