The Newsletter for Marshall University                                       Oct. 5, 2022
Faculty and Staff 
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State Office of Economic Development to support baseball stadium project

West Virginia’s Office of Economic Development will contribute $13.8 million toward the baseball stadium project. Gov. Jim Justice came to the site Sept. 28 especially to make the announcement and to throw out a ceremonial first pitch. Here he is shown presenting the check to President Smith and Athletic Director Christian Spears, surrounded by members of the baseball team.
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Yeager scholarship applications open now

The 2023 application cycle for the Society of Yeager Scholars has begun. The Yeager program is a competitive full-ride undergraduate scholarship program that covers all tuition and fees, room and board, a summer study at Oxford University, an additional travel experience, a laptop, books and a stipend for supplies. The application period will close Dec. 15, 2022. Students are selected …

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Marshall theatre professor joins Behind The Scenes mental health initiative

Mike Murphy, a professor of scene design and technology in the School of Theatre and Dance, has been working on a national task force to develop a mental health and substance abuse support mechanism for the Behind The Scenes charity foundation. The foundation supports safety and health initiatives in the nation’s entertainment and technology industry. The task force in which …

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German Meet & Eat to take place Friday

The October German Meet & Eat is coming up on Friday, Oct. 7. We are trying out a new format: students and anyone who'd like extra practice in German meet at 5 p.m., the rest joins in at 6 pm. We are meeting at Bahnhof Restaurant: 745 7th Ave. in Huntington, WV. Interested in German Language and culture? This is a …

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International Faculty Meet and greet takes place Sept. 28

International faculty from across the university gathered last week for the International Faculty Meet and Greet. The group met in the Don Morris Room of the student center to establish an international faculty network and to meet others that can give them an outlet to lean on. They also discussed creating an international faculty committee and looked into creating a …

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Faculty/Student Publication: Dr. Christian Harris and Dr. Sasha Zill

Dr. Christian Harris (pictured) and Dr. Sasha Zill have published a major research paper in the prestigious Journal of Neurophysiology, titled "Sensory signals of unloading in insects are tuned to distinguish leg slipping from load variations in gait: experimental and modeling studies." Harris was a student in the BMS program at Marshall and received her doctoral (Ph.D.) degree in April …

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Marshall Urology expands care team

Marshall Health and the  Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine welcome Justyn Blankenship, D.O., and Misty Arrington, PA-C, to their team of urology providers. Blankenship is a graduate of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg. He completed his urology residency at Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital in Madison Heights, Wisconsin. Blankenship also serves as an assistant professor at the …

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Alumni Association Homecoming 2022 office decorating contest to take place Oct. 27

Homecoming is just around the corner, and we want to see your school spirit! The annual Homecoming Office Decorating Contest is back in person for the first time since 2019 and will take place during Homecoming Week with the theme of “Fun in the Sun!,” a play on Marshall's debut season in the Sun Belt Conference and our Homecoming rival, …

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Coronavirus Statistics:

New Cases Since Sept. 21, 2022

   Students: 0
   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.
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The next regular issue of We Are...Marshall will be distributed Oct. 12, 2022. Please send items for consideration to WAMnewsletter@marshall.edu by 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, 2022.
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