Outreach News Archive
West Virginia Alliance for STEM and the Arts partnered with Emmy nominated Director Katie Dellamaggiore of Rescued Media, and with our sponsors and partners around West Virginia, to bring their new program “Stories with STEAM – The Appalachian Circuit” featuring Small Town Universe to several communities in West Virginia. The event at Marshall took place
The night sky on Thursday was relatively clear for students from the Marshall University Astronomy Club (MUAC). They were able to set up a variety of their donated telescopes for club members and community members passing by to view the night sky (they set-up their Sky Watcher Dobsonian, Meade LX200, and Celestron C6). Mars and
Marshall University College of Science held the 11th annual West Virginia Science Olympiad Tournament on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Teams from around the state competed in STEM events during the day. Congratulations to all the winners and to Morgantown High School that won the overall competition! Morgantown High School will move on and participate in
Recently, undergraduate students from the Marshall University Astronomy Club (MUAC) and the Marshall University chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) visited kindergarten and second-grade classes at Our Lady of Fatima Parish School here in Huntington, WV. The students in the classes got the chance to observe terrestrial objects through a telescope and witness
Join Physics and the College of Science for High School Science Day on April 7th, 2025, from 10am to 1:30pm! This is a FREE event and lunch will be provided. RSVP your spot with Dr. Sean P. McBride (mcbrides@marshall.edu). Students will experience numerous exciting and engaging 10-minute STEM demonstrations, taste the phase changes of liquid
Two stellar events are being held this month at the Huntington Museum of Art! NASA Solar System Ambassador and Marshall University Grad Student Ellie White will be speaking and having a Q & A session afterwards about NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission and the search for life in the Solar System. Ellie’s talk will be followed
Sarah, our new Director of Stakeholder Engagement had a great time representing Marshall University College of Engineering and Computer Sciences and the College of Science at the Tri-State STEM+M college and career fair in South Point yesterday! It was inspiring to meet so many talented students eager to explore new paths in STEM. She is
Congratulations to Dr. Holly Cyphert and Dr. Sean McBride for being awarded funding from the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium to host NASA Day events. STEM Biology Summer Day Camp Dr. Holly Cyphert will run a one-day STEM immersion camp aimed at exposing area children from 4th to 8th grade to biology and related
Fourth and fifth grade students at Altizer Elementary in Huntington had a great time experiencing the portable planetarium with Dr. Sachiko McBride!
Thank you once again Huntington Middle School and Ms. Sowards for inviting Dr. McBride, advisor of the Society of Physics Students and Associate Professor in the Mathematics and Physics Department, along with his previous College Physics students Madison Corey and Haylea Castle, to help with this year’s pumpkin drop! Fun was had by all! Dr.