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Marshall University Marshall Digital Scholar Marshall Magazine Marshall Publications Summer 2007 Marshall Magazine Summer 2007 Marshall University Follow this and additional works at: http://mds.marshall.edu/marshall_magazine Recommended Citation Marshall University, "Marshall Magazine Summer 2007" (2007). Marshall Magazine. Book 11. http://mds.marshall.edu/marshall_magazine/11 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Marshall Publications at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Marshall Magazine by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Herd’s student-athletes making the grade Research at the university is paying dividends Some of the key players: Sen. Robert C. Byrd, Rep. Nick J. Rahall II, President Stephen Kopp , Dr. Mike Norton and Dr. Richard Begley. SEE PAGE 34 FOR ALUMNI WEEKEND NEWS AND MORE Summer 2007 www.marshall.edu arshall Marshall M President magazine Stephen Kopp Chief of Staff and Senior VP for Communications Bill Bissett Executive Editor up front Susan Tams 20 Director of Communications Dave Wellman Marshall is quickly becoming a first-class Alumni Editor 4 center for innovative research with help Jenny Drastura from a diverse mix of resources. Publisher Jack Houvouras As the doors of Hodges Hall close for 10 good, plans are being made for two new Managing Editor residence halls and a recreation center. Molly Holstein Dr. Jean Edward Smith, MU Political Art Directors 16 Science professor, is gaining even more Rachel Ferris, Megan Smith recognition with his latest biography, FDR . Photography Editor Being a student comes first to Marshall’s David E. Fattaleh 20 student-athletes, but they have what it takes to succeed both on and off the field. Contributing Photographers David E. Fattaleh, Rick Haye, Rick Lee Marshall alumna and partner with 26 Somerville & Co., Susan K. Richardson, Contributing Writers continues to support her alma mater. James E. Casto, Jessica G. Farner, Sandy Savage, Tim Stephens Although most students are out for the 28 summer, Summer Programs at Marshall Editorial Advisory Board are keeping the campus alive and exciting. departments Randy Burnside, Jenny Drastura, Frances Hensley, Beverly McCoy, PRESIDENT Michael Newsome, Fran Simone, 2 Susan Tams, Ralph J. Turner, WHAT’S NEWS? Lance West, Janis Winkfield 3 Marshall Magazine is ever distributed three times a year by: Marshall University One John Marshall Drive Huntington, WV 25755 YOUR ALUMGGNI RRCONEENEECNTN ION ADVERTISERS CONTACT: MESSAGES FROM SHARON PORTER & TISH LITTLEHALES 34 H.Q. Publishing Co. P.O. Box 384 NEW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD 35 Huntington, WV 25708 2007 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARD WINNERS (304) 529-6158 36 [email protected] STUDENT PROFILE: BENJAMIN SANDY 38 For subscription information contact: SPOTLIGHT: MU ALUMS LIVING ABROAD MU Office of Alumni Relations at 40 (304) 696-2901. MILESTONES 44 Comments or suggestions should MARSHALL MEMORIES 48 be addressed to: [email protected] Research at Marshall is supported by elected © 2007 by Marshall University officials, university leadership, innovative minds and modern facilities. Photography by David E. Fattaleh, Rick Haye and Rick Lee. president Fulfilling the promise of a better future As you read this edition of Marshall teacher education and advancing Magazine , I ask you to reflect on the student access to high quality math and future of Marshall University and the science instruction. We are launch - recent progress that has been made. ing new commercial enterprises that Presently, an attitude of transcendent hold considerable promise both for the change and action-oriented leadership future of Marshall University as well as dedicated to getting the job done and the economic development of our done well motivates what we are doing city, state and region. And, we are and accomplishing. We have entered experiencing the manifestation of a high-energy era accentuated by the athletic programs that are leaders in quest to actualize the full potential of our Conference USA in terms of both outstanding university and its people. academic prowess and athletic venue As a result, we are witnessing competitiveness. inventions and research-based discov - With the established successes, we are PRESIDENT eries and breakthroughs in science, clear in our resolve that contemporary STEPHEN KOPP biomedicine, forensic science and higher education at Marshall University intelligent transportation system must bring about more multifaceted and designs that are opening gateways to foundational outcomes for life and career are good, how do we become better, and new knowledge-based industries. We in the 21st Century. We continue to as we become better, how do we become are boldly forging a novel public-private accomplish more with much less, as we the best through ingenuity, resolve and partnership to finance, construct and have always done while holding hard work? manage new facilities integral to ourselves to a higher standard that In the end, it is these attributes that enhancing the quality of student life. represents an unyielding commitment define what is possible. The solutions to We are reinstituting engineering to quality and excellence. To a person, the problems that lie before us can be programs that are dedicated to preparing we take considerable pride in how well found within us. We simply need to open graduates for the workplace of we perform and what we accomplish, our minds to the possibilities and then tomorrow. We are pioneering new despite resource limitations. That is let them in. Inspiring others to believe international collaborations that are simply the nature of the challenge. and resolve to making the seemingly opening new educational and research Regardless, we simply must remain impossible possible is the essence of our opportunities for faculty and students. committed to improving and to the mission. Hidden therein is the path to We are emerging as a regional, mindset that as best practices evolve, fulfilling the promise of a better future. residential university that students will we as a learning organization must Together we can turn possibilities into regard as their preferred destination for evolve with them by examining what realities. Each of us in our own way higher learning because of the distinc - we are doing, how effectively we are possesses the means to make such a dif - tive and life-changing opportunities doing it and how the results compare to ference in the future of Marshall provided to learn, grow and discover the best. This approach simply but University. I hope you will consider and the future. We are developing bold new powerfully urges consideration of commit to the difference you are approaches to improving the quality of results in the following context: if we motivated to make. 2 SUMMER 2007 Highly Anticipated WVU-Marshall Showdown Set for Sept. 8 It might be one of the most highly anticipated dates in the history of Marshall University athletics: Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007. Early that day, kicking off at the unusual starting time of 11:10 a.m. after some tailgating that likely will feature some bacon and eggs on a menu or two, Marshall’s Thundering Herd football team takes on West Virginia University at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in the Friends of Coal Bowl. It will be WVU’s first visit to Huntington for a football game with Marshall since 1915. The game is the second in a seven-game series, which began last year in Morgantown with the Mountaineers winning, 42-10. Marshall is winless against WVU in football in six tries, but will have home-field advantage on its side this time around. The Thundering Herd’s home record since the stadium opened in 1991 is 109-11, a phenomenal .908 winning percentage. A school-record home crowd of more than 38,000 is expected for the game, which will be televised live nationally on ESPN2. Home-field advantage for the Oct. 3, 2009 Marshall- WVU game will be on the minds of both teams when they square off. According to the contract, the team that Marshall is looking to avenge last year’s loss to WVU. wins two of the first three games in the series will be the home team in 2009. A West Virginia victory in September gives it that home game, while a Marshall win means a 1-1 tie in the series heading into next year’s game, slated for Sept. 13, 2008 in Morgantown. Marshall season tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by calling 1-800-THE-HERD. Marshall already has surpassed its season ticket record. West Virginia is coming off an outstanding season in which it posted an 11-2 record and defeated Georgia Tech, 38-35, in the Toyota Gator Bowl. Running back Steve Slaton, who rushed for 1,744 yards last year, and quarterback Patrick White, who ran for 1,219 yards, both return this fall for the Mountaineers. Marshall was 5-7 last year. The Thundering Herd returns senior quarterback Bernie Morris, who last fall passed for 1,346 yards and ran for 324, and sophomore tight end Cody Slate, who led Marshall in receptions his freshman year with 43 for 684 yards. Marshall opens the regular season Saturday, Sept. 1 at Miami (Fla.) Both teams will be vying for the Friends of Coal Bowl trophy. SUMMER 2007 3 Research is Pa y Article by Jessica G. Farner Photography by Rick Haye and Rick Lee A diverse mix of resources including funding, leadership, innovative ideas and first-class facilities are already transforming Marshall’s campus into a center of groundbreaking research. Marshall University President Stephen J. Kopp was Innovations of Roanoke, Va., is marketing and presented with a framed dollar bill Feb. 21, as Marshall distributing the product. received its first-ever payment resulting from the “We are celebrating the opening of a new chapter in university’s effort to spur economic growth through the the continuing evolution of Marshall,” Kopp said.