Shortly after arriving in Huntington, new Thundering Herd football coach Charles Huff visited Joan C. Edwards Stadium for the first time.

"It was a little surreal," he said during a Tuesday afternoon press conference on the campus of Marshall University. "Walking on that field and feeling the emotion and the energy – I could hear the crowd and there was nobody there."

For the third year in a row, Marshall University’s Lewis College of Business, home of the Brad D. Smith Schools of Business, has been named among the nation’s most outstanding business schools, according to The Princeton Review®. The education services company, headquartered in New York City, profiled Marshall as one of 244 outstanding on-campus M.B.A. programs for its “Best Business Schools for 2021” list.

The Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce recognized its many volunteers and committees at its annual Volunteer event Friday, Jan. 29. This year’s Volunteer of the Year award went to Dr. Jerome A. “Jerry” Gilbert, the president of Marshall University.

We all love Marshall University.

But for what reason? We all have our moments, memories, iconic spots, and traditions that make Marshall special to us all.

Throughout the month of February, we will be celebrating all of those reasons and more on the Marshall University Alumni Association social media pages.

Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram and let us know the reason why you love Marshall University and you could win cool prizes and be featured in an upcoming alumni newsletter! #MarshallULove

Marshall recently published a COVID-19 dashboard that displays real-time data in an effort to keep students, employees, alumni and the surrounding community informed daily.

Did you know that Thursday, January 21 was Squirrel Appreciation Day?

Anyone that has been to Marshall University's campus has a story or two about the friendly squirrels that inhabit the trees, bushes, and even trash cans! Do you have any fond memories of our neighborly squirrel friends?

"Scholarships are a means of pursuing higher education and consequently opening dozens of doors that will inevitably allow me to be presented with opportunity that many minorities in this country wouldn't have access to otherwise. Consequently, they are a liaison from the lessening of the financial burdens that cause young adults to repeat cycles of poverty and hardship which often disable them from being able to achieve more," said Jarred Carter of St. Albans, West Virginia.

"When alumni give back, it gives the next generation of students the opportunity to get an education just like they did," said Taylor Riedel, a third year pharmacy student the Marshall University School of Pharmacy.

"I only had eyes for Marshall when it came time to apply for college. Marshall has always been very special to me, but the people make it a great institution of higher education. As a young boy from Lincoln County, once while riding by campus and pointing at the buildings, I asked my parents, 'what happens there?' My parents told me that is where very smart young men and women go after they graduate high school. I set my sights on becoming a Son of Marshall," said Glen Midkiff, a four-time graduate of Marshall University.