College of Health Professions News Archive

The Marshall University School of Nursing, housed in the College of Health Professions, will soon begin offering a new nursing program on the South Charleston campus. The venture is made possible through an award of $890,113 from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.

Marshall University’s Speech and Hearing Center and the Huntington Scottish Rite Foundation will hold their 20th Rite Care, Scottish Rite fundraising dinner Saturday April 16, at 6 p.m. in the Don Morris Room in Marshall’s Memorial Student Center.

Marshall University’s athletic training program has partnered with West Virginia State University (WVSU) to establish an articulation agreement for a more efficient transfer of students from undergraduate studies at WVSU to Marshall’s graduate athletic training program. Marshall’s athletic training program is housed in the College of Health Professions.

Marshall University’s new Doctor of Nursing Practice Program is set to begin accepting students for the Fall 2022 semester.

The Marshall University Behavioral Health Center is open to those who need somewhere to go to talk to someone.

Autumn Pennington, an undergraduate exercise science student at Marshall University, and her faculty advisor, Dr. Kumika Toma, presented their research to the NASA American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR) conference in Baltimore earlier this month.

Two Marshall University students have been selected to receive fellowships from Take Back Our Health West Virginia. (TBOHWV).

The Marshall University Health Institute, along with Fairness West Virginia and WV Free, will host a training session on the Huntington campus Thursday for community members and Marshall University students. The training will focus on how members of the public can advocate for themselves and their causes at the Legislature and more directly, those issues

Marshall University’s  Luke Lee Listening, Language and Learning Lab (the “L”) is set to host its fifth annual Speakeasy Gala. The event’s yearly focus is to support and celebrate teaching deaf and hard-of-hearing children to listen and speak at the “L.” The fundraiser, which is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, will take place

Marshall University’s Department of Communication Disorders will host the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) for a virtual site visit Nov. 8 and 9. The program has applied for continued accreditation of its master’s program in speech-language pathology.