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The story of George Rashid, a young Lebanese/Syrian man who was ostracized for the lesions on his skin, will be told at the West Virginia FILMmakers Festival on Saturday, Oct. 1. The film is in the Short Documentary Category.
Dr. Alan I. Abramowitz of Emory University will be the first guest lecturer in the Amicus Curiae Lecture Series, sponsored by the Simon Perry Center for Constitutional Democracy at Marshall University. Abramowitz will speak Thursday, Sept. 29, on the topic “Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and the Polarized American Electorate: What to Expect in November.”
Marshall University’s A.E. Stringer Visiting Writers Series will host a reading and cultural discussion panel to observe Hispanic Heritage Month and to celebrate and promote diversity within and around the university and greater Huntington communities. Award-winning authors Joe Jiménez and Emmy Pérez will be featured in the panel and in a featured author reading and book signing the following day.
The Doctor of Psychology program at Marshall University has been ranked the No. 2 program in the nation by www.online-psychology-degrees.org.
Marshall University officials have announced Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed the “A1” rating on $84 million of Marshall University’s series 2010 and 2011 revenue bonds. The outlook is stable.
Dr. Jerome A. “Jerry” Gilbert, the 37th president in the 179-year history of Marshall University, was invested Sept. 22 in an outdoor ceremony in the John Marshall Circle on the university’s Huntington campus.
“Tribute to the Disappeared,” an exhibition to honor victims of injustice around the world, will open at Marshall University’s Birke Art Gallery Wednesday, Oct. 5.
The second concert of the Marshall University Pullman Series will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, in the pavilion at Pullman Square in downtown Huntington.
Dr. Jeffrey Lacker, president of the Fifth District Federal Reserve Bank, will speak on the topic “Does Federal Reserve Governance Need Reform?” at Marshall University’s Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5.
Over six hours in two days, close to 1,000 Marshall University students engaged in philanthropic endeavors across Cabell County Sept. 16 and 17 during Thundering Serve, the university student body initiative to make an impact on campus and the community.