Coronavirus Updates News Archive

Thank you to everyone who completed the COVID-19 vaccine interest survey last week. We are aware the short turn-around for the requested information caused some employees to miss the opportunity to complete the survey. We were informed late last Thursday morning that higher education institutions would be receiving vaccines and were given only until Friday

University officials were notified this morning that higher education institutions in West Virginia will start receiving COVID-19 vaccines for faculty and staff as early as Dec. 27. We have been told to anticipate that we will receive regular, weekly supplies of the vaccine for the next several months. We believe there will be enough vaccine

For the spring 2021 semester, Marshall University will continue its COVID-19 surveillance testing program for students and employees, and will be switching its testing method on all campuses from nasal swabs to less invasive self-administered saliva-based tests. Detailed instructions for the saliva testing procedure are available on the university’s coronavirus website. Please note that following

Employees who traveled over the Thanksgiving holiday are reminded that free testing for COVID-19 is available on campus. Testing following travel and family gatherings can help detect infected individuals, including those who may have no symptoms, to keep them from infecting co-workers and to reduce the chances of further spreading the virus in our community.

As students and employees plan to travel next week for Thanksgiving, they may want to consider being tested for COVID-19 in advance. Advance testing can help protect family members and hometown communities, and reduces the chances of community spread of the virus. The university has permitted—and will continue to permit—free asymptomatic testing to walk-ups. If

Over the last two weeks, there has been a marked increase in incidences of COVID-19 among students at the Huntington campus. Although this jump in cases was not entirely unexpected given the infection rates in the surrounding community, university officials have been closely watching the situation. As indicated in the Oct. 5 notice to the

[Note:  Corrected 10/29/20 to clarify that the e-delivery fee will be temporarily reduced from $40 to $25 per credit hour.] Dear Marshall University community, I’m writing this message from the Huntington campus, where so far, we have had what I consider a remarkable fall semester. Given the challenges presented to us by the COVID-19 pandemic,

The university today published a robust and real-time COVID-19 dashboard, upgrading its original reporting tool to one that displays additional details and real-time data in an effort to keep students, employees and the surrounding community informed daily. The comprehensive report features the following data points and includes information from the Huntington and South Charleston campuses,