News in brief – 3/1/11

Published 10:26 am Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Marshall University turns 50 this week

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall University is marking the 50th anniversary of its transformation from a college to a university.

Gov. William Wallace Barron signed a bill on March 2, 1961, that set the tone for Marshall’s growth.

The Herald-Dispatch reports that while the city’s population has declined by 42 percent since then, Marshall’s enrollment has tripled from 4,053 to 14,196 during the fall 2010 semester.

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Marshall’s three colleges and a graduate school offered just 12 degrees in 1961. Since then Marshall has produced 13 colleges, two associate, 44 baccalaureate and 46 graduate programs.

The number of faculty has tripled over the past half century and Marshall’s employee payroll of 2,000 makes it the fourth largest employer in Huntington.

BCPL Friends seek book donations

ASHLAND, Ky. — Boyd County Public Library Friends is seeking donations of new or gently used books for a spring book sale.

Books can be dropped off at the Main Branch, 1740 Central Ave., or at the Kyova Mall – where the sale will take place in mid-April. All funds raised from the sale will help fund library programs and services.

BCPL Friends volunteers will accept donations at the Kyova Mall (in one of the spaces near the food court/main entrance) on the following Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: March 12 and 26; and April 9.

The book sale will be Saturday, April 15, at the Kyova Mall – where the library is opening a new branch May 1. If there are enough materials remaining, the sale will continue Sunday, April 16.

New members are always welcome to join BCPL Friends. An individual membership costs only $10. Membership applications are available at any of the library branches, including the Internet branch, www.thebookplace.org, or by visiting the BCPL Friends page on Facebook.

To find out more, call Friends President Traci Nolen at (606) 369-3810.

HSO focused on education

Huntington, W.V. — As part of the EFFORT (Education for Future Orchestra Related Tradition) Program of the Huntington Symphony Orchestra, the Lincoln Brass will be performing an educational concert Friday at 9 and 10:15 a.m. at Barboursville Elementary plus a 1 p.m. performance at Culloden.

The HSO educational program is conducted through several in-school performances, which are very hands on programs for all fourth grade students of Cabell and Wayne counties.

The HSO and the combined Marshall University Choruses will present ‘Carnival! Celebrate Life, Love, Fate!” March 12. More than 225 vocalists and the orchestra will perform Carmina Burana. Door open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $18-$35 and are available at www.huntingtonsymphony.org.