As the first gold-level recognized Exercise is Medicine® institution in West Virginia, Marshall University will host its 2nd annual Exercise is Medicine Week with a series of events Oct. 24-29 to promote the message that exercise is both fun and important for one’s health and wellness. Visit www.marshall.edu/EIM for more information or learn more here.

Last year, over 300 universities across the U.S. organized events to celebrate Food Day and for the third year, Marshall University will continue to join the movement. Food Day, a nationwide celebration of healthy and affordable foods, advocates for better food policies on a local, state and federal level. Rachel Walker, president of Marshall’s Student

Dr. Paul Kadetz of the Marshall University College of Health Professions has been named chair of the Department of Public Health and director of the college’s Master of Public Health program. Learn more here.

Dr. Peggy Proudfoot Harman and husband/documentarian Jason Harman took home the first-place prize in the Best West Virginia Short Documentary category for their documentary, “George Rashid: The Leper of Pickens” at the WV FILMmakers Festival. Learn more here.

Kathryn Chezik, former chair and longtime faculty member in Marshall University’s Department of Communication Disorders, was honored in a donor recognition ceremony at 10 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Smith Hall Birke Art Gallery on Marshall’s Huntington campus. After 40 years of service to the university, Chezik contributed $100,000 to the communication disorders program with

Last spring, COHP social work faculty member Dr. Peggy Harman and her husband, Jason, spent nine months filming and editing the documentary “George Rashid: The Leper of Pickens.” Now, the story of George Rashid, a young Lebanese/Syrian man who was ostracized for the lesions on his skin, will be told at the West Virginia FILMmakers Festival

Kumika Toma, an assistant professor and the undergraduate exercise program director in our college, received a $15,381 grant from NASA to study microgravity and how astronauts can avoid muscle decay from being in space. Learn more here.

View the photo gallery of the 2016 annual Quoits tournament here.