Marshall University students will have the opportunity to work out any frustrations and relieve any stress that might have built up during the first semester of classes, thanks to an annual homecoming tradition sponsored for the 15th year by WMUL-FM, the university’s public radio station.

Dr. Peggy Proudfoot Harman and husband/documentarian Jason Harman took home the first-place prize in the Best West Virginia Short Documentary category for their documentary, “George Rashid: The Leper of Pickens” at the WV FILMmakers Festival.

Marshall Health has announced that Charles A. Shumaker has been named department administrator for Marshall Surgery. Shumaker joined the Marshall Health team in 2015 as the department administrator for Marshall Dermatology. Prior to coming to Marshall Health, he served as the manager of media and community relations for Cabell Huntington Hospital for seven years.

Five graduates of Marshall University’s W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications (SOJMC) are being inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame later this month. Dr. Charles Bailey, Mike Cherry, Jody Jividen, Chad Pennington and Peter Ruest will be inducted during a ceremony, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, in

Students from Marshall University’s public radio station, WMUL-FM, received one Award of Excellence and seven Awards of Distinction in the 22nd Annual Communicator Awards 2016 Audio Competition. WMUL-FM was notified by mail that its entries had won. The Communicator Awards come from the International Academy of Visual Arts, which recognizes outstanding work in the communications

A Marshall University alumnus has received the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing. Huntington native John Hackworth, editor of the Sun Newspapers in Charlotte Harbor, Florida, received the award for a series of editorials calling for an investigation into the death of an inmate at Charlotte Correctional Institute.

Five graduates of Marshall University’s W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications (SOJMC) are being inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame this fall. Dr. Charles Bailey, Mike Cherry, Jody Jividen, Chad Pennington and Peter Ruest officially will be inducted during a Sept. 23 ceremony.

Students from WMUL-FM, Marshall University’s public radio station, received six first-place awards and eight honorable mention awards during the National Broadcasting Society/Alpha Epsilon Rho 25th Annual National Student Audio/Video Scriptwriting and 53rd Annual Audio/Video Production Awards Competition ceremony.

For the 10th year in row and 12th time overall, Marshall University journalism professor Dan Hollis received a first-place award in the Video News category of the National Broadcasting Society’s Professional Production Competition.

Students from Marshall University’s public radio station, WMUL-FM, received one first-place award and three finalist awards during the 76th Annual Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Conference’s 7th Annual Awards Ceremony at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City March 5.