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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.

A collaborative partnership is changing the menu at Huntington’s Kitchen. Since 2013, Cabell Huntington Hospital has operated Huntington’s Kitchen as a community outreach initiative with the goals of positively impacting the health of the community through the prevention and reduction of diet-related disease through healthy food and cooking education. In January, Marshall University will bring something

Marshall University, Concord University and West Virginia State University will use a $10,000 Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Adolescent Screening Brief Intervention Referral to Treatment grant to prepare students to advance the profession of social work and improve the well-being of West Virginia’s children and their families. Learn more about this partnership here.

Marshall University’s School of Nursing has seen a steady increase in graduates for its RN to BSN program since the program was established in the 1970s due to the fact it is now offered completely online. Learn more here.

On Wednesday, Dec. 2, and Thursday, Dec. 3, Dr. Terry W. Fenger, director of Marshall’s Forensic Science Graduate Program, taught Marshall University nursing students from Dr. Nancy Elkins’ class about the process of DNA testing on sexual assault kits and providing detailed documentation related to sexual assault investigations. Learn more here.

Our graduate program in nursing administration ranked among the 30 most affordable nursing administration degree programs in the country by Best Master of Science in Nursing Degrees. Read more here.