Dr. Daniel D. Angel, President
Dr. Sarah N. Denman, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. K. Edward Grose, Senior Vice President for Operations
Dr. J. Joe Mitchell, Senior Vice President for Development and Planning
Mr. Herb Karlet, Senior Vice President for Finance
Mr. F. Layton Cottrill, Jr., Chief of Staff, Vice President for Executive Affairs, and General Counsel
Dr. H. Keith Spears, Assistant to the President and Vice President for Communications
Dr. Ronald B. Childress, Vice President for Graduate Studies
Dr. Betty J. Cleckley, Vice President for Multiculutral Affairs and International Programs
Dr. Charles McKown, Vice President for Health Sciences
Dr. James W. Hooper, Vice President for Research
Dr. Vicki Riley, Provost, Marshall Community & Technical College
Dr. Jan I. Fox, Vice President for Information Technology
Mr. Kemp Winfree, Vice President for Regional Operations
Dr. Carolyn Hunter, Vice President for Alumni Development
Ms. Charlotte Weber, Vice President for Federal Programs

Marshall University, one of West Virginia's two state universities, offers programs which encourage individual growth through the attainment of scholarship, acquisition of skills, and development of personality.

Professional, technical, and industrial career studies are available through the various departments of the university.

The university provides students with opportunities to understand and make contributions to the culture in which they live; to develop and maintain physical health; to participate in democratic processes; to learn worthwhile moral, social, and economic values; to develop intellectual curiosity and the desire to continue personal growth; and to share in a varied cultural program.

Marshall also recognizes an obligation to the state and community by offering evening, off-campus, and Internet classes, as well as lectures, artistic programs, conferences, forums, and other campus and field activities.

MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY

General Statement of Purpose

Upon graduation a baccalaureate student should (1) think logically, critically, and creatively and be able to recognize this ability in others; (2) communicate ideas clearly and effectively both in speaking and writing; (3) evaluate the influences that help to shape individuals, institutions, and societies; (4) understand the values, achievements, and aesthetic contributions of past and present cultures; and (5) perceive, investigate, and solve problems by enlisting the most appropriate historical, comparative, quantitative, and qualitative research methods available.

Statement of Philosophy

While institutions of higher education differ in size and function, they share a common core of values; these help shape and guide their academic life. Marshall University is committed to seven basic principles.

• The first and most basic commitment of Marshall University is to undergraduate education.
• A second and major commitment of Marshall University is the enhancement of graduate education.
• Third, Marshall University is committed to expanding the body of human knowledge and achievement through research and creative arts activities.
• A fourth characteristic of Marshall University is its commitment to society through public service.
• A fifth commitment of this university is to diversity in its student body, its faculty and staff, and its educational programs.
• A sixth commitment of Marshall University is to academic freedom and shared governance.
• Finally, Marshall University is committed to assuring the integrity of the curriculum through the maintenance of rigorous standards and high expectations for student learning and performance.

Identification of Areas of Current Emphasis

The following areas of emphasis will command the commitment of institutional resources.

• A commitment to high quality undergraduate liberal arts education, broadly defined.
• A commitment to rural health care, including medicine, nursing, nutrition, health education, health care management, etc.
• A commitment to schools and schooling, including teacher education and the setting of the agenda for education in southern West Virginia.
• Economic development, which would include programs in education, science, business, the Community and Technical College, perhaps engineering, and a broad range of fields.
• A commitment to the fine arts and humanities because Marshall is and should be the cultural center of this community.
• A new commitment to high quality graduate programs (master's, specialists, and doctoral degrees).
• Finally, a university concerned with environmental issues which, unquestionably, will be a dominant factor of life in the 21st Century.

In accord with the first and most basic commitment of Marshall University as outlined in the Statement of Philosophy of the Mission Statement and the above seven areas of emphasis, Marshall University will strive to develop programs that will be recognized nationally for their excellence. Toward this goal strong emphasis will be placed on high quality teaching and interaction with the individual student. Uniform guidelines for monitoring instruction and corrective measures will be developed and implemented by college deans. Programs that have University commitment to independent accrediting will be brought into compliance and maintain accrediting agency guidelines.

HISTORY

The Beginning

Marshall University traces its origin to 1837, when residents of the community of Guyandotte and the farming country nearby decided their youngsters needed a school that would be in session more than three months a year. According to tradition, they met at the home of lawyer John Laidley, planned their school, and named it Marshall Academy in honor of Laidley's friend, the late Chief Justice John Marshall. They chose one and one-quarter acres of land in an area called Maple Grove where stood a small log building known as Mount Hebron Church. It had been the site of a three- month subscription school and remained that for another term. Eventually $40 was paid for the site.

The Academy and the College

On March 30, 1838, the Virginia General Assembly formally incorporated Marshall Academy. Its first full term was conducted in 1838-39. For decades the fledgling school faced serious problems, most of them financial. The Civil War forced it to close for several years, but in 1867 the West Virginia Legislature renewed its vitality by creating the State Normal School at Marshall College to train teachers. This eased Marshall's problems somewhat, but it was not until the tenure of President Lawrence J. Corbly from 1896 to 1915 that the college began its real growth. In 1907, enrollment exceeded 1,000.

The University

Marshall was granted university status in 1961. The university now functions through eleven academic units: the Lewis College of Business, the College of Education and Human Services, the College of Fine Arts, the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Nursing and Health Professions, the College of Science, the Community and Technical College, the Graduate College, the Graduate School of Information Technology and Engineering, the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, and the School of Medicine.

	1920:		College of Education
	1921:		First college degree
	1924:		College of Arts and Sciences
	1948:		Graduate School
	1960:		College of Applied Science
	1969:		School of Business
	1972:		College of Business and Applied Science
	1974:		School of Medicine and Associated Health
	1975:		Community College
	1976:		College of Science
	1977:		College of Liberal Arts
	1977:		College of Business
	1978:		School of Nursing
	1978:		Associated Health Professions to the College of Science
	1978:		School of Journalism, within the College of Liberal Arts
	1984:		College of Fine Arts
	1991:		Community and Technical College
	1992:		Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Sciences
	1994:		College of Business renamed the Elizabeth McDowell Lewis College of Business
	1997:		Marshall University Graduate College, merging the Graduate School and the West Virginia Graduate College
	1998:		College of Nursing and Health Professions
	1998:		School of Journalism & Mass Communications
	1999:		College of Information Technology and Engineering
	2001:		Psy.D. degree in Psychology