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The College of Liberal Arts awards the Distinguished Alumni accolades each year for outstanding\u00a0national\u00a0achievements in their particular field of endeavor. Click on the tabs below to meet our honorees from the past several years.<\/p>\n

The College of Liberal Arts\u2019 distinguished alumna is Dr. Janine Janosky<\/strong>, \u00a0President of Richard J. Daley College in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Dr. Janosky\u00a0attended Marshall University in the early 1980\u2019s, earning her MA in Psychology in 1983.\u00a0 Prior to her time on our campus, she earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in Psycholo\"\"<\/a>gy from Duquesne University. \u00a0After Marshall she earned a doctorate\u00a0in educational research methodology\u00a0from the University of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

After completing her PhD, she taught at Carlow College and College Misericordia before beginning an 18-year career at University of Pittsburgh where she served as Research Associate, Assistant Professor, then Associate Professor, Director of Medical Student Community-based Research, Director of Research, Vice Chair for Research, and Executive Director of the Center for Primary Care Community-based Research for the School of Medicine at Pitt.<\/p>\n

In 2007 She transitioned to Central Michigan University where she was Vice Provost for Research, Director of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the Central Michigan University Research Corporation.<\/p>\n

After 2 years at Central Michigan, she became VP at the Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron, OH; simultaneously serving as Research Professor in Family and Community Medicine and Professor of Statistics at the University of Akron.<\/p>\n

From 2014 to 2018 she held positions at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, including Dean of the College of Education, Health, and Human Services and Professor in the department of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n

In addition to her faculty research and administrative positions, Dr. Janosky is President and CEO of AugustSolutionsGroup, designing strategies for leadership, communication, mediation, and expression in higher education, health systems, government, and social services.<\/p>\n

In 2019, she was selected President of Richard J. Daley College in Chicago, where she continues to serve 13,000 students, advancing their educational and career goals.<\/p>\n

She has published two books, authored or co-authored over 180 research papers, and earned nearly 60 grants.<\/p>\n

President Janosky\u00a0serves in many board leadership roles including the FDA\u2019s Dispute Resolution Panel for Medical Devices, and ATHENA International.\u00a0 She has been honored\u00a0by many state and national awards\u00a0throughout her career.\u00a0 As one example of the impact of her leadership, her national model for\u00a0public-private-philanthropic partnerships was recognized in\u00a0Forbes<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0earned her a\u00a0United States<\/em>\u00a0White\u00a0House Champion of Change.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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For his contributions to our campus as a student; for his lifetime of dedication to Marshall, Huntington, and the state of West Virginia; and for his generosity in devoting his time and effort to local agencies, community causes, and current students across the state, Bobby was recognized as the College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Alumnus for 2017<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"liberalBobby Nelson is a native of Boone County\u00a0and a 1953 graduate of Sherman High School.\u00a0After high school, he joined the Marine Corps, where he served for 4 years.\u00a0In 1957, he returned to his hometown fully intending to work in the coal fields, as most of his friends, acquaintances and family members had.<\/p>\n

But a favor for a friend changed his\u00a0plans,\u00a0and changed our state. As Bobby describes it, a friend of his needed a ride to Huntington so that he could enroll in classes at Marshall.\u00a0He intended to do his friend this favor and return home to work in the coal fields to help support his family.\u00a0But the Registrar pestered him about enrolling in school, talked to him about the GI Bill, promised to help him find a job so that he could send money home.\u00a0That favor for a friend turned into a BA in Political Science in 1960 and an MA in American Government in 1967.<\/p>\n

While a student at Marshall, he served in student government, started a Veteran\u2019s Club on campus and served as Campus Director for the Hechler congressional campaign and the Students for Kennedy in 1960.\u00a0He led the student effort to gain University status for Marshall, gathering thousands of signatures, personally delivered to then-Governor Cecil Underwood.<\/p>\n

The activism he showed on campus was just the beginning. After receiving his Bachelor\u2019s degree, Bobby began a 10-year association with Ken Hechler, as Hechler\u2019s administrative assistant.\u00a0In 1965, he was elected to the WV State Legislature and six years later he was elected to the State Senate, where he served for 14 years.\u00a0He was then elected Mayor of Huntington, serving in that office for 8 years. In the state legislature, Bobby sponsored legislation for the construction of the Cam Henderson Center and supported the effort to build Edwards Stadium. He sponsored legislation to provide annual salary increments for faculty and staff, and he added faculty and student representatives to the Board of Regents.<\/p>\n

Nelson is a teacher\u2014leading classes at Marshall, the University of Charleston, and Ohio University, Ironton. He is a mentor, directing the Herndon Legislative Intern program since 2012. He is a businessman, running Nelson\u2019s Corner Grocery for four years. He is a\u00a0reality\u00a0radio star, hosting a local talk show for 4 years. He is a man of many talents and a champion of many causes.<\/p>\n

Dr. John Burke has distinguished himself in not one or two areas, but in Education, Communication, Administration, Healthcare Services, the Arts, and Social Services.\u00a0When he started out to build his life after high school, he wasn\u2019t sure what he wanted to do \u2013 so he solved that problem by excelling at practically everything. \u00a0Dr. John Burke was recognized as the College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Alumnus for 2016.<\/p>\n

\"liberalJohn Burke was born in Huntington, WV and took the scenic route to success after high school.\u00a0Not because his journey was leisurely, but because he traveled so far and took in so many stops along the way. He began his journey in seminary, but that wasn\u2019t a good fit, so he attended the University of Kentucky for a time.\u00a0He found his way back to Huntington.\u00a0He spent two years as an intern for Ken Hechler\u2019s office in the House of Representatives.\u00a0In the early 60\u2019s he began work at WSAZ as a writer and reporter.\u00a0His success in that job led him to enroll in Marshall where he pursued a double major in Speech Communication and Political Science.\u00a0At that time, the Communication department still housed the Theatre program, and John became involved in theatre, playing Hamlet in his senior year at MU.\u00a0After earning his BA, he went on to get an MFA at Ohio University in Communication and Broadcasting.\u00a0He then pursued a Ph.D. in Communication at Ohio State.<\/p>\n

He started out as an instructor at Kent State, then he was hired to the faculty of the Biomedical Communications Division of Ohio State, where he worked for 15 years as faculty member, as Director of Biomedical Communications for the University Hospitals, as Assistant Director of the OSU Telecommunications Center, and as Editor of the Journal of Allied Health. He moved on to a position as Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago; where he held faculty positions in Communication, Bio-communication Arts, and the Center for Educational Development.\u00a0He was Chair of the Department of Associated Medical Sciences and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.<\/p>\n

In 1987, the year I was hired as a new faculty member in Speech Communication here at Marshall, Dr. Burke took a position at Abbot Laboratories as Manager of Medical Communications.\u00a0He continued to serve as Manager of New Product Development and National Manager of Scientific Relations.\u00a0After ten years at Abbot, he became President and CEO of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health care \u2013 an organization he led for the next 18 years.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, when Dr. Burke retired last year from AAAHC, he simply couldn\u2019t stop working.\u00a0So he has taken on the task of starting up a consulting subsidiary of ZP&W\u2019s law firm, where he will provide leadership and consulting services in his many areas of expertise:\u00a0 non-profits, health care service organizations, educational institutions, arts and entertainment agencies and social service organizations.<\/p>\n

Carter Taylor Seaton is an accomplished businesswoman, an award-winning author, a talented author, an inspiring educator, and a tireless supporter of the communities in which she has lived. She has served Goodwill Industries, the Dogwood Festival, the Mountain State Arts and Crafts, and the Huntington Museum of Art, just to name a few. Carter Taylor Seaton was recognized as the College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Alumna for 2015.<\/p>\n

\"liberalOne of Marshall\u2019s most talented and accomplished alumni is Ms. Carter Taylor Seaton.\u00a0Carter spent nearly twenty years studying at Marshall University. She came to Marshall in to study English shortly after high school.\u00a0She pursued her degree while married and raising four children.\u00a0She had an active role in the Junior League and Women\u2019s Club of Huntington. She directed and Appalachian Craft Cooperative to benefit low-income women, and she was nominated by Ladies Home Journal as Woman of the Year in 1975.\u00a0She somehow found time to earn her Bachelor\u2019s degree, cum\u00a0laude, in 1982, and three years later earned her MBA.<\/p>\n

Although she completed her degree while in her forties, Carter was just getting started.\u00a0She has had a long career as a fundraiser, grant writer, marketer, and teacher.\u00a0She ran her own marketing and consulting firm in Atlanta in the 80\u2019s.\u00a0She served as Promotions and Special Events Manager and Director of Marketing for the Columbus Convention Center. She was Trade and Marketing Manager for Underground Atlanta and Sales and Marketing Manager for the Columbus Square Mall.\u00a0She also founded Exciting Excursions in Columbus, GA.<\/p>\n

But as most Huntingtonians know, Carter Seaton\u2019s accomplishments go far beyond her successful business career.\u00a0Carter is an award-winning author.\u00a0Her first novel,\u00a0Father\u2019s Troubles<\/em>, was published in 2003 and was a finalist in ForeWord magazine\u2019s Book of the Year award.\u00a0She penned a second novel, \u201camo, amos, amat\u2026an unconventional love story\u201d<\/em> in 2011.\u00a0She has authored numerous magazine articles and nonfiction works. \u00a0Her article, \u201cThose Who Came,\u201d about the \u201cback to the land\u201d movement in Appalachia won best nonfiction award from Appalachian Heritage.<\/p>\n

Carter\u2019s artistic interests don\u2019t stop there. Since taking up pottery in 1996, she has become an accomplished sculptor, with her bust of Governor Cabell on display in the Cabell County courthouse, and her bust of Nate Ruffin can be viewed in our own Foundation Hall.<\/p>\n

\"liberalAubrey King received his B.A. degree magna cum laude from Marshall University in 1963.\u00a0While at Marshall, he majored in political science with minors in economics and history and was a four-year member of the university debating team, while also competing in extemporaneous speaking.<\/p>\n

He was born and raised in Iaeger in McDowell County, where he was a 1959 graduate of Iaeger High School. \u00a0His two brothers also graduated from Iaeger High School and Marshall and their family roots in the county go back more than a century and a half.<\/p>\n

After graduating from Marshall, King was awarded a Rotary International Fellowship for a year\u2019s study at the Indian School of International Studies in New Delhi, India.\u00a0He later received an M.A. degree in political science from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.\u00a0After teaching government and politics at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD., King has spent more than three decades as a professional lobbyist in Washington, D.C., where he has represented diverse trade associations and other clients.\u00a0In 1997, he established the national government affairs consulting firm of Aubrey C. King & Associates, which specializes in issues related to the national parks, forests and other public lands, as well as transportation policy. \u00a0He has also been an adjunct lecturer at George Washington University, teaching the politics of tourism and recreation.<\/p>\n

At Marshall, King was greatly influenced by a number of outstanding faculty members, including Dr. Ben Hope, Professor of Speech and Coach of the Debating Team, Dr. Paul Stewart, Professor of Political Science, Dr. Herschel Heath, Professor of History, and Mr. William Cook, who taught economics.<\/p>\n

He is married to the former Mary Margaret Loemker, who received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Marshall and whose father was Dr. Kenneth K. Loemker, who had a distinguished career of more than forty years at Marshall as Dean of Men, Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Psychology Department.<\/p>\n

He and his wife proudly have a son, Christopher, who lives with his wife, Shannon, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a daughter, Catharine, who lives with her husband, Jordan, in Aiken, South Carolina, and three grandchildren, Camden, Caroline and Jackson.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The College of Liberal Arts awards the Distinguished Alumni accolades each year for outstanding\u00a0national\u00a0achievements in their particular field of endeavor. Click on the tabs below to meet our honorees from the past several years. The College of Liberal Arts\u2019 distinguished alumna is Dr. Janine Janosky, \u00a0President of Richard J. Daley College in Chicago. Dr. Janosky\u00a0attended […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":304,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-legacy.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2554","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/304"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2554"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3207,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2554\/revisions\/3207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cola\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}