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The Marshall University fall general faculty meeting of the 2016-2017 academic year will be held on Monday, Sept. 12, beginning at 2 p.m. in the playhouse of the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center on the Huntington campus.

The 4th annual Thank-a-Donor Days will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, and Thursday, Sept. 15, on the Memorial Student Center plaza on Marshall University’s Huntington campus.

A test of the MU Alert emergency messaging system will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7.

Mistie M. Bibbee, a native of Little Hocking, Ohio, has been named the new director of housing and residence life at Marshall University.

Individuals in recovery and mothers, children, family and friends of someone who has suffered from addiction will share their encounters with addiction under the bright lights of a main stage at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, during Marshall University’s “Addiction in Appalachia: Our Stories.”

Lev Grossman, a novelist and media critic, will give the annual Da Vinci Lecture on Marshall University’s Huntington campus Friday, Sept. 9. The event will take place at 7 p.m. in Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall, home of the Erickson Alumni Center.

Judy Watters, a department administrator with Marshall Health, has received the 2016 Practice Manager of the Year award from the West Virginia State Medical Association (WVSMA).

Classical guitarist Erisvaldo Borges will present a free recital and master class Thursday, Sept. 8, and Friday, Sept. 9, respectively, on Marshall University’s Huntington campus as a guest artist for Marshall’s School of Music.

More than 65 researchers, including faculty, staff and students from several different disciplines, attended the 3rd Annual Marshall University Health Sciences Research Retreat today on the Huntington campus.

Marshall University fans can show their support and pride for the Thundering Herd in many different ways, one of which is by wearing their green Marshall gear every Friday throughout the football season in celebration of Green Fridays and College Colors Day.