The Parthenon

Privacy Concerns on Blackboard Arise at Faculty Senate

Matthew Schaffer, Managing Editor • September 2, 2023

Privacy concerns may lead to policy changes following reports of advisers being granted Blackboard observer status, with the issue being raised in a faculty...

Marshall U App Focuses on Community Development

Evan Green, Executive Editor • September 2, 2023

A new multi-use app, Marshall U, focuses on connecting students both to the tools they need as students, as well as other students through a number of...

MyMU and Blackboard to Become Virtual Construction Zones

Sarah Davis, News Editor • August 31, 2023

Students will notice changes to both MyMU and Blackboard in the near future, according to Marshall’s chief information officer. “The MyMU platform...

Smith Sticks to Marshall For All Amid WVU Layoffs

Evan Green, Executive Editor • August 30, 2023

As West Virginia University reels from proposed layoffs of 169 faculty members, Marshall’s president says his university will go in a different direction...

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...