The Newsletter for Marshall University                                      Jan. 11, 2023
Faculty and Staff 

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Marshall hires Beals as baseball head coach

Following Board of Governors approval, Marshall University President Brad D. Smith announced Thursday that the university has hired Gregory Beals (right) as the head baseball coach of the Thundering Herd. Beals is the 29th head coach in program history. “We couldn’t be more pleased to welcome Coach Beals to Marshall University,” Smith said. “He brings a wealth of experience and …

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Registration opens for Marshall Day at the Capitol

The Herd is coming! Marshall Day at the Capitol will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1, at the West Virginia State Capitol Complex. Marshall University departments and organizations are asked to register for a display table at the event. Each displaying department/organization will be provided a table and two chairs, along with a lunch generously …

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West Virginia health leaders announce collaboration to enhance health care services for residents of Logan and southern West Virginia

Logan Regional Medical Center (LMRC), a ScionHealth Community Hospital, Marshall Health and Mountain Health Network last week announced a new collaboration aimed at bringing more opportunities for specialty care to southern West Virginia. Through a new memorandum of understanding (MOU), the organizations will work to establish a process for identifying and implementing opportunities to enhance health care services for the …

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Veterans-based program seeking participants for first discussion series

“Testament: Recovering Identity after War,” is seeking participants for its first discussion series, beginning with a welcome reception at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, in the Huntington Vet Center. “Testament” integrates sustained discussion of humanities texts about war with digital humanities platforms to create a network of testimony of and for veterans in recovery, their families and friends in the …

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Marshall to celebrate its Birke Fine Arts Symposium throughout 2023 spring semester

The College of Arts and Media kicked off the Birke Fine Arts Symposium this week, with activities continuing throughout the 2023 spring semester. Artists from a variety of disciplines will present work as part of the symposium, which this year celebrates the theme “Making the Unseen Visible.” The symposium will feature theatre, dance and musical performances, as well as lectures, …

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Library to move Government Documents, announce Dr. Jean Edward Smith Research Collection

Marshall University Libraries has relocated its Government Documents section. It will reopen the section in the new location and introduce its new Dr. Jean Edward Smith Research Collection Wednesday, Jan. 18. An opening celebration is scheduled for 2 p.m. Jan. 18 on the second floor of Drinko Library, across from the Writing Center. Light refreshments will be served, and all are …

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From the Honors College: The deadline to propose your Dream Course for Fall 2023 is Monday, Jan. 23

What is a course that you dream of doing? The Honors College provides faculty of programs from across the university the opportunity to design and teach Honors Seminars on subjects that inspire them but that they may not have the opportunity to teach within their regular teaching duties. Faculty in our small sections of HON 480 work with outstanding, highly-motivated …

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New technology and mapping catheter improves outcomes for heart patients

Cardiologists at Marshall Health and St. Mary’s Regional Heart Institute (SMMC), a Mountain Health Network Cardiovascular Center of Excellence, are the first in West Virginia to use a new technology and mapping catheter to treat patients with complex cardiac arrhythmias, such as Afib and ventricular tachycardia (VT). Electrophysiologist Khalid Abozguia, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of cardiovascular services at the Joan …

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Communication Disorders faculty member receives LAMP certification

Marshall Assistant Professor Kelly Young, of the communication disorders department and the Speech and Hearing Center, recently received LAMP (Language Acquisition through Motor Planning) certification from the Center for AAC and Autism. Young began her work toward certification last spring and has since completed a 20+ hour, American Speech and Hearing Association-approved independent study that included video review of clinical …

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MURC announces research awards for faculty and undergraduates

The Marshall University Research Corporation has announced the winners of the Spring 2023 Undergraduate Creative Discovery and Research Awards and the Summer 2023 John Marshall Scholars Award program. The seven awardees of the Spring 2023 Undergraduate Creative Discovery and Research Awards will receive a $1,750 stipend, and $750 is provided for the participating faculty mentor. The program is open to …

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School of Medicine alumna reinvests in the next generation

Mary Beth Harler, M.D., (pictured) started her medical career at Marshall in 1989 with dreams of making a difference. Harler, a native of Glen Dale, West Virginia, earned her Bachelor of Science from Wheeling University in Wheeling, West Virginia, before entering medical school at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. Following completion of her medical degree in 1993, Harler …

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Students tap RCBI technology to bring innovation to life

A group of senior mechanical engineering majors at Marshall University leveraged the advanced technology and expertise of the Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) to transform its concept for a single-passenger vehicle into a working prototype. Marshall’s Weisberg Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, a division of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, requires that soon-to-graduate seniors demonstrate their engineering …

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Call for Nominations: John and Frances Rucker Outstanding Graduate Advisor Award

The Graduate Council Credentialing Committee seeks nominations for the Rucker Outstanding Graduate Advisor Award. Nominations should be submitted to Dr. Keith Beard by e-mail at beard@marshall.edu  or to Harris Hall 331-A, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755 by March 3, 2023. Eligibility criteria and details about the nomination process can be found at https://www.marshall.edu/graduate-council/john-and-frances-rucker-outstanding-graduate-advisor-award/.

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Coronavirus Statistics:

New Cases Since Dec. 27, 2022

   Students: 0
   Faculty: 0
   Staff*: 0

* Includes auxiliary employees (Sodexo, Aetna, Rec Center, etc.)

The most recent information is always available at www.marshall.edu/coronavirus/dashboard.

Note: Gov. Jim Justice ended the State of Emergency on Jan. 1, 2023.  Weekly reporting of coronavirus statistics in this newsletter will be revised and eventually eliminated as we move into the Spring 2023 semester.

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The next regular issue of We Are...Marshall will be distributed Jan. 18, 2023. Please send items for consideration to WAMnewsletter@marshall.edu by noon Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023.

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