The Newsletter for Marshall University                                   March 8, 2023
Faculty and Staff 
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to visit Marshall

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will hear oral arguments at Marshall's Huntington campus Wednesday, March 22, beginning at 9:30 a.m.  The special session is part of the court’s initiative to visit law schools and universities. While the event is free and open to the public, attendees are encouraged to register in advance. The court of …

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Thundering Word to compete in Tokyo event

The Marshall University speech and debate team, Thundering Word, will compete this month at the International Forensic Association Tournament in Tokyo, Japan. The Thundering Word competes in the National Forensic Association throughout the country, competing in four basic areas: Oral Interpretation of literature (prose, poetry, duo, programmed oral interpretation) Prepared speeches (informative, persuasive, after dinner, rhetorical criticism) Limited preparation speeches …

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Reminder: Half-day holiday to take place March 17

Prior to winter break, Governor Jim Justice issued a proclamation providing a ½ day holiday on Dec. 23 and Dec. 30, 2022.  Marshall University combined both ½ day holidays to observe an additional full day off on January 3, 2023. Gov. Justice then issued a revised proclamation to change Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, from a ½ day holiday to a …

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Heather Smith joins Honors College staff

The Honors College has announced the addition of Heather Smith to their staff. She will oversee the Office of National Scholarships, helping members of the Marshall community navigate and ultimately win highly competitive national scholarships. The Office of National Scholarships helps all students find nationally competitive scholarship programs that are a good fit with them and their professional goals, such …

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Toyota award to support RCBI engineering internship

Toyota West Virginia has recognized the Robert C. Byrd Institute’s (RCBI) commitment to provide engineering interns with real-world, hands-on experience by awarding a $5,000 grant to enhance RCBI’s Engineering-Entrepreneurial Services Internship Program.

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Mingo County medical practice joins Marshall Health

James W. Endicott, M.D. (pictured), a longtime primary care physician in Mingo County, and his practice in Kermit, West Virginia, have joined Marshall Health. He will also serve as an assistant professor in the department of family and community health at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. Endicott’s practice has been renamed Marshall Family Medicine – Kermit, but …

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The next regular issue of We Are...Marshall will be distributed March 15, 2023. Please send items for consideration to WAMnewsletter@marshall.edu by 5 p.m. Monday, March 13, 2023.
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