MU Campaign


	MU Scholarship Fund Honors Lyle and Edith Plymale A scholarship fund honoring former Marshall University professor Lyle F. “Doc” Plymale and his wife, Edith, has been established through the Marshall University Foundation, Inc. Read complete story.

	Greenup County, Ky., native joins Marshall Foundation McRae Pennington, a Greenup County, Ky., native, has “returned home” to accept a recently created position with the Marshall University Foundation, Inc. Read complete story.

	Moses family presents significant gift to Erickson Alumni Center As a gift to their father, the children of Jack Fitzgerald Moses and Sue Moses of Huntington last week presented a significant gift in his name to Marshall University’s Erickson Alumni Center. Read complete story.

	Marshall Receives One of Largest Gifts Ever from an Individual; Estate of Bliss Livingston Charles leaves $2.8 Million Marshall University announced it has received one of the largest individual gifts in its 167-year history. The estate of Bliss Livingston Charles, a former Certified Public Accountant and Attorney at Law in the Huntington area, left Marshall $2.8 million. Read complete story.

	Kerkian named Executive Director of Marshall Foundation Glen R. Kerkian, a veteran development leader at Ohio University the past 18 years, has been named Executive Director of the Marshall University Foundation, Inc., effective June 1. Read complete story.

	Marshall Campaign Reaches 2/3 of Goal with Gift to Simon Perry Academic Program The Dr. Simon D. Perry Academic Program on Constitutional Democracy at Marshall University has received a gift of $50,000 from Harvey White designated for the J. Wade Gilley Scholar program. White is a Marshall alumnus and one of the founders of QUALCOMM, a California-based, pioneering organization in wireless technology. Read complete story.

	Marshall names stadium after Joan C. Edwards Marshall University will honor philanthropist Joan C. Edwards for her years of unending devotion and generosity to the school and the community by naming the Thundering Herd’s football stadium in her honor. Read Complete Story.

	Fruth Pharmacy donates $2,000 to Marshall University Representatives from Fruth Pharmacy presented a $2,000 check to Marshall University on Monday, Oct. 20, for the Fruth Pharmacy Scholarship Fund. Cowana Brown (center), regional manager with Fruth, and Jerry Kelley (left), Fruth’s vice president of human resources, presented the check to Dr. Lynne Mayer, Marshall’s associate vice president for development, at the Erickson Alumni Center. Read Complete Story.

Top: Marshall President Dan Angel receives check from the executive director of the West Virginia Humanities Council., Dr. Ken Sullivan (right). Below: Sen. Robert Plymale (left) and Del. Margarette Leach (right) present check to Dr. Angel.	“Faces Of Appalachia” Initiative Kicks Off with Gifts from West Virginia Humanities Council Marshall has received $300,000 to support “Faces of Appalachia,” a comprehensive initiative to advance the study of ethnicity and gender in Appalachia. Grants received thus far include $125,000 from the West Virginia Legislature and $25,000 from the West Virginia Humanities Council. Those two gifts represent matching funds for a $150,000 first-year National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Challenge Grant. Read Complete Story.

	Four couples join Marshall University Pathway of Prominence Four couples have joined Marshall University’s Pathway of Prominence after presenting significant gifts to the university, H. Keith Spears, Vice President for Institutional Advancement and co-director of Marshall’s Campaign for National Prominence, announced today. James E. and Verna K. Gibson of Sarasota, Fla., Timothy L. and Sandra K. Haymaker of Lexington, Ky., F. Selby and Donna Wellman of Cary, N.C., and William E. Willis and Joyce L. Willis of Tenafly, N.J., make up the 2003 class of the Pathway of Prominence. Read Complete Story.

	Marshall Kicks Off Thunder Club for Athletic Team Fans Marshall University has begun the Thunder Club to recognize donations to the Athletic Department, Campaign for National Prominence chair Tim Haymaker has announced. Read More About the Thunder Club.

	Marshall Campaign Tops $60 Million The Marshall University Foundation Inc. has received a residuary bequest of $178,000 from the estate of Colin A. Campbell, which will establish the Colin A. Campbell Memorial Scholarship to benefit students in the College of Education and Human Services. This gift, among others, has enabled the Campaign for National Prominence to the top the $60 million mark on the way to the goal of $100 million. Read Complete Story.
	Marshall Campaign Reaches More Than $55 Million Marshall University's Campaign for National Prominence has reached a total of more than $55 million, according to Dr. H. Keith Spears, Marshall Vice President for Institutional Advancement and one of the co-directors of the campaign. One of the most recent pledges was from the Sarah and Pauline Maier Foundation, in the amount of $500,000 toward the Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center. Read Complete Story.
	Marshall Leaders Hit Campaign Trail President Dan Angel, Coach Bob Pruett and several other members of Marshall University's management team will travel in support of the university's Campaign for National Prominence during the month of June. Read Complete Story.

	Verizon Announces $100,000 Commitment to Expand Distance Learning Verizon West Virginia President Gale Given visited Marshall University to announce the company is committing $100,000 to the June Harless Center for Rural Education Research and Development at Marshall to expand distance education into rural schools in southern West Virginia. Read Complete Story.

	Marshall Campaign More Than Halfway to Goal Marshall University’s Campaign for National Prominence, the fundraising effort which began its public phase in September 2002, has exceeded the halfway point, according to H. Keith Spears, Marshall’s Vice President for Institutional Advancement and one of the campaign directors. Read Complete Story.

	Fifth Third Makes $100,000 Grant to Marshall University Grant Will Establish Distinguished Lectureship Series for Women’s Studies Program Marshall University is pleased to announce that its Women’s Studies program will launch a Distinguished Lectureship series next spring thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Fund, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee. Read Complete Story.

	Hedricks Join Pathway of Prominence Charles B. Hedrick and his wife, Mary Jo Locke Hedrick, of Cincinnati, have presented Marshall University with a significant gift that qualifies them as the 10th member of the Pathway of Prominence. Read Complete Story.

	Edwards Gift Enables Comprehensive Cancer Center A comprehensive cancer center for Huntington has moved years closer to reality with the creation of the Edwards Foundation. The foundation was formalized during a ceremony at the Marshall University Medical Center, when Joan C. Edwards signed an agreement making more than $28 million immediately available for development and construction of the Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center. With her signature, she also made an irrevocable gift of an additional $16 million for future use. Read Complete Story.

	Marshall Kicks Off Campaign for National Prominence Marshall University kicked off the public phase of its Campaign for National Prominence Saturday by announcing its most ambitious fund-raising goal ever -- $100 million in private donations by Dec. 31, 2005. Read Complete Story.

Four couples join Marshall University Pathway of Prominence

Fifth Third Makes $100,000 Grant to Marshall University Grant Will Establish Distinguished Lectureship Series for Women’s Studies Program

Fifth Third Makes $100,000
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Grant Will Establish Distinguished Lectureship Series for Women’s Studies Program