The Parthenon

West Virginia Government Grants $45 Million to Marshall Cybersecurity

Alaina Laster, Staff Reporter • August 24, 2023

“The people of West Virginia, for the longest time, didn’t believe in themselves,” West Virginia Senate President Craig Blair said at the signing...

Marshall Celebrates 2023 Spring Commencement

Sarah Davis, Staff Reporter • May 4, 2023

Marshall celebrated its graduating students during the Spring Commencement ceremony on Saturday, April 29. This included undergraduate, graduate and doctoral...

New Drinko Academy Fellow Named

Matthew Schaffer, News Editor • April 25, 2023

Dr. Luke Eric Lassiter is named the 28th Distinguished John Deaver Drinko Academy Fellow, one of the University’s highest recognitions. Lassister,...

Pharmacy School and Rite-Aid Host Scholarship Program

Abigail Cutlip, Student Reporter • April 24, 2023

A new scholarship program has started as a collaboration between the Marshall University School of Pharmacy and Rite Aid. The program, titled the...

Faculty Members Recognized for Their Service

Abigail Cutlip, Student Reporter • April 17, 2023

Eight faculty members were honored for their service to Marshall University during a faculty meeting on Tuesday, April 11, in the Don Morris Room inside...

University Prepares for Handgun Safety

Lydia Montague, Student Reporter • April 12, 2023

A small safety committee is working to prepare Marshall University for the introduction of concealed handguns on campus, according to Senate Bill 10—or...

Alumni Create New Med School Scholarship

Sarah Davis, Staff Reporter • April 12, 2023

Two Marshall alumni have created a scholarship for students in the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. Patrick Stone, M.D., and Cynthia Coleman, MSN-FNP,...

Final Amicus Curiae Highlights Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

Sarah Davis, Staff Reporter • April 10, 2023

The shared principles between two Civil War-era men are grand, according to an author and Harvard professor who spoke on the lives of Frederick Douglass...

Herd in Town Highlights Women and Pop Culture

Bex Law, Student Reporter • April 6, 2023

With so many Women’s History Month events on the schedule, the College of Liberal Arts scheduled their final event in April. A panel of four...

COLA Announces New Dean & Journalism Director

Matthew Schaffer, News Editor • April 6, 2023

The vacant positions of dean of the College of Arts and Media and director of the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications have finally...

Final Amicus Curiae to Examine American Historical Figures

Sarah Davis, Staff Reporter • April 3, 2023

The final Amicus Curiae lecture of the academic year will welcome an English and African American studies professor from Harvard University. The lecture,...

Professor Emeritus Simon Perry Memorialized by Many

Sarah Davis, Staff Reporter • April 3, 2023

Community members, family and friends gathered to honor Simon Perry, professor emeritus of Marshall’s political science department, on Friday, March...