{"id":29182,"date":"2026-03-06T09:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=29182"},"modified":"2026-03-06T14:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:15:16","slug":"marco-celebrates-61st-birthday-with-elementary-school-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/marco-celebrates-61st-birthday-with-elementary-school-visits\/","title":{"rendered":"Marco celebrates 61st birthday with elementary school visits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>On Friday, March 6, Marshall University\u2019s beloved mascot Marco will celebrate his 61st birthday by visiting local elementary schools and sharing the Marshall spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Director of Events and Brand Management Mallory Jarrell said Marco is excited to spend his birthday celebrating with young members of the Herd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to connect with the community and encourage children to know higher education is an option \u2014 and that it is within reach,\u201d Jarrell said.<\/p>\n<p>Director of Communications and Family Connections at Cabell County Schools Ashley Stephens said the partnership with Marshall University enhances student learning experiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom athletes who stop by to read to professors who host hands-on learning opportunities to student teachers who share their skills in our classrooms to joint programs that allow our students to get a head start in their collegiate learning, Marshall is a fantastic partner for our schools,\u201d Stephens said. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to celebrate with Marco on his big day!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Children\u2019s book author and Marshall alumna Michelle D. Callanta will read her book \u201cLet\u2019s Cheer with Marco,\u201d a story guiding even the smallest of Herd fans through the sights, sounds and special moments of game day in Huntington.<\/p>\n<p>Marco will make two elementary school visits on Friday:<br \/>\n\u2022 Milton Elementary 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.<br \/>\n\u2022 Spring Hill Elementary 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Media are invited and encouraged to cover the events.<br \/>\n###<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, March 6, Marshall University\u2019s beloved mascot Marco will celebrate his 61st birthday by visiting local elementary schools and sharing the Marshall spirit. Director of Events and Brand Management Mallory Jarrell said Marco is excited to spend his birthday celebrating with young members of the Herd. \u201cWe want to connect with the community and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29182"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29185,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29182\/revisions\/29185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}