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CAI, a global technology services firm, and Marshall University’s West Virginia Autism Training Center (WV ATC), a statewide technical assistance and direct service agency providing specialized training and support to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), today announced that they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU details an agreement for CAI’s end-to-end neurodiversity employment program, CAI Neurodiverse Solutions, to provide work experience and employment opportunities to Marshall neurodivergent graduates, and for WV ATC to strengthen neurodiversity training for CAI employees.

Marshall University’s annual Week of Welcome (WOW) returns next week with a full schedule of events and activities to welcome new students into the Marshall family before the fall semester begins on Monday, Aug. 22.

Marshall University’s College of Engineering and Computer Sciences Co-Op program has named the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) its 2022 Employer of the Year, after the state agency has provided hands-on learning opportunities for dozens of students in the fields of civil, mechanical and electrical engineering.

The southbound lanes of 20th Street between Third and Fifth Avenues will be closed on Monday, Aug. 15, and Tuesday, Aug. 16, from 7 a.m. through 5 p.m. for freshman move-in at Marshall University.

In a move that is expected to attract more students from Ohio and Kentucky to Marshall University, the university’s board of governors today approved the expansion of metro tuition rate eligibility to a 100-mile radius from the Huntington campus.

On Wednesday, July 20, the National Youth Science Camp (NYSCamp) said goodbye to 120 delegates from over 40 states and 12 Western Hemisphere nations. Since its inception in 1963 as part of West Virginia’s Centennial, the NYSCamp has honored over 6,200 students, giving them the opportunity to participate in a rigorous STEM enrichment program. Operated by the National Youth Science Foundation, its mission is to inspire lifelong engagement and ethical leadership in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through its proven educational model for mentoring, challenging, and motivating students.

The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine welcomed its newest class of medical students to campus last week with a series of orientation activities, followed by the official start of classes today. The 80 incoming medical students embark on a four-year journey to become physicians. At Marshall, an integrated core curriculum during the

Marshall University President Brad D. Smith will host a “fireside chat” with entertainer and early childhood literacy advocate Dolly Parton when she visits Charleston Tuesday, Aug. 9, to celebrate statewide participation in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

Marshall University’s Herd Dirt Compost Tea will make its market debut Sunday, Aug. 7, at the Wild Ramp on W. 14th St in Huntington, kicking off the National Farmers Market Week celebration at the market.

Emerald Fatica is the winner of a Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship and an American Association of Teachers of Japanese Bridging Scholarship to study abroad.