Category: Foundation News

Gary G. and Jo Ann White announced they have established the Dr. Jerome A. Gilbert Professorship in Biomedical Engineering in honor of the 37th president of Marshall University. White, who served as interim president of Marshall University from December 2014 to January 2016, said he hopes this professorship will help… Read More

Dr. Asad Salem was awarded the J. Robert Fletcher Professorship for Engineering in Marshall University’s College of Engineering and Computer Sciences in April. Salem is the interim chair of the Weisberg Department of Mechanical Engineering. “Dr. Salem has served Marshall University in mechanical engineering very well for a number of… Read More

The Marshall University Foundation is pleased to announce that the Dutch Miller Auto Group has pledged a gift of $1 million in support of the Brad D. Smith Center for Business and Innovation at Marshall University. The new state-of-the-art facility for the Lewis College of Business and Brad D. Smith… Read More

The Marshall University Alumni Association has announced the recipients of two of its top awards ahead of the 83rd Alumni Awards Banquet on April 9. The Marshall University Southern Coalfields Alumni and Big Green Chapter, located in Beckley, West Virginia, has been named MUAA’s 2022 Chapter of the Year, while… Read More

The Marshall University Foundation, Inc. is thrilled to announce that OVP HEALTH has pledged a gift of $100,000 in support of the new Brad D. Smith Center for Business and Innovation facility at Marshall University. The facility is slated to be built in the 1400 block of Fourth Avenue and… Read More

The Marshall University Foundation has announced that Steel Dynamics, Inc. (Foundation) has pledged a gift of $100,000 in support of the new Brad D. Smith Center for Business and Innovation facility at Marshall University. The state-of-the-art facility is slated to be built in the 1400 block of Fourth Avenue on… Read More

Marshall University and the Marshall University Alumni Association (MUAA) are set to host the 83rd annual Alumni Awards Banquet on Saturday, April 9, beginning at 6 p.m. with a reception followed by dinner and awards at 7 p.m. at the Brad D. Smith Foundation Hall. The Marshall University Alumni Awards… Read More

Imagine, if you will, a race. On one end of this race stands an ordinary, everyday man or woman trying to complete a 1-mile obstacle course through downtown Los Angeles in front of a national television audience. At the other end of this race, is $1 million. Of course, like… Read More

Breaking news. Epic fantasy. While these genres seemingly have nothing in common, for Marshall University graduate Emily (Burch ) Harris, they are two published volumes in her professional bibliography. Harris has worked in journalism for more than 25 years and is currently a lecturer and the program adviser for North… Read More

The American Red Cross Central Appalachia Region serves 77 counties in Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia. Last year locally, the Red Cross responded to over 1,100 home fires; assisted nearly 2,100 military members, veterans and their families; helped make more than 1,000 homes safer by installing over 1,300… Read More