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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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
The October issue of Runner’s World magazine, hailed as the largest globally circulated monthly magazine for runners of all levels and backgrounds, offered readers a first-hand look into the local Freedom’s Run 5 race event that will take place Saturday, October 12th through the eyes of one of last year’s runners. Race Director, Mark Cucuzzella,…