Dr. Zachary Garrett of the Marshall University College of Health Professions received the Athletic Training Educator of the Year award Saturday, March 4, at the annual West Virginia Athletic Training Association (WVATA) Sports Medicine Conference. Learn more here.

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The College of Health Professions is providing global internship opportunities for its students during the 2017-18 winter season at YongPyong Resort in South Korea – a venue which will host the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic ski and snowboard events. Students in the college’s Department of Sport Management will have the chance to work exclusively with Dr.

Announcing the SPRING 2017 DARCO-Sponsored, Solution-Oriented, Interdisciplinary Design Project Competition with Marshall University. Have you ever sprained your ankle, broken a bone in your foot, or had foot surgery? If so, you’ve probably worn a DARCO-brand post-op or rehabilitative boot, brace, sleeve, or splint. Darco International, a Huntington-based manufacturer and world leader in design of

Colin Pierce and Christa Park of the Marshall University School of Physical Therapy have been chosen to receive the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission’s Health Sciences Service Program Award. Learn more here.

For the second time in her life, Culloden native Tiffani Webb was awarded recognition from U.S. Congress during a ceremony Tuesday morning at Cabell Huntington Hospital. U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., and Kevin Fowler, president and chief executive officer of the hospital, presented Webb with the Congressional Award gold medal for her volunteer work at

Dr. Tamara Gravano of the Marshall University College of Health Professions has been named as a director to the board for the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy. Gravano, director of clinical education and an associate professor in the college’s School of Physical Therapy, said she will serve on the board for the next four years,

Sandra Kemper of the Marshall University College of Health Professions conducted an educational training session titled “Developmental Milestones in Communication” with staff at Kiwanis Daycare at 5:45 p.m., Monday, Nov. 14, in the university’s Shawkey Dining Room in the Memorial Student Center on the Huntington campus. Kemper, an assistant professor in the college’s Department of Communication

Dr. Joseph Beckett of the Marshall University College of Health Professions was recently chosen as the only representative from West Virginia to serve on the NATA Professional Responsibility Committee (PRC) for the District III Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers Association. It is one of 12 committees of the National Athletic Trainers Association. Learn more here.