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Bridge Campaign surpasses half of goal
Marshall University’s Bridge Campaign, launched during homecoming festivities this past October, has reached more than half of a $16 million goal.
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On The Edge — Wilderness Adventures
Within these covers are stories about a group of risk-takers and adrenaline junkies who lived a life of stimulating and challenging activity.
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Griffis named director of development for College of Fine Arts
Huntington native and Marshall University alumna Melanie Griffis has recently returned to campus to serve as the new director of development for Marshall’s College of Fine Arts.
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Society of Yeager Scholars to increase next class by one student
Marshall University’s Society of Yeager Scholars will increase the size of its next incoming class by one scholar, bringing the total number of incoming 2008 freshmen scholars to 12.
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Mullen joins College of Information Technology and Engineering as director of development
Sara Mullen, a West Virginia native, recently returned to the state to serve as the new director of development for Marshall University’s College of Information Technology and Engineering (CITE).
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Huntington Scottish Rite surpasses $200,000 in contributions to Marshall University Speech and Hearing Center
The Huntington Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Foundation today presented a check for $43,000 to the Marshall University Speech and Hearing Center in the Department of Communication Disorders, bringing to $201,000 the amount it has contributed to the center.
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‘We Are Marshall’ premiere proceeds presented to Keith-Albee,
MU Foundation; Marshall academics, athletics also benefit
Proceeds from the Dec. 12, 2006 premiere of “We Are Marshall” in Huntington were distributed today in presentations at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center, Inc., in downtown Huntington.
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Foundation establishes James E. Gibson Scholarship
The Marshall University Foundation Inc. has established a scholarship to honor James E. Gibson through gifts from his family and friends.
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Dr. Ronald G. Area named CEO of Marshall Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Ronald G. Area, development director of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City the past two years has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Marshall University Foundation, Inc.
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Ruth Flowers Thornton Scholarship established at Marshall
The Marshall University Foundation Inc. has established a scholarship to honor Ruth Flowers Thornton, a two-time Marshall graduate and former high school and junior high school teacher in Cabell and Wayne counties whose teaching career spanned 33 years.
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Two Fundraisers hired at Marshall University
John Kinzer, Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Marshall University Foundation, Inc., today announced the hiring of two fundraisers.
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Gift from BrickStreet paves way for engineering scholarship at Marshall University
Marshall University today announced the formation of a new engineering scholarship based on a $15,000 gift provided by BrickStreet Mutual Insurance.
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Maier Foundation establishes permanent endowment for Marshall University Latin Awards
The establishment of a $100,000 endowment fund which will ensure the continuation of the Latin Awards by Marshall University was announced last week by Ed Maier, President of the Maier Foundation, Inc., which has sponsored the awards since 1979.
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‘We Are Marshall’ Issue of Huntington Quarterly Benefits Marshall Alumni Association
Marshall University’s Alumni Association received its first check last week from the Huntington Quarterly magazine based on sales of the publication’s 140-page special edition about the Warner Bros. picture, “We Are Marshall.”
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Troy Brown Fantasy Football Camp March 30-31 benefits Marshall’s Child Development Academy
The first Troy Brown Fantasy Football Camp, named for the former Marshall University and current New England Patriots standout wide receiver, will take place Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31 at MU’s Joan C. Edwards Stadium.
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Marshall's University Fund increases by nearly 30 percent in 2006
University Fund contributions at Marshall University increased by nearly 30 percent in 2006, Rebecca McPhail Samples, director of annual giving, announced today.
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West named vice president for major gifts at Marshall; Littlehales takes over as director of alumni relations
Lance West, vice president for alumni development and director of alumni relations at Marshall University for the past 4 ½ years, has been named vice president for major gifts at MU, John Kinzer, interim CEO with the Marshall University Foundation, Inc., announced today.
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Foundation board elects Dr. Joseph B. Touma chair; Morrison, Courts-Brown, Cline, Tweel join board
The Marshall University Foundation, Inc., board of directors, in its fall meeting last month, elected a new chair and four new board members.
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Huntington East class of ’46 establishes scholarship at Marshall
The 1946 class of the former Huntington East High School has established an endowed scholarship at Marshall University with priority given to students who have family ties to the 1946 graduates.
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Richard Jackson makes $100,000 pledge to Marshall from his IRA; newest member of Heritage Society accelerates planned gift
Already a generous donor to Marshall University’s academic and athletic programs, 1959 MU graduate Richard Delyn Jackson is the first donor to make a new type of gift to Marshall.
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Maier Foundation honored for generosity to Marshall University; donors to Byrd Biotechnology Science Center also recognized
The Maier Foundation Inc., a major benefactor of Marshall University and higher education throughout West Virginia, was honored today as the newest member of Marshall’s Pathway of Prominence.
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Scholarship established at Marshall to honor memory of Greg Ferguson
Family and friends of John Gregory Ferguson have established a scholarship at Marshall University to honor the memory of the lifelong resident of Wayne County, W.Va.
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Movie premiere to be shown at Keith-Albee, Pullman Square
Marshall University announced today that about 5,000 people will have the opportunity to watch the premiere of “We Are Marshall” on Dec. 12 in Huntington.
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Marshall receives $1.3 million from estate of Donald B. Harper; gift will support endowed scholarship in College of Fine Arts
Marshall University announced today that it has received a gift of $1.3 million from the estate of Donald B. Harper that will support an endowed scholarship in the university’s College of Fine Arts.
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MU’s Heritage Society members honored for second consecutive year Members of Marshall University’s Heritage Society were thanked and recognized today during a brunch in their honor in the Drinko Library atrium on MU’s Huntington campus.
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Marshall University’s Society of Yeager Scholars program receives $100,000 challenge grant from Shott Foundation
Marshall University Society of Yeager Scholars alumni can guarantee $150,000 for the program if they raise one-third of that amount over the next three years, thanks to a challenge grant from the Hugh I. Shott, Jr. Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
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Huntington Scottish Rite donates $42,000 to Speech and Hearing Center The Huntington Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Foundation donated $42,000 to the Marshall University Speech and Hearing Center in the Department of Communication Disorders in June, bringing to more than $156,000 the amount it has contributed to the center since 2002.
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Marshall’s 21st Century Early Childhood Education Task Force receives $300,000 from Benedum Foundation
Marshall University has received $300,000 from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation to benefit early childhood education throughout the State of West Virginia.
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Couple establishes fund to create student and faculty exchanges with France
JA Fred Brothers and his wife, Paula, of Naples, Fla., have established a fund to create student and faculty exchanges between Marshall University and University of Rennes 2 in France.
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Kinzer named interim CEO of Marshall Foundation
John K. Kinzer, a former Huntington resident and longtime member of numerous Marshall University organizations, has been named interim Chief Executive Officer of the Marshall University Foundation, Inc., Monica Hatfield, chair of the foundation board of directors, announced today.
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Weisbergs donating $2.5 million to Marshall University; gift will support Division of Engineering and Computer Science
Arthur and Joan Weisberg, founders of State Electric Supply Co., Arthur’s Enterprises and Service Wire Co. in Huntington, are contributing $2.5 million to Marshall University...
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Marshall Foundation names new Director of Special Projects
Kristi K. Arrowood has joined the Marshall University Foundation, Inc. as Director of Special Projects, Foundation board chairman Monica Hatfield announced today.
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‘Gene McKee Memorial Scholarship’ will go to South Point student
A scholarship honoring Selba E. “Gene” McKee, a lifelong resident of South Point, Ohio who was actively involved in the church, education and business communities, has been established by the Marshall University Foundation, Inc.
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Marshall University surpasses campaign goal with $110 million
When Marshall University kicked off the public phase of its Campaign for National Prominence in September 2002, it set an unprecedented goal of raising $100 million in private donations by Dec. 31, 2005.
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Marshall University receives grant to help student-parents
Marshall University’s Child Development Academy and Lewis College of Business-Division of Finance have received a $15,000 grant to facilitate a program aimed at helping students who are the parents of young children develop basic financial skills.
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Gift of $50,000 to help further research at Marshall University
A gift of $50,000 by Monica Hatfield has been made to The Marshall University Foundation, Inc. to further research being done by Marshall University professor Dr. Menashi Cohenford and other researchers. Hatfield currently is serving as chair of the Foundation board.
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Galardi named Director of Major Gifts for MU Society of Yeager Scholars
Robert N. Galardi, Director of Development since 2002 with the West Virginia University Extension Service, has been named Director of Major Gifts for the Society of Yeager Scholars at Marshall University.
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Knight Foundation awards grant
to Marshall University School of Journalism and Mass Communications
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded the Marshall University W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications a $167,000 grant to help journalists improve coverage of nonprofit organizations.
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Six hundred pounds of nickels delivered to Marshall University
as part of Fort Gay High School Alumni Association’s latest gift
The Fort Gay High School Alumni Association has given Marshall University thousands of dollars in contributions, but the group’s latest donation was delivered to the school today in an unusual fashion.
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Verizon announces $100,000 gift to MU’s new alumni center
Verizon West Virginia announced today a $100,000 gift to Marshall University to help fund a new Erickson Alumni Center. “This is another great partnership with Marshall for Verizon,” said John Ruddick, executive director of public affairs at Verizon.
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Dardingers Join
Pathway of Prominence
In a ceremony on Sept. 9 on Marshall University’s main campus, Robert L. “Bob” Dardinger and his wife, Dianna L. Dardinger, of Columbus, Ohio, joined MU’s Pathway of Prominence, bringing the number of Pathway members to 16.
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Marshall 'Campaign'
Surpasses $98 Million
More than $98 million of the $100 million goal has been secured for Marshall University’s “Campaign for National Prominence,” Marshall University Foundation Inc. President and CEO Glen Kerkian announced June 25.
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MU Scholarship Fund Honors
Lyle and Edith Plymale
A scholarship fund honoring former Marshall
University professor Lyle F. “Doc” Plymale and his wife, Edith, has been
established through the Marshall University Foundation, Inc.
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Greenup County, Ky., native joins Marshall
Foundation
McRae Pennington, a Greenup
County, Ky., native, has “returned home” to accept a recently created
position with the Marshall University Foundation, Inc.
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Moses family presents significant gift to
Erickson Alumni Center
As a gift to their
father, the children of Jack Fitzgerald Moses and Sue Moses of
Huntington last week presented a significant gift in his name to
Marshall University’s Erickson Alumni Center.
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Marshall Receives One of Largest Gifts Ever
from an Individual; Estate of Bliss Livingston Charles leaves $2.8
Million
Marshall University announced it has
received one of the largest individual gifts in its 167-year history.
The estate of Bliss Livingston Charles, a former Certified Public
Accountant and Attorney at Law in the Huntington area, left Marshall
$2.8 million.
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Marshall Campaign Reaches 2/3
of Goal
with Gift to Simon Perry Academic Program
The Dr.
Simon D. Perry Academic Program on Constitutional Democracy at
Marshall University has received a gift of $50,000 from Harvey White designated
for the J. Wade Gilley Scholar program. White is a Marshall alumnus and one of
the founders of QUALCOMM, a California-based, pioneering organization in
wireless technology.
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Marshall names stadium after Joan C. Edwards
Marshall University will honor philanthropist Joan C. Edwards
for her years of unending devotion and generosity to the school and the
community by naming the Thundering Herd’s football stadium in her honor.
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Fruth Pharmacy donates $2,000
to Marshall University
Representatives from Fruth
Pharmacy presented a $2,000 check to Marshall University on Monday, Oct. 20, for
the Fruth Pharmacy Scholarship Fund. Cowana Brown (center), regional manager with Fruth, and
Jerry Kelley (left), Fruth’s vice president of human resources, presented the
check to Dr. Lynne Mayer, Marshall’s associate vice president for development,
at the Erickson Alumni Center.
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“Faces Of Appalachia” Initiative Kicks Off with Gifts from
West Virginia Humanities Council
Marshall has received $300,000 to support “Faces of
Appalachia,” a comprehensive initiative to advance the study of ethnicity and
gender in Appalachia. Grants
received thus far include $125,000 from the West Virginia Legislature and
$25,000 from the West Virginia Humanities Council. Those two gifts represent
matching funds for a $150,000 first-year National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Challenge Grant.
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Four
couples join Marshall University Pathway of Prominence
Four couples have joined Marshall University’s Pathway of Prominence after
presenting significant gifts to the university, H. Keith Spears, Vice President
for Institutional Advancement and co-director of Marshall’s Campaign for
National Prominence, announced today. James E. and
Verna K. Gibson of Sarasota, Fla., Timothy L. and Sandra K. Haymaker of
Lexington, Ky., F. Selby and Donna Wellman of Cary, N.C., and William E. Willis
and Joyce L. Willis of Tenafly, N.J., make up the 2003 class of the Pathway of
Prominence.
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Marshall Kicks Off Thunder Club for Athletic Team
Fans
Marshall University has begun the Thunder Club to recognize donations to the
Athletic Department, Campaign for National Prominence chair Tim Haymaker has
announced.
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Marshall Campaign
Tops $60 Million
The Marshall University
Foundation Inc. has received a residuary bequest of $178,000 from the
estate of Colin A. Campbell, which will establish the Colin A. Campbell
Memorial Scholarship to benefit students in the College of Education and
Human Services. This gift, among others, has enabled the Campaign for
National Prominence to the top the $60 million mark on the way to the goal
of $100 million.
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Marshall Campaign Reaches More Than $55 Million
Marshall University's Campaign for National Prominence
has reached a total of more than $55 million, according to Dr. H. Keith
Spears, Marshall Vice President for Institutional Advancement and one of
the co-directors of the campaign. One of the most recent pledges was from
the Sarah and Pauline Maier Foundation, in the amount of $500,000 toward
the Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center.
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Marshall Leaders Hit
Campaign Trail
President Dan Angel, Coach Bob
Pruett and several other members of Marshall University's management team
will travel in support of the university's Campaign for National
Prominence during the month of June.
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Verizon Announces $100,000
Commitment to Expand Distance Learning
Verizon West Virginia President Gale Given visited Marshall University to
announce the company is committing $100,000 to the June Harless Center for Rural
Education Research and Development at Marshall to expand distance education into rural
schools in southern West Virginia.
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Marshall Campaign More Than
Halfway to Goal
Marshall University’s Campaign
for National Prominence, the fundraising effort which began its public
phase in September 2002, has exceeded the halfway point, according to H.
Keith Spears, Marshall’s Vice President for Institutional Advancement and
one of the campaign directors.
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Fifth Third Makes $100,000
Grant to Marshall University;
Grant Will Establish Distinguished Lectureship
Series for Women’s Studies Program
Marshall University is pleased to announce that its
Women’s Studies program will launch a Distinguished Lectureship series
next spring thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Charlotte R. Schmidlapp
Fund, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee.
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Hedricks Join Pathway of
Prominence
Charles B. Hedrick and his wife,
Mary Jo Locke Hedrick, of Cincinnati, have presented Marshall University
with a significant gift that qualifies them as the 10th member of the
Pathway of Prominence.
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Marshall Kicks
Off Campaign
for National Prominence
Marshall University
kicked off the public phase of its Campaign for National Prominence
Saturday by announcing its most ambitious fund-raising goal ever -- $100
million in private donations by Dec. 31, 2005.
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