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The Newsletter for Marshall University March 23, 2022
Faculty and Staff
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Dr. Kimberly McFall, associate professor of curriculum and instruction at Marshall University, has received a Fulbright Scholar Award to work in Poland at the University of Wroclaw. The announcement was made Friday by Ethan Rosenzweig, deputy assistant secretary for academic programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. McFall said her project will …
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Fourth-year medical students from the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine found out Friday during the annual Match Day event where they will train for the next three to seven years. A total of 68 students from the Class of 2022 matched to residency programs, representing a 100% match rate for the class. Coordinated by the National Residency Matching Program … Read more. |
Marshall’s Institute for Cyber Security (ICS) is teaming up with the West Virginia National Guard and Forge Security LLC to enhance cyber security efforts and strengthen the future of cyber security professionals. The partnership was announced Wednesday, following a “live fire” cyber range training session in Marshall’s Weisberg Applied Engineering Complex. Forge Security conducted the training for the West Virginia …
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Marshall has recently joined the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) to further its efforts toward building a thriving, equitable and ecologically just world. Through membership, the university will receive support in advancing its sustainability initiatives throughout the institution and in the community. “The Marshall University Sustainability Department has been working very hard over the past …
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Hisham Hirzallah, M.D., has been selected as the March Fellow of the Month for the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, announced Paulette S. Wehner, M.D., vice dean of graduate medical education. Hirzallah is completing his third and final year of the cardiology fellowship at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. Nominated by his peers, Hirzallah was …
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The Department of History will present the 2022 Charles Hill Moffat Lecture, featuring Dr. Caroline Light, director of undergraduate studies and senior lecturer at the Program in Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality at Harvard University. The lecture, “Whose Castle?: The Weaponization of Self-Defense,” will take place Monday, March 28, at 6:30 p.m. in the Shawkey Dining Room of the …
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Marshall is working with APH Huntington to present a session in the APH speaker series, “From Helen Keller and her Contemporaries,” Tuesday, March 29, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Drinko Library on Marshall’s Huntington campus. In recognition of Women’s History Month, the lecture will celebrate the life and impact of Helen Keller as presented by American Printing House …
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The Marshall University Foundation has announced that the Steel Dynamics Inc. Foundation has pledged a gift of $100,000 in support of the new Brad D. Smith Center for Business and Innovation facility. The state-of-the-art facility is slated to be built in the 1400 block of Fourth Avenue on a plot of land that formerly housed The Flats on 4th apartment …
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Gagan J. Singh, M.D., is passionate about providing care to West Virginia’s eastern panhandle and hopes to inspire others to do the same through a new scholarship at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. A Maryland native, Singh relocated to West Virginia in 2004 to start a private ophthalmology practice, the Medical Eye Center, in Charles Town, …
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After a two-year hiatus, Earth Week will once again be held at Marshall University in Huntington, with a week of lectures, documentaries and activities for people of all ages. The event is free and open to the public. “We had to miss the 50th anniversary of Earth Day due to COVID-19 concerns, so I would like for this year’s event …
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Multiple departments across Marshall will come together to present a discussion about NASA’s Role in Hollywood Films on April 6 at 12 pm in the Don Morris Room and virtually. The panel discussion will go behind the scenes of the portrayal of NASA in the news and in Hollywood films like First Man, Hidden Figures and The Martian. The panel …
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Marshall’s College of Science hosted the 2022 West Virginia Science Olympiad March 5, bringing approximately 70 high school students to the Huntington campus to test their scientific knowledge. A team from Cabell Midland High School (Team Scarlet) won the competition and will advance to the national competition in May. A team from St. Joseph Central Catholic High School came in …
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Making maple syrup used to be fairly common in West Virginia, something a great many farmers produced to help them make sweetener to use throughout the year. Then, as more people began buying sugar and other syrups at the store, the practice faded. Today, technology is putting put a new twist on this old tradition. The Robert C. Byrd Institute …
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April is Autism Acceptance Month. In celebration, and to honor the work of autism pioneer Dr. Ruth Sullivan, the West Virginia Autism Training Center and the Autism Services Center will collaborate to host a free viewing of the documentary “In A Different Key.” The event will take place on Tuesday, April 19, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Marquee …
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West Virginia students in ninth, 10th and 11th grades interested in exploring entrepreneurship as a career can begin by applying to the West Virginia Governor’s School of Entrepreneurship (WVGSE), a three-week experience which will take place this summer on the Huntington campus. The faculty and staff of Marshall’s Lewis College of Business will host WVGSE for the second consecutive year, …
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Coronavirus Statistics:New Cases Since March 9, 2022 Students: 3
Faculty: 2
Staff*: 3 * Includes auxiliary employees (Sodexo, Aetna, Rec Center, etc.) All testing is being done in partnership with Marshall Health, Cabell Huntington Hospital, Pleasant Valley Hospital, QLabs Inc. and MedExpress Urgent Care. The most recent information is always available at www.marshall.edu/coronavirus/dashboard. |
The next regular issue of We Are...Marshall will be distributed March 30, 2022. Please send items for consideration to WAMnewsletter@marshall.edu by 5 p.m. Monday, March 28, 2022. |
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