FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016 | VOL. 119 NO. 113 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com | SINGLE COPY FREE
INSIDE: Hurley appointed executive director of INTO: Marshall
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INTO: Marshall director Stephanie Hurley poses for a photograph inside the INTO Center on Marshall University’s Huntington campus on Thursday. By KARIMA NEGHMOUCHE
THE PARTHENON Marshall University alumna Stephanie Hurley has been selected as the Executive Director of INTO: Marshall. Her role as the Executive Director will be to bring new leadership to the INTO Center. “INTO Marshall is a joint venture between Marshall University and INTO University Partnerships. I supervise the staff and work with our INTO North America, INTO University Partnerships, and Marshall University constituents to ensure that partnership is going well,” Hurley said. Hurley described a typical day in her new position, saying it would include many conversations with students, staff, faculty and campus partners. Hurley said she communicated information up the chain to key stakeholders, and to the staff in the center, and that she ensures
that day-to-day operations are running smoothly and engage in future planning efforts in the center. Hurley is from Portsmouth, Ohio, but attended Marshall University in 2003 with her undergraduate studies. After receiving her undergrad from Marshall in 2007, she stayed on to graduate with her master’s degree in psychology. She is currently enrolled in the Ed.D. program in education leadership. She’s no stranger to the INTO: Marshall Center, having served as the Director of Student Experience for INTO: Marshall prior to her director position. Her previous position helped her transition well into her new role and that the move into this position felt like a natural shift, she said. “I have a love for Marshall University and am always seeking ways for us to grow.
The INTO program allows for us to recruit, support, and enroll many more international students at the university. Enhancing the diversity in the classroom enriches the learning experiences for all present,” Hurley said. “I am interested in fostering our continued growth at the center; growth measured in larger enrollments, but also in enhanced and perfected services and support for international students studying the English language.” Hurley said she is hoping to refine the future of INTO: Marshall in the coming years and that she can see INTO playing a large role in the growth and development of the entire university. “We have the opportunity to bring the best and the brightest students from the world to Marshall University,” Hurley said. Hurley said although she
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has traveled internationally, she is much more eager to do so with her new role. Working with her international students has changed her perception of American society, she said. “It is wonderful to experience your own culture through the eyes of another. When I work with the students in our center, I love to see them experience things for the first time,” Hurley said. “One of my favorite days of the year is each time it snows. You will see students running outside the center to catch snowflakes on their hands and tongues. It is these little things that I sometimes take for granted.” Hurley said she has one regret from her undergrad experience— not traveling abroad. “My students are my heroes. I was never brave enough to study abroad. These students leave everything they know
behind them and come to a new place, often without a mastery of the English language. Studying abroad can be scary,” Hurley said. “Where will I live? Where can I shop? Where can I find foods that I like to eat or that fit my dietary restrictions? How do I get to campus when I arrive at the airport? How will I know what classes to pick up or what teachers to work with? What about insurance, healthcare, jobs, internships, textbooks and immigration paperwork? Will I fit in? Will I make friends?” Hurley and the Marshall INTO Center are here to assist students in answering all of their questions and addressing all of their issues, and aiming to ensure that students who are arriving INTO Marshall are given a soft place to land in the United States Karima Neghmouche can be contacted at neghmouche2@marshall.edu.
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Michaelis said the second series has received an overwhelming amount of support and interest in attendance. “[The first series] was such a beautifully organized event and there were so many people and donations,” Michaelis said. “I was very proud to see members of the Huntington community come out to support our neighbors, families and friends.” Michaelis said she and her friends donated items for the first concert and hoped to volunteer one-on-one in the weeks to come. “I’m just incredibly happy the community has come together to put on not one but two huge events,” Michaelis said. “I’m very proud to say the least.” Donations will be collected on site by partnering group New Heights Baptist Church. Suggested donations include non-perishable food items, bottled water, first aid kits, cleaning supplies, pet care and toiletries. Lexi Browning can be contacted at browning168@ marshall.edu.
Local bands unite for flood relief concert
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Lead Qiet vocalist Christopher Vincent performs Tuesday, June 28 at The V-Club in Huntington as part of the first flood relief benefit concert. The second concert series will take place July 12 at Heritage Station. page designed and edited by LEXI BROWNING | browning168@marshall.edu
THE PARTHENON Twelve local bands will assemble Tuesday, July 12 to host a second West Virginia Flood Relief Benefit concert in Heritage Station from 6p.m. to 12 a.m. Performing bands include The Settlment, Dub V Funk, Friendly Fire and The Shadowmaker Band. Side stage acts will inclue Kayla Massie, Nerf, Jeremy Walters and others. “Joe Troubetaris and Keebie Gilkerson began planning for this second event during the first one, after its massive success,” said Arika Michaelis, lead female vocalist and public relations manager of The Settlement. “By the end of the first event, they already had all the bands lined up for this one. It’s just wonderful to see the music community and Huntington working together for the benefit of our beautiful state.” Within hours of releasing the specifics of the second installment in the series, the event had been shared more than fifty times on Facebook.