Past Activities

February 12, 2024

The Annual Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lecture featuring Brent Leggs

February 7, 2024

“African Americans and the Arts”

February 1, 2024

Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lyceum 2024 Black History Poster Contest Event 

October 19th, 2023

Diminished Trust: How do we restore faith in science?

September 13, 2023

Court on Campus: WV Supreme Court of Appeals 

August 30, 2023

Women’s Equality Day Luncheon

April 21, 2023
61st Annual Elizabeth Gibson Drinko Honors Convocation

April 18, 2023
Faculty Publication Celebration

March 30, 2023
Sarah Denman Faces of Appalachia Symposium
Huntington Black History: Using Oral History to give a Neighborhood Voice 

March 23, 2023
Philosophizing Like a Girl: Or Why Philosophy Needs Intersectional Gender Theory Now More Than Ever

March 22, 2023
Whose argument is stronger?
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

March 8, 2023
International Women’s Day

February 15, 2023
Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lecture
“The Future of Historically Black Colleges and Universities” presented by Ericke S. Cage, president, West Virginia State University

January 23, 2023 – February 9, 2023
Celebrating Black Contributions in American Life and History

October 6, 2022
Beyond Taco Tuesday: Complexities of Identity

September 30, 2022
Media Quoits Tournament

September 23, 2022
Presidential Quoits Match

September 20, 2022
National Voter Registration Day 

September 19, 2022
U.S. Constitution and Citizenship Day Quiz Competition

September 12-15, 19-21, 2022
Open Quoits Tournament

August 26, 2022
Women’s Equality Day Luncheon

April 28, 2022
Selvage: A solo art exhibition by Sandra Reed

April 26, 2022
Faculty Book Celebration 

April 22, 2022
60th Annual Elizabeth Gibson Drinko Honors Convocation

April 20, 2022
Earth Week, Time Capsule transfer to James E. Morrow Library 

April 15, 2022
Animal Actions, Human Reactions: Writing a Revolutionary Caribbean and Beyond

April 4, 2022
Marshall Intramural Quoits Tournament

April 4, 2022
A “Singing Lecture” with Dr. Corey Dolgon

March 8, 2022
International Women’s Day

March 3, 2022
A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series with Melissa Febos and Donika Kelly

February 21m, 2022
Black History Month Lecture featuring Dr. William H. Turner

February 18, 2022
Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lecture featuring Mr. John Whittington Franklin

January 18 – February 18, 2022
Conceptions of Flight

October 18, 2021
Marshall Intramural Quoits Tournament

September 24, 2021
Media Quoits Tournament

September 22, 2021
National Voter Registration Day

September 17, 2021
Presidential Quoits Tournament 

September 17, 2021
U.S. Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
“Take the Pledge” Campaign 

September 9 – 16, 2021
Open Quoits Tournament

September 1, 2021
Jean Edward Smith Memorial Symposium
To view the recorded event click here
To view display boxes click here

August 26, 2021
Women’s Equality Day
Documentary Film and Discussion
“Borderland: The Life and Times of Blanche Ames Ames”

August 20, 2021
Stoicism as a Philosophy for Modern Life 

April 28, 2021
Sandra Reed named next Drinko Fellow

April 7, 2021
The Sarah Denman Faces of Appalachia Symposium
Working Against the Past: Amplifying Student Voices of the Appalachian New Wave

December 4, 2020
Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lecture 
The “Nation’s Doctor” US Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams

November 5, 2020
Drinko Academy Honors Mr. Howard Franklin Osburn

October 10, 2020
Marshall Intramural Quoits League

September 24, 2020
Media Quoits Tournament

September 22, 2020
2020 Voter Registration/Voter Information Drive
For more information about Marshall University’s 2020 voter registration efforts, visit: https://www.marshall.edu/herdvotes/

September 18, 2020
Presidential Quoits Tournament

September 17, 2020
U.S. Constitution and Citizenship Day
Click here to Take the Pledge

September 8 – 17, 2020
Annual Open Quoits Tournament

August 26, 2020
Women’s Equality Day
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote in the United States, 1920-2020

June 15 – 19, 2020
2020 Teachers Institute on Black History Instruction
A program of the Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lyceum
Click here for the course syllabus

April 24, 2020
Elizabeth Gibson Drinko Honors Convocation – Postponed

April 23, 2020
Drinko Academy Celebration of Academics – Postponed

April 9, 2020
Interfaith Dialogue Dinner – Postponed

April 7, 2020
4th Circuit Court of Appeals Oral Argument Session – Postponed

April 2 -3, 2020
Giorgio Agamben Conference – Postponed

Dr. Corey Dolgon
Sociology of Protest Music – Postponed

Schmidlapp Lecture and Reception
Joan Quigley, author of Just Another Southern Town: Mary Church Terrell and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Nation’s Capital

Sarah Denman Faces of Appalachia Symposium
Tijah Bumgarner

“African Americans and the Vote”
Fairfield and the Marshall School of Pharmacy Black History Celebration invites the community to a brunch and panel discussion on “African Americans and the Vote.” The panel includes leaders from the Fairfield neighborhood.

February 13, 2020
“2020 Black History Observance with Vice Admiral Jerome Adams

Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lecture
Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

January 21, 2020
Black History Month Poster Competition winner announcement

November 9, 2019
A Conversation with Sarah Vowell

November 8, 2019
Celebration the Life of Dr. Alan B. Gould

October 22, 2019
A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series
David Treuer

September 24, 2019
Media Quoits Tournament

September 20, 2019
Presidential Quoits Tournament

September 17, 2019
Robert C. Byrd Forum on Civic Responsibility

September 11, 2019
WV Supreme Court of Appeals Oral Argument Session

February 7, 2019
Dr. Carter G. Woodson Lecture
Featuring Dr. Cassandra L. Newby-Alexander

Contact Us

Dr. Montserrat Miller
Executive Director
304-696-2739
millerm@marshall.edu

Kassidy Jordan
Program Coordinator
304-696-3183
jordan283@marshall.edu

Cora Westmoreland
Executive Assistant
304-696-6295
westmoreland@marshall.edu

Dr. Wendell Dobbs
Musical Director
304-696-2964
dobbs@marshall.edu

Dr. Clayton Brooks
Quoits Pitmaster
304-696-6702
brooksc@marshall.edu