‘Arts & Bots’ Coming to RCBI in October

Huntington-area middle school students will have an opportunity to design, build and program their own robots at “Arts & Bots,” an after-school camp hosted at the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) in October. The camp, co-sponsored by Marshall University’s June Harless Center and RCBI, will be conducted at the RCBI Huntington […]

Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Hosts Inaugural Childhood Obesity Conference

The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine will host its first childhood obesity conference Wednesday, Oct. 2., at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena Grand Ballroom. The day-long conference features keynote speaker Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., discoverer of the obesity gene, leptin.  His presentation, “Discovery of Leptin Gene and the Biologic Basis of […]

WVU Journalism Alumna Establishes Fund for Strategic Communications Majors

After working more than three decades in corporate communications, West Virginia University P.I. Reed School of Journalism alumna Betsy Klebe Dziedzic is helping students who are traveling down the same career path. The Jim and Betsy Klebe Dziedzic Career Development Fund was established by her and her husband to assist strategic communications majors who intern […]

More than 90 Employers Expected to Attend This Fall’s Career Expo

Marshall University Career Services will conduct its annual Fall Career Expo from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, in the Memorial Student Center’s Don Morris Room on the Huntington campus. The expo is open to all Marshall students, faculty, staff and alumni.  Recruiters will be sharing information on part-time, full-time and internship positions. […]

Alumnus Establishes Scholarship in Memory of Former WVU biology Department Chair

West Virginia University’s Eberly College of Arts and Sciences has established the Dr. Albert M. Reese Scholarship through a gift of $30,000 made by alumnus Albert M. and Susan Reese of Durango, Colo. Reese, an Eberly alumnus with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, funded the Dr. Albert M. Reese Scholarship to honor the […]

“Courage Walk” at Thomas Hospital Honoring Breast Cancer Awareness

On Tuesday, October 1st at 12 noon outside of the Clinical Pavilion, Thomas Memorial Hospital’s Breast Care Center is hosting a Courage Walk, in honor of breast cancer awareness month.  Prior to the Courage Walk, there will be a health fair focused on women’s health needs from 10:00am-12:00 noon. We encourage those who have been […]