Supporting new aviation maintenance program
Staff Report
William Smith, Delta Air Line’s director of learning and development for Technical Operations, announces that the air carrier will provide educational support for the Aviation Maintenance Technology (AMT) program being launched by Marshall University and Mountwest Community & Technical College with support from the Robert C. Byrd Institute. Smith spoke March 26 during groundbreaking for the AMT program at Huntington Tri-State Airport. (RCBI | Courtesy)
Delta Air Lines Technical Operations has announced that it will designate the new Marshall University/Mountwest Community & Technical College Aviation Maintenance Technology (AMT) program as a partner educational institution.
The collaboration – the first of its kind in the region and first in West Virginia – will help ensure students receive a quality technical education as they prepare for the growing number of aviation industry jobs.
HUNTINGTON — Marshall University on Monday announced its spring 2021 commencement ceremony will be an in-person event on Saturday, May 1, at the Joan C. Edwards Stadium with pandemic health
HUNTINGTON â Marshall University Athletics saw an increase in student-athletes asking for counseling services as they navigate the demands of being a student and an athlete in the pandemic.
Marshall Athletic Director Mike Hamrick told the university Board of Governors athletic committee Thursday there have been more requests for mental health assistance than in all the 12 years heâs been athletic director.
âItâs because weâve basically, I hate to say it, tried to lock our student-athletes down,â Hamrick said. âWeâve told them, âIf you want to compete, youâve got to distance, wear masks.â They canât go to restaurants. They canât go to bars or parties. They canât socialize with their teammates in the regular way. For almost a year now â thatâs really tough on an 18- to 19-year-old kid away from home. You donât have a life outside of Marshall academics and athletics. That has created the anxiety and t
Marshall University President Jerome Gilbert testifies before state senators. (Will Price/West Virginia Legislative Photography)
Marshall University says President Jerome Gilbert was merely describing a timeline when he told senators that higher education leaders were asked to keep quiet about a Promise Scholarship funding shortfall until after last fall’s election.
Gilbert made the remark on Thursday while describing Marshall’s use of reserves to make up for a state funding gap. A pandemic-related cash crunch meant the state couldn’t pass along Promise funds for student scholars so Marshall and West Virginia universities made up the difference themselves.
The scholarship pays $4,750 in tuition and fees for qualifying West Virginia students to attend college. For many years, West Virginia families have described Promise as a lifeline to higher education.
Posters designed by local students are featured during an unveiling ceremony on Monday, February 1, 2021, inside the Charles W. and Norma C. Carroll Gallery at the Marshall University Visual Arts Center in downtown Huntington. The creators of the posters are, from left to right, Isabella Schrader of Chesapeake, Ohio, Huntington High freshman Chloe Masey, Barboursville Middle School student Milla Werthammer and Southside Elementary student Elynn Winters.
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