The Newsletter for Marshall University                             February 19, 2020

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Geology receives $1 million Kingdom Geoscience software package; plans to participate in international geoscience competition

Marshall  has received a $1,040,850 Kingdom Geoscience software package from IHS Markit (www.ihsmarkit.com), an international company that provides information, analytics and solutions to clients in a variety of sectors. The Kingdom Geoscience Bundle and LoadPAK are industry-standard tools and technology that are used by geoscientists and engineers to explore for and develop petroleum resources. Now Marshall students will have access …

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Ohio Valley Bank Check Presentation 02-07-20

Ohio Valley Bank makes gift for new College of Business facility

Ohio Valley Bank recently made a $50,000 gift in support of Marshall’s new College of Business facility, which will be constructed at 4th Avenue and 15th Street. Construction will begin soon, as the Marshall University’s Board of Governors recently approved the off-campus location, further expanding Marshall University into downtown Huntington and the local business sector. Continuing their generous support of …

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BRIDGE Grant Presentation 02-10-20

Minority Health Institute receives $25K BRIDGE grant award

Gov. Jim Justice and Director Jill Upson of the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs (HHOMA) awarded $25,000 to the Marshall University Minority Health Institute to aid in their efforts to improve community health and economic development in Kanawha County. The pilot program, called Building Resources In Diverse Geographic Environments (BRIDGE), is a comprehensive community revitalization effort with a mission …

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Huntington’s Kitchen unanimously accepted into prestigious teaching kitchen collaborative

Huntington’s Kitchen, the outreach community food center of Cabell Huntington Hospital (CHH) and home of Marshall University’s Department of Dietetics, was unanimously accepted into the prestigious Teaching Kitchen Collaborative (TKC). TKC is a dynamic, action-oriented network of thought-leading organizations with existing and/or planned teaching kitchens that are capable of shaping next-generation strategy and collaborative research on best practices for integrative …

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Laramie Project Graphic

School of Theatre to present ‘The Laramie Project’

The Marshall University School of Theatre and Dance will present “The Laramie Project,” a play by Moises Kauffman and participants of the Tectonic Theatre Project. The production will be at 7:30 p.m. nightly from Tuesday-Saturday, Feb. 18-22, with a matinee performance offered as well at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, in the Francis‐Booth Experimental Theatre in the Joan C. …

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Give Kids a Smile event in 2019

Marshall Health to host free dental clinic for uninsured children Feb. 28

Marshall Dentistry & Oral Surgery is once again hosting a Give Kids A Smile® dental clinic. Uninsured children can receive free dental services by appointment from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, at Marshall Dentisty, which is located at 1616 13th Avenue, Suite 200, in the Fairfield Building in Huntington. Give Kids A Smile® is a national initiative founded by …

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Gardner reelected to InfraGard West Virginia Board of Directors

Bill Gardner, assistant professor in the digital forensics and information assurance program and the new cyber forensics and security graduate program, has been reelected to the InfraGard West Virginia Board of Directors for a new two-year term. The board operates the InfraGard West Virginia Members Alliance (IWVMA) and collaborates with the FBI’s InfraGard Program Coordinators. The InfraGard West Virginia Members …

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The next regular issue of We Are...Marshall will be distributed Feb. 26, 2020. Please send items for consideration to WAMnewsletter@marshall.edu by 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, 2020.

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