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Dear Marshall community, I wanted to take a couple of minutes before the long weekend to update you about our COVID-19 efforts. The Return-to-Campus plan we released last week has been updated with a few additional links and details. As the plan evolves, we will continue to revise the guide and will always keep the

Updated to clarify Level 1/Part 2 salary reductions in seventh and eighth paragraphs. Dear Marshall community, The Board of Governors today approved the 2020 Return-to-Campus plan, a comprehensive guide that will steer our university into the fall academic term and beyond. Additionally, the board approved the FY21 budget, which you are aware has been reduced significantly due to the

Dear Marshall community, I am providing this message as an update on our COVID-19 efforts. We have now entered Phase II-A of our return-to-workplace plan, which means that within the next couple of weeks, 50% of our workforce is expected to be back in their offices. On June 22, we will start Phase II-B, which

Dear Marshall University faculty and staff, I want to share with you some of our plans for addressing the financial challenges facing us beginning July 1 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The overriding goal of our recent efforts has been to avoid layoffs or employment terminations of permanent employees. Following a month of hard work,

This message is notification that as part of the university’s established COVID-19 testing protocols for student-athletes returning to campus for voluntary workouts, one additional student-athlete has tested positive for the virus. The student-athlete is asymptomatic, and the case is not believed to be related to the three cases announced Monday. University and public health officials

This message is notification that as part of the university’s established COVID-19 testing protocols for student-athletes returning to campus for voluntary workouts, two student-athletes and one employee tested positive for the virus over the weekend. All three are asymptomatic, and the cases are not believed to be related. University and public health officials do not

Dear Marshall University faculty and staff, I am writing this afternoon to update you about several items related to the COVID-19 pandemic and our university. Budget Situation We project we will finish the current fiscal year on June 30 with an operating budget shortfall of $2-3 million, which we will make up for by tapping

As referenced in the May 4 e-mail to all employees, the Office of Environmental Health and Safety has worked with Human Resource Services and Marshall Health experts to develop a phased-in plan to safely return employees to work on our campuses. A draft of the plan was shared with supervisors in a virtual meeting yesterday,

Dear Students, As we announced last week, Marshall has received federal CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) Act funding to award to eligible students during the global COVID-19 pandemic. As of this morning, only a little more than 25% of eligible Marshall students had requested funds from this program. As a result, we have

Dear Marshall University students, As you know, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the change to remote learning through the end of the spring semester made it necessary for most of our students to leave campus early. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we respond to the unprecedented and ever-evolving challenges we all are facing.