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Tag: Marshall University
Sports
Marshall University Commemorates Victims of the 1970 Plane Crash, Including 36 Football Players
Last Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of one of worst sports disasters in U.S. history when a plane crashed, killing most of the football team at Marshall University, reported the Associated Press. Community members gathered around the campus fountain dedicated to the crash victims to commemorate them. White flowers were placed by the fountain as […]
November 16, 2020
News Roundup
Marshall University to Remove Name of Confederate General From Building
Marshall University’s board on Tuesday unanimously voted to remove the name of a Confederate general from a building on its Huntington campus. Jenkins Hall, which was named after Confederate Albert Gallatin Jenkins, will be called the Education Building for the time being. A petition to remove Jenkins’ name has been signed by close to 4,000 […]
July 7, 2020
News Roundup
Marshall University Food Pantry Offer Services to Federal Workers
Marshall University’s Department of Dietetics food pantry has opened its doors to federal workers struggling as a result of the government shutdown. “We are deeply committed to providing nutrition education and programming to not only our students, but to those we serve in our community as well,” said Dr. Kelli Williams, chair of the university’s […]
January 23, 2019
News Roundup
CEO of Intuit and Wife Donate $25M to Marshall University’s College of Business
Intuit Chairman and CEO Brad D. Smith, along with his wife Alys, have donated $25 million to Marshall University’s Lewis College of Business, making it one of the largest gifts in Marshall’s history. Brad, a 1986 graduate of the university, said that he and his wife are excited to have the opportunity to help his […]
November 9, 2018
Native Americans
University Fined for Violating Indian Remains Law
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A university in West Virginia has been fined $4,999 for failing to complete inventories of American Indian remains and artifacts in its possession. The U.S. Department of the Interior notified Marshall University President Jerome Gilbert of the fine in a letter this week. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter, […]
May 6, 2018
News Roundup
Marshall University Employees to See Five Percent Raise
HUNTINGTON, W.VA. – A West Virginia university’s operating budget that includes a 5-percent raise for university employees has been approved. News outlets reported Wednesday the Marshall University Board of Governors approved the school’s fiscal year 2019 operating budget, which also includes a 4.25-percent tuition increase. The board had already approved a 2-percent raise for employees […]
April 26, 2018
News Roundup
Marshall, WVU Law School Launch Consumer Rights Project
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Marshall University is launching a joint project with West Virginia University College of Law to provide consumer-related information for people in West Virginia. Each school received $1 million to implement the programs. The Joint Consumer Assistance Project was established by lawyers involved in a consumer class-action case from funds not claimed by […]
April 16, 2018
News Roundup
Marshall University Researcher Wins Award to Study Obesity
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $10.7 million grant to a Marshall University researcher to study obesity and related conditions. The five-year grant was awarded to Uma Sundaram, vice dean for research at Marshall’s School of Medicine and a board-certified gastroenterologist. Sundaram will be the principal investigator and program director […]
March 5, 2018
News Roundup
Obesity Study Gets $2.1 Million Federal Grant
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University has received a $2.1 million federal grant to study obesity-related disorders. U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins announced the U.S. Health and Human Services grant. He said in a news release it will be used to help fund research at the university’s Appalachian Center for Cellular Transport in Obesity-Related Disorders. Jenkins said […]
February 12, 2018
STEM
Marshall University to Fire Professor in Kickback Scheme
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The termination process has begun for a university professor who recently pleaded guilty to tax fraud charges in connection with a kickback scheme involving the West Virginia Department of Transportation. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that a Marshall University official said on Monday the school plans to fire civil engineering professor Andrew P. […]
June 27, 2017
Students
Marshall Handling of Sex Assault Complaint Under Fed Review
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Department of Education is looking into Marshall University’s handling of a student’s report that she was sexually assaulted on campus last year. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports a female student complained to the department’s Office for Civil Rights that the university failed to promptly address her report and retaliated against her […]
March 12, 2017
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