We Are ... Marshall for July 6, 2022

Message from the President: Thanks for your help!

Dear Marshall University community, Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I am at a loss for words to express my most sincere appreciation and admiration for the work you did on our Huntington campus during Community Cares Week. Our Marshall family embraced the idea to set aside a week to give some sweat equity back to the university, and I …

Hundreds of volunteers pitch in for Community Cares Week to make Marshall’s campus shine

Marshall’s inaugural Community Cares Week: Giving Back to the Herd was a success, with hundreds of volunteers pitching in to make a positive impact on the university’s Huntington campus. The weeklong sweat equity event focused on engaging faculty, staff, students, community members, local businesses and alumni chapters to help check off “To Do List” items on the campus, while giving …

Partnership leads to changes in speed limit around Huntington campus

Steps are being taken to calm traffic and enhance pedestrian safety on major thoroughfares near Marshall University’s campus and in downtown Huntington. West Virginia Department of Transportation Secretary Jimmy Wriston has issued a temporary order reducing the speed limit to 25 mph from 35 mph on 3rd and 5th avenues between 6th and 20th streets. Speed limit signage modifications in …

Aviation Maintenance program receives FAA certification

Marshall University and Mountwest Community and Technical College’s Aviation Maintenance Technology program received its formal FAA certification today. This makes the program the newest FAA Part 147 aviation maintenance technician school in the country and the first of its kind in the region. The AMT program offers an Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree through an 18-month, year-round program. Graduates will …

Marshall School of Medicine welcomes incoming residents, fellows

More than 94 incoming resident physicians and fellows officially began training July 1 at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. Marshall’s newest cohort of trainees are from 45 medical schools across 13 different states and 10 countries. Thirty-seven are medical alumni from two of West Virginia’s medical schools. Thirty-seven percent are females, and 63% are males. Advanced physician training …

Outdoor fitness park opens in Boone County

The City of Madison hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and sign unveiling Thursday, June 30, to mark the official opening of the Robert “Parker” Graffius Memorial Outdoor Fitness Park located at 407 Riverside Drive. The fitness park, spearheaded by Nicholas Dolan (pictured), a Boone County, West Virginia, native and medical student at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, in partnership with …

School superintendent receives COEPD-sponsored award

The West Virginia Association of School Administrators (WVASA) held its annual conference and banquet at the Glade Springs Resort and Conference Center in Beckley June 22. Marshall University and the College of Education and Professional Development sponsor the West Virginia Superintendent of the Year Award. This year’s recipient was Mike Wells (at left), who is the superintendent of the Pleasants …

Coronavirus Statistics:

New Cases Since June 22, 2022

Students: 1
Faculty: 0
Staff*: 1

* 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 Newsletter for Marshall University July 6, 2022Faculty and Staff