{"id":21,"date":"2015-11-09T16:46:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T21:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cob-dev\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:19:51","slug":"alumni-friends","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/alumni-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni &amp; Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Alumni News<\/h2>\n<div class=\"my-8 lg:my-12\">\n\t\n  <div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 gap-4 md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4 md:gap-8\">\n\t\t      <article class=\"news-card group bg-white border border-gray-200 hover:border-green rounded-lg  flex flex-col transition-all duration-200 ease-snappy relative overflow-hidden hover:-translate-y-0.5 hover:shadow-md\">\n\n        <div class=\"absolute top-0 left-0 right-0 h-0.75 bg-green scale-x-0 origin-left transition-transform duration-300 ease-snappy group-hover:scale-x-100 z-10\"><\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"aspect-video overflow-hidden\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover transition-transform duration-300 ease-snappy group-hover:scale-105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/biology-plant-taxonomy-huntington-museum-of-art-300x200.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/biology-plant-taxonomy-huntington-museum-of-art.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/biology-plant-taxonomy-huntington-museum-of-art-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 50vw, 25vw\" alt=\"Biology students explore plant diversity during Earth Day visit\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;\">\n        <\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"p-5 flex flex-col flex-1\">\n          <a class=\"text-base lg:text-lg font-semibold leading-snug flex-1 mb-4 no-underline text-green hover:text-green-dark hc:text-gray-900 contrast-more:text-gray-900 group-hover:underline after:absolute after:inset-0 after:content-['']\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/2026\/04\/23\/biology-students-explore-plant-diversity-during-earth-day-visit\/\">\n            Biology students explore plant diversity during Earth Day visit\n          <\/a>\n\n          <span class=\"text-sm font-medium pt-3 text-gray-400 hc:text-gray-600 contrast-more:text-gray-600 border-t border-gray-100\">\n            April 23, 2026\n          <\/span>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/article>\n\t\t      <article class=\"news-card group bg-white border border-gray-200 hover:border-green rounded-lg  flex flex-col transition-all duration-200 ease-snappy relative overflow-hidden hover:-translate-y-0.5 hover:shadow-md\">\n\n        <div class=\"absolute top-0 left-0 right-0 h-0.75 bg-green scale-x-0 origin-left transition-transform duration-300 ease-snappy group-hover:scale-x-100 z-10\"><\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"aspect-video overflow-hidden\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover transition-transform duration-300 ease-snappy group-hover:scale-105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/nres-royalties-murray-patent-300x200.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/nres-royalties-murray-patent.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/nres-royalties-murray-patent-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 50vw, 25vw\" alt=\"NRES celebrates patent\u2011generated royalties supporting future student research\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;\">\n        <\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"p-5 flex flex-col flex-1\">\n          <a class=\"text-base lg:text-lg font-semibold leading-snug flex-1 mb-4 no-underline text-green hover:text-green-dark hc:text-gray-900 contrast-more:text-gray-900 group-hover:underline after:absolute after:inset-0 after:content-['']\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/2026\/04\/23\/nres-celebrates-patent-generated-royalties-supporting-future-student-research\/\">\n            NRES celebrates patent\u2011generated royalties supporting future student research\n          <\/a>\n\n          <span class=\"text-sm font-medium pt-3 text-gray-400 hc:text-gray-600 contrast-more:text-gray-600 border-t border-gray-100\">\n            April 23, 2026\n          <\/span>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/article>\n\t\t      <article class=\"news-card group bg-white border border-gray-200 hover:border-green rounded-lg  flex flex-col transition-all duration-200 ease-snappy relative overflow-hidden hover:-translate-y-0.5 hover:shadow-md\">\n\n        <div class=\"absolute top-0 left-0 right-0 h-0.75 bg-green scale-x-0 origin-left transition-transform duration-300 ease-snappy group-hover:scale-x-100 z-10\"><\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"aspect-video overflow-hidden\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover transition-transform duration-300 ease-snappy group-hover:scale-105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/chemistry-alumn-ethan-adkins-phd-300x200.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/chemistry-alumn-ethan-adkins-phd.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/chemistry-alumn-ethan-adkins-phd-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 50vw, 25vw\" alt=\"Chemistry alumnus completes PhD, advances to medical training\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;\">\n        <\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"p-5 flex flex-col flex-1\">\n          <a class=\"text-base lg:text-lg font-semibold leading-snug flex-1 mb-4 no-underline text-green hover:text-green-dark hc:text-gray-900 contrast-more:text-gray-900 group-hover:underline after:absolute after:inset-0 after:content-['']\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/2026\/04\/10\/chemistry-alumnus-completes-phd-advances-to-medical-training\/\">\n            Chemistry alumnus completes PhD, advances to medical training\n          <\/a>\n\n          <span class=\"text-sm font-medium pt-3 text-gray-400 hc:text-gray-600 contrast-more:text-gray-600 border-t border-gray-100\">\n            April 10, 2026\n          <\/span>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/article>\n\t\t      <article class=\"news-card group bg-white border border-gray-200 hover:border-green rounded-lg  flex flex-col transition-all duration-200 ease-snappy relative overflow-hidden hover:-translate-y-0.5 hover:shadow-md\">\n\n        <div class=\"absolute top-0 left-0 right-0 h-0.75 bg-green scale-x-0 origin-left transition-transform duration-300 ease-snappy group-hover:scale-x-100 z-10\"><\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"aspect-video overflow-hidden\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover transition-transform duration-300 ease-snappy group-hover:scale-105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/chemistry-Darla-Hamilton-McCormack-alumni-awards-2026-300x200.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/chemistry-Darla-Hamilton-McCormack-alumni-awards-2026.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/chemistry-Darla-Hamilton-McCormack-alumni-awards-2026-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 50vw, 25vw\" alt=\"Chemistry alumna Darla Hamilton McCormack honored with College Award of Distinction\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;\">\n        <\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"p-5 flex flex-col flex-1\">\n          <a class=\"text-base lg:text-lg font-semibold leading-snug flex-1 mb-4 no-underline text-green hover:text-green-dark hc:text-gray-900 contrast-more:text-gray-900 group-hover:underline after:absolute after:inset-0 after:content-['']\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/2026\/04\/06\/chemistry-alumna-darla-hamilton-mccormack-honored-with-college-award-of-distinction\/\">\n            Chemistry alumna Darla Hamilton McCormack honored with College Award of Distinction\n          <\/a>\n\n          <span class=\"text-sm font-medium pt-3 text-gray-400 hc:text-gray-600 contrast-more:text-gray-600 border-t border-gray-100\">\n            April 6, 2026\n          <\/span>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/article>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Giving to the College of Science<\/h2>\n<p>Due to the dedication and various contributions of university alumni and friends, Marshall&#8217;s College of Science continues to enjoy success and growth on a path toward national prominence.<\/p>\n<p>The College of Science encourages all those who &#8220;bleed green&#8221; to stay involved by participating in local groups, attending university events, and donating to university foundations and charities.\u00a0Alumni are an important part of the College of Science. Through your past efforts and your continuing donations of time and money, you help maintain the College of Science and the education of our students. By providing internships and a network of contacts, you give aspiring students the chance to succeed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/giving-to-the-college-of-science\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-404\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/give-to-the-college-of-science.png\" alt=\"Give to the College of Science\" width=\"450\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/give-to-the-college-of-science.png 450w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/files\/give-to-the-college-of-science-300x67.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/giving-to-the-college-of-science\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button button--secondary \">\n\t\t<span>Explore giving to the College of Science<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can give back by contributing to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.formarshallu.org\/\">Marshall University Alumni Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alumni News Giving to the College of Science Due to the dedication and various contributions of university alumni and friends, Marshall&#8217;s College of Science continues to enjoy success and growth on a path toward national prominence. The College of Science encourages all those who &#8220;bleed green&#8221; to stay involved by participating in local groups, attending<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":389,"featured_media":58,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-sidebar-right.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5097,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/5097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}