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University Seal<\/h2>\n

The seal of Marshall University features the date of the institution’s founding and a bust of namesake John Marshall, the fourth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.\u00a0An alternate version, in\u00a0Latin, is reserved for the use of the university president.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n\"Bar\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Logo<\/h2>\n

The university’s primary logo is the Bar M.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n\"Athletic\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Athletics Logo<\/h2>\n

The\u00a0alternate “The Herd” athletics\u00a0logo\u00a0is\u00a0used\u00a0for sports-related purpose.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n\"kelly\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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School Colors<\/h2>\n

Marshall’s official colors are kelly green and white.\u00a0For specific brand guidelines, please visit the Brand Guide website<\/a>.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n\"marco0013\"\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Marco the Bison<\/h2>\n

Marshall’s lovable bison mascot\u00a0has around\u00a0since the 1930s. The Marco name is derived from “Marshall College.”\u00a0To learn more, check out\u00a0The Definitive History of Marco: The Mascot of Marshall University<\/a>.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n\"fife\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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John Marshall Fife and Drum Corps<\/h2>\n

Members of the John Marshall Fife and Drum Corps\u00a0are students and instructors\u00a0in the Department of Music. They\u00a0wear Revolutionary War-era uniforms and perform on McDonagh fifes and rope drums. The corps plays\u00a0music from the era of John Marshall.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n\"medallion\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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President’s Medallion and Grand Mace<\/h2>\n

Chief Justice John Marshall’s image is used prominently on both the President’s Medallion<\/a> and the Grand Mace<\/a> of the university.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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“We Are Marshall” Wordmark<\/h2>\n

“We Are…Marshall” captures the enthusiasm, strength and resiliency of the Marshall family.\u00a0The wordmark may be\u00a0used as a complementary graphic with the\u00a0primary logo.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":136,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-88","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/history-and-traditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/history-and-traditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/history-and-traditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/history-and-traditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/history-and-traditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/history-and-traditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":739,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/history-and-traditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions\/739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/history-and-traditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/history-and-traditions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}