MU assistant professor to discuss importance of including women in process of rebuilding and creating sustainable peace after war
Dr. Anara Tabyshalieva, an assistant professor in Marshall University’s department of history, will speak from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, in the Drinko Library auditorium (room 402) on Marshall’s Huntington campus. Tabyshalieva will discuss her new book, a volume she co-edited with Albrecht Schnabel, called Defying Victimhood: Women and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding. Published this […]
Marshall graduate pledges $300,000 for Medical School scholarships
Donald L. “Don” Blankenship, a 1972 Marshall University graduate, has generously committed $300,000 over a three-year period for scholarships at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. Blankenship made the pledge in honor of his mother, Nancy Marie McCoy, who passed away in 1995. The first $100,000 gift was received in early September. “The demographics […]
AmeriCorps West Virginia: Serving Others Through Self-Growth
By Mitzi Vince Marsha moved back to her hometown of War, West Virginia, from South Carolina after a divorce in 1995, and one of her only employment opportunities involved cleaning homes for an average monthly income of $350. When the AmeriCorps APPALREAD program came into her county in 1998, the single mother who needed food […]
Benefit concert to assist Marshall University music staff member
A group of music faculty members from Marshall University’s School of Music and Theatre will perform a benefit concert at 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, at Fellowship Baptist Church for Beverly McKinney, the school’s administrative assistant, who is battling brain cancer. The Violauta Duo, made up of Dr. Wendell Dobbs, flute, and Dr. Julio Alves, […]
Marshall University Forensic Science Center to host lecture for honors students on criminal behavior
Marshall University’s College of Education and College of Science will conduct a special lecture, “Nature versus Nurture,” sponsored by the Honors College for its students at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the Marshall University Forensic Science Center. The lecture will cross-examine whether traits of human behavior are inherited or learned and whether humans may […]
MU professor named Outstanding Civil Engineering Educator of the Year
A Marshall University professor has been named the first recipient of the Outstanding Civil Engineering Educator of the Year Award established by the West Virginia Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (WVASCE). Dr. Richard McCormick, a professor of engineering in the College of Information Technology and Engineering (CITE), received the award at the […]
