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Senate Uproar

Impeachment talk ends Faculty Senate meeting

Ten Marshall University faculty members have signed a letter calling for the impeachment of Cam Brammer, chair of Faculty Senate, saying she has not done enough to investigate claims of grade changing within the College of Education and Human Services. Full story

SMU

Gameday: SMU in '09: A different kind of Pony

“June Jones is giving up the paradise of Hawaii for the daunting task of trying to restore SMU to football respectability.”

-Associated Press, Jan. 7, 2008.

He heard he was wrong. He heard he was crazy. But two years later, the only thing he hears is praise.

 

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The other white house

The other white house

The city of Huntington has a white house that is also home to a president.

While the address 1040 13th Ave. may not be as well known as 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., the house has been serving as home to Marshall University presidents since 1972.

TOMS shoes

Helping others walk a mile in their shoes

With the holidays around the corner, many students have gotten a jumpstart on giving to others by buying a new pair of TOMS shoes.

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Kopp, alumni silent on grade change controversy

Marshall University President Stephen J. Kopp remains silent about the violation of university policy regarding grade changes.

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Faculty Senate Executive Committee votes to investigate grade change

The Faculty Senate Executive Committee received a petition of 42 faculty names Monday and unanimously voted to investigate the grade change controversy.

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FBI subpoenas professor

The FBI has subpoenaed a Marshall University professor to testify before the grand jury about the grade change scandal involving a state elected official’s daughter.

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Education department dean remains interim chair

Marshall University Provost Gayle Ormiston is reorganizing the School of Human Development and Allied Technology after forcing former chairwoman Laura Wyant to resign.

Wyant, a professor in the College of Education and Human Services, was asked to resign after she was told to assign two incompletes to an elected state official’s daughter.

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University violates Greenbook policy

BY STACI STANDIFORD

A Marshall University instructor changed a student’s grades from incompletes to letter grades while another instructor was listed as the Instructor of Record, which is a violation of university policy. 

The student, Emily Perdue, is the daughter of West Virginia State Treasurer John Perdue, as confirmed by a spokesman for the state treasurer’s office.  She received two incompletes in independent study courses in spring 2009 from professor Laura Wyant. 

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FBI questions motive behind grade changes

BY STACI STANDIFORD

The FBI has contacted a Marshall University professor and expressed concern that she was asked to falsify grades for the daughter of an elected state official.  

The FBI called and asked for a meeting with professor Laura Wyant, the Instructor of Record for the courses in question, Wyant told The Parthenon in an exclusive interview.
Wyant did not reveal the name of the student.

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