The four new pathways will lead students into the university’s Lean Systems Engineering Technology bachelor degree program.

The new Diagnostic Medical Sonography will provide students with an Associate of Applied Science degree in General Sonography.

The new scholarship was established by alumnus Dr. Ron Lykins and his wife to provide a full-tuition scholarship to a first-year student from Adams County, Ohio. 

The partnership will focus on re-engaging nontraditional students who left the university before completing a degree, setting them back on the path to graduation.

The university will utilize the grant funding to determine how it can best make use of artificial intelligence in the future.

The new STEM Education Center will serve as a hub for STEM education and instruction throughout the state, as well as a pipeline for future STEM teachers.

The Outstanding Teacher Award has been endowed and formally named by alumni H. Lee Cooper III ’88 and Ann S. Cooper ’59 and will support the university’s commitment to its faculty.

The partnership will see Marshall University helping Soma Lab Inc to develop the SimCare AI platform for use in counseling, which the university will then pilot.

The two new scholarships will support female students pursuing aviation and military veterans.

The funding, which totals $1.8 million, will support the college’s new four-year AI Readiness & Capacity Initiative.