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Eighth Annual Jeff Kovatch Memorial Cleanup Photos

Sarah Davis, News Editor
November 8, 2023

Community members gathered at Harris Riverfront Park on Saturday, Nov. 4, to clean up trash in honor of a late Marshall professor.

The event honored Dr. Jeff Kovatch, a late biology professor at Marshall University. Kovatch died on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. He was 43 years old.

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