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Impact of Giving
At Marshall University, we change lives, forge new paths and transform the world around us. We do this not alone, but through the purposeful generosity of others. Below are some quick facts to show how YOU are impacting the lives of students at Marshall University through giving!
Marshall Foundation Quick Stats
$6.4M
Awarded annually in scholarships at Marshall
2,700+
Privately funded scholarships at Marshall
$176,828,073
Raised during historic Marshall Rises campaign
$100M
Awarded in student aid each year
$176,660
Raised for Marshall in 30 hours during Day of Giving 2024
50,000+
Contributed to support the mission of Marshall University since 2016
110,000+
Living Marshall alumni
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Find Your Herd, Find Your Home!
Alumni chapters are a vital cog in the wheel of success at Marshall University. Each alumni chapter provides its members with the means to stay connected to Marshall, while offering unique events and opportunities to give back to the university.
Alumni chapters are about supporting the goals and objectives of Marshall University, representing Marshall in a positive light in your community, spreading the good news of Marshall to students in your area and fostering a strong bond between alumni and your chapter.
Stories of Impact
Marshall University alumnus Jim Smith and wife Pam Kushmerick gift additional $2 million to support second co-hort of Marshall For All students
Marshall University has announced a gift of $2 million from alumnus and current Board of Governors member Jim Smith and his wife Pam Kushmerick to support the second co-hort of Marshall For All students for the fall of 2024.
Smith and Kushmerick donated $2 million in March of 2023 to help fund the inaugural co-hort of Marshall For All students in the fall of 2023.
The gift was announced during Marshall’s Board of Governors meeting on June 12. President Brad D. Smith said gifts such as these are essential to the success of Marshall For All.
Stories of Impact
Day of Giving raises over $170,000 for Marshall
Marshall University announced the success of its Day of Giving: 1837 Minutes for Marshall with $176,660.47 raised in support of various university initiatives.
Marshall’s Day of Giving, which occurred April 24-25, serves as an opportunity for the Marshall family to unite and make a difference for the university’s students and the future of the institution. This year, Day of Giving spotlighted “1837 Minutes for Marshall,” which was a nod to the university’s founding year. Over the course of 30 hours, faculty, staff alumni and supporters were encouraged to participate and contribute.
Stories of Impact
The Gratitude in Giving Back
For the second year in a row, the Marshall University Foundation surprised Marshall University employees with balloons, certificates and an entourage of special guests to thank them for their years of giving to the Foundation.
The surprises were part of the Foundation’s Gratitude Week, a newly revamped spin on what was previously Thank A Donor Days. Though the name may have changed, the premise is the same – to express gratitude to those who make the Foundation’s mission possible by helping students, faculty and staff, and advancing the goals of the university.
Stories of Impact
Why give to Marshall?
We’ve always been a university with a mission: to bring sweeping change to higher education and to create economic, societal and intellectual prosperity in West Virginia and beyond. Your gifts lead us forward in solving the grand challenges of our complicated world.
Marshall University is transforming the student learning experience; building innovative, collaborative and entrepreneurial faculty; and harnessing the power of local and global partnerships – to drive cutting-edge research, find solutions that make the world better, help launch new companies and revitalize industries.