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Marshall University athletic training student, Bethany Beuhring of Williamstown, WV, has received the 2016 National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Foundation Scholarship. She will be recognized during the Pinky Newell Scholarship and Leadership Breakfast at the NATA Convention in Baltimore Saturday, June 25. Learn more here.

Marshall University has been identified as one of the best value colleges for online registered nursing degree programs in a recent ranking by College Values Online, coming in at number 20. Learn more here.

May is Better Hearing and Speech Month and for the remainder  of the month, the Speech and Hearing Center is offering free speech, language and hearing screenings for children, as well as hearing and cognitive screenings for adults. Learn more here.

The The Marshall University Foundation, Inc. received a $25,000 gift in April from laboratory Corporation of America, which has been designated for the program fund of our Department of Clinical Laboratory Science. Learn more here.

Nearly 40 Doctor of Physical Therapy students were presented white coats during the Marshall University School of Physical Therapy’s 4th annual White Coat Ceremony, Friday, April 29, at the St. Mary’s Center for Education. Learn more here.

Dan Garrett, a 1972 alumnus of Marshall University’s Department of Communications Disorders, and wife, Jo Ann, today presented a $101,000 ceremonial check to the Marshall University Foundation, Inc., to establish a scholarship and program fund to benefit Communications Disorders. Read more here.

The Marshall University Department of Social Work will host a documentary film screening Thursday, April 28, about the life of George Rashid, a young Lebanese/Syrian man who traveled to America in 1901 and was ostracized for the lesions on his skin. Learn more here.

The 9thth annual Scottish Rite Spring Dinner will be held at 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 19, at the Don Morris Room in the Marshall University Memorial Student Center. Learn more here.

“Since August 2014, the Center for Wellness in the Arts (CWA) has given performing arts students the chance to work with certified athletic trainers and health science experts to prevent injury from occurring during performances,” Perrone said. “The CWA has continued to provide specialized rehabilitative care and injury prevention to our student musicians, vocalists, dancers

Marshall University is setting the standard for promoting physical activity on college campuses in West Virginia. The university earned gold-level recognition in the Exercise is Medicine on Campus program, a U.S.-based health initiative through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). In 2016, the ACSM will recognize over 50 colleges and universities around the world