Marshall University is setting the standard for promoting physical activity on college campuses in West Virginia. The university earned gold-level recognition in the Exercise is Medicine on Campus program, a U.S.-based health initiative through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). In 2016, the ACSM will recognize over 50 colleges and universities around the world

The Marshall University Athletic Training Club is hosting a Concussion Awareness 5k Run/Walk at Ritter Park on April 2nd at 8 a.m.  The proceeds will go to local high schools we use as clinical sites to help improve and off-set cost for concussion evaluation and management tools.  Sign up today! Link:  http://www.tristateracer.com/event.php?RaceID=8419  

Marshall University will conduct its semiannual Countdown to Commencement Tuesday and Wednesday, March 15 and 16, in the Memorial Student Center’s Don Morris Room on the Huntington campus. The purpose of Countdown to Commencement is to assist those participating in this year’s spring commencements, set for 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 7. The

Marshall University Career Services will host Job-A-Palooza, a part-time job and internship fair, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, in the Memorial Student Center lobby on the Huntington campus. The event is open to all Marshall students, faculty and alumni. Learn more here.

Future nurses, doctors and dentists alike will join together for the 2016 West Virginia Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) State Leadership Conference Friday, March 11, and Saturday, March 12, on Marshall’s University’s Huntington campus. Our university has sponsored the conference since 2012. Find out more here.

Dr. Peggy Proudfoot Harman of the Marshall University College of Health Professions has been named director of the college’s Master of Social Work degree program. Learn more here.

Dr. Girmay Berhie of the College of Health Professions has been named to the Top 20 List of America’s Best Health Care Informatics Researchers, according to a recent blog from PokitDot. Learn more here.

Marshall University’s Departments of Social Work and Public Health have received a $15,000 grant from the West Virginia Rural Health Initiative to conduct health assessments in rural communities. Learn more here.

Dr. Joseph Beckett of the Marshall University College of Health Professions has been chosen as the recipient of the Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award from the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers’ Association (MAATA). Beckett, program director of the college’s Department of Athletic Training, is the only athletic trainer in West Virginia to receive a MAATA award in 2016.

Monday, January 11, 2016  Classes begin Friday, January 15, 2016  Last day to adjust schedules online and to add classes Monday, January 18, 2016  Martin Luther King Day – University Closed Friday, February 5, 2016  May graduation applications and diploma fees due Friday, February 12, 2016 Last day to drop a first 8 weeks course