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.

The new short-term training program will prepare individuals for entry-level manufacturing careers.

The donation comes from the Marion County Quick Response Team and will provide a safe and supportive environment for the campus community.

The grant will support the college’s initiative called COMPASS: Community College Operational Model for Promoting AI Student Success.