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Dr. Piyali Dasgupta Takes on Lung Cancer See page 39 for ALUMNI NEWS and more Summer 2013 www.marshall.edu Marshall President Stephen Kopp Chief of Staff Matt Turner Executive Editor Susan Tams Director of Communications Marshallmagazine Dave Wellman The official magazine of Marshall University Publisher Summer 2013 Jack Houvouras Managing Editor Anna Lafferre features Art Director Jenette Williams 7 Marshall builds its global profile to bring more Senior Graphic Designer international students to campus. Crista Bjornson Contributing Photographers 16 MU aims to preserve the bond between the Rick Haye, Rick Lee, university and its alumni. Liu Yang 18 Dr. Piyali Dasgupta conducts innovative Contributing Writers research on lung cancer. Jack Houvouras, Cory Jackson, Dawn Nolan, Keith Morehouse, Katherine Pyles, Carter Seaton 24 Smith Music Hall is alive with the sound of world-class music education. Alumni Editor Pat Dickson 30 Conference USA realignment brings games Editorial Advisory Board closer to home. William “Tootie” Carter, Maurice Cooley, Jeff O’Malley, Ginny Painter, Rudy Pauley, 34 The inaugural class of the School of Physical Therapy Leah Payne, Susan Tams, completes its first year. 22 Ralph J. Turner 38 MU streamlines its academic college structure. Marshall Magazine is distributed three times a year by: Marshall University One John Marshall Drive Huntington, WV 25755 ADVERTISERS’ CONTACT: departments HQ Publishing Co. P.O. Box 384 2 PRESIDENT Huntington, WV 25708 304-529-6158 [email protected] For subscription information contact: MU Office of Alumni Relations at everGreen 304-696-2901 YOUR ALUMNI CONNECTION Comments or suggestions should be 39 BERNARD “BERNIE” COSTON addressed to: [email protected] 42 ALUMNI AWARDS 46 CLASS NOTES Designed & Published by: 47 IN MEMORIAM 48 SPOTLIGHT 50 MARSHALL MEMORIES 52 MU DAY AT THE CAPITOL HQ Publishing Co. P.O. Box 384 Huntington, W.Va. 304-529-6158 www.hqpub.com Marshall opens its international recruitment network to 75 countries and hopes on the cover to enroll 100-200 new international students in the next two years. © 2013 by Marshall University president Spring 2013 with President Kopp President and Mrs. Kopp welcome a participant in the INTO Marshall familiarization visit to the Huntington campus in February. President Kopp confers the honorary doctoral degree on James C. Smith, president of Thomson Reuters and a Marshall alumnus, at commencement May 11. President Kopp congratulates Maurice Cooley for 10 years of service as director of the Center for African American Students’ Programs at the Service Awards brunch May 31. President Kopp congratulates Dr. Kateryna Schray, pro- President and Mrs. Kopp were honored with a Community Leadership Award by Leadership Tristate, fessor of English, who received the Hedrick Outstanding presented by Tyson Compton, president of the Cabell Huntington Convention and Visitors Bureau. 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European Operations East Central Africa Zug, Switzerland www.permco.com Nairobi, Kenya 4 SUMMER 2013 cover story 6 SUMMER 2013 By Jack Houvouras Photos by Rick Haye Bringing th e WORLD to Marsh all As one of only four universities in America participating in an innovative partnership, Marshall plans to build its global profile and bring more international students to Huntington. he past 12 months may well be remembered as one of the most progressive chapters in Marshall’s 175-year history. In that time the institution has seen rapid growth of its facilities and a bevy of T academic accolades. On the construction front, work is under way on a state-of-the-art Applied Engineering Complex; a new soccer complex and additional skyboxes at the Joan C. Edwards stadium are nearing completion; and the university’s presence is even being felt in downtown Huntington as the six-story former Stone & Thomas department store is being transformed into a Visual Arts Center. Academically, the Forensic Science Master’s program was selected #1 in the U.S. by the American Board of Criminalistics; U.S. News & World Report ranked Marshall #16 among the Top Public Regional Universities in the South; and the school’s newly formed School of Pharmacy and School of Physical Therapy are up and running, with more students applying to each. SUMMER 2013 7 Marshall offers a small-town, family- “like experience that has proven very welcoming to international students, Most recently Marshall signed a long-term agreement “Marshall offers a small-town, family-like “experi- with INTO University Partnerships that will build ence that has proven very welcoming to international the institution’s global profile and increase interna- students,” Colin said. “We will build on the strengths tional student enrollment at the university. In doing so of Marshall’s existing programs and increase access for Marshall becomes one of only four schools in America international students who want to pursue their higher currently participating in the innovative program. education goals. We have experienced exceptional The others are Oregon State, Colorado State and the student performance at our three existing U.S. partner University of South Florida. universities, and we look forward to ‘INTO Marshall’ INTO is a private company that forms joint part- enjoying similar successes in the coming years.” nerships with leading universities around the world INTO will use its extensive global recruitment net- to expand opportunities for higher education. work across 75 countries to help enroll at least 200 addi- International students benefit from university-designed tional students in the INTO Marshall program from key programs and university-led teaching while enjoying full international markets. The first intake of international access to campus facilities, resources and services. Since students will be in August. This added enrollment will 2006, the company has successfully launched partner- diversify the student body at Marshall while helping to ships with 17 universities in the United Kingdom, sustain the university’s growth and advance the institu- United States and Asia. tion’s ambitious goals for comprehensive internation- Marshall and INTO have been developing the alization. INTO University Partnerships is a member partnership for the past two years to build on the uni- of the American International Recruitment Council, versity’s growing international reputation and to bring which requires its members to adhere to stringent qual- greater awareness of global cultures to the Huntington ity assurance practices for recruitment. campus. The agreement, signed during a special ceremo- “Before it contracted with INTO in 2009, Oregon ny on Nov. 15, 2012, was a defining point in Marshall’s State University had 434 international students. commitment to offer its students the most diverse col- Four years later it has over 1,000,” noted Dr. Joesph lege experience possible. Wyatt, professor of psychology and chair of the MU “Today we celebrate the start of an innovative Internationalization Committee. “The University of program that truly will internationalize Marshall South Florida’s numbers grew from 442 to 636 in its University and our greater Huntington community,” first year alone.” noted President Stephen J. Kopp. “Our plan is very Selling Marshall to international students won’t progressive and, in many ways, pioneering, because of be hard. Marketing materials already laud the uni- its potential global influence on our students, our uni- versity’s award-winning faculty, numerous academic versity and our state.” programs and state-of-the-art facilities. In addition, the At the signing ceremony Andrew Colin, chairman of university is promoting campus life including hous- INTO University Partnerships, explained why Marshall ing, student government, co-curricular activities and, was selected. of course, Thundering Herd sports. Then there are 8 SUMMER 2013 The annual international