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John Sammons, an associate professor at Marshall University, has been invited to serve on the National White Collar Crime Center Cybercrime Advisory Board.
Students in the Weisberg Division of Computer Science in Marshall University’s College of Information Technology and Engineering have teamed up with students at St. Joseph Catholic Schools to participate in the VEX Robotics Competition. The first year was so successful that students at the grade school and middle school levels advanced to the World Championship earlier this month.
Marshall University student Steven Straley has been chosen as one of 15 recipients of the Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Award. He will be presented the award at a ceremony in June in New York City.
Marshall journalism professor Dan Hollis and WMUL-FM, Marshall’s public radio station, were honored with a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for the second year in a row by the Radio Television Digital News Association.
Kelsi White, a sophomore double major in Japanese and International Affairs, has won a Boren Scholarship for International Study.
John Sammons, the director of the Digital Forensics and Information Assurance program at Marshall University, has been invited to speak about vehicle forensics at the 7th Annual National Cyber Crime Conference, set for April 23-25, in Norwood, Massachusetts. His presentation will be titled “Vehicle Forensics: The Road Ahead.”
Marshall University has received $1 million to launch a consumer assistance program for West Virginians. The initiative is a joint project with the West Virginia University (WVU) College of Law, which received $1 million to implement a similar program.
Sophomore Christian Thompson, a double major in international business and Japanese, has become the fifth Marshall University student to win a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS).
Marshall University student Aaron Roberts has won a scholarship to conduct summer research in Germany. The DAAD-Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) program matches students through a competitive process with host institutions or laboratories in Germany.
Dr. Gary McIlvain of the Marshall University College of Health Professions has published a children’s book, “Don’t Feed the Fish French Fries,” with his 8-year-old son Cooper.