President Gilbert gave the Robert C. Byrd Lecture on Civic Responsibility in September.
President Gilbert presents Emily Kinner with her sash after she was named Miss Marshall at the Homecoming game in October.
President Gilbert and Dr. Eunice Bellinger, president of BridgeValley Community and Technical College, signed agreements initiating cooperation to offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Regents Bachelor of Arts degree.
Athletic Director Mike Hamrick, Head Football Coach Doc Holliday, President Gilbert and Student Body President Matt Jarvis participated in the annual memorial service for the victims of the 1970 plane crash.
President Gilbert was joined by School of Medicine Dean Dr. Joseph Shapiro, Huntington Mayor Steve Williams, former Dean Dr. Charles McKown Jr. and Vice President for Research Dr. John Maher as Williams declared Monday, Jan. 29, as “Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Day” to kick off the school’s 40th anniversary year.
President Gilbert reacts to the Herd’s defeat of Wichita State in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. This was the team’s first appearance in the tournament in over 30 years.