Institution name

Marshall University

Total number of students

13779

Contact address for international enquiries

One John Marshall Drive
HUNTINGTON 25755

Telephone

+1 304 696 6265

EFL telephone number

+1 304 696 3170

EFL email address

EFL email

EFL website address

EFL website

Venue / office name

Marshall University

Address

One John Marshall Drive
HUNTINGTON
West Virginia
25755

Venue description

Marshall University is named after John Marshall; the great Chief Justice of the United States, Marshall Academy was established in 1837. Marshall became a university in 1961 and has since grown tremendously, particularly in the 1990's which saw the construction of the state-of-the-art Drinko Library, Jomie Jazz center and the addition of the Graduate College. Marshall University is a multi-campus public university providing innovative undergraduate and graduate education that contributes to the development of society and the individual. The University actively facilitates learning through the preservation, discovery, synthesis, and dissemination of knowledge. The Marshall University will provide services and resources to promote student learning, retention, and academic success; foster faculty, staff, and student outreach through service activities; provide a safe and secure employee work environment; make instruction available throughout Marshall’s service area using all appropriate modes of delivery; enhance the quality of health care in the region; promote economic development through research, collaboration, and technological innovations; educate a citizenry capable of living and working effectively in a global environment; support and strengthen the faculty, staff, student, and administrative governance structures in order to promote shared governance of the institution; further the intellectual, artistic, and cultural life of the community and region; and adhere to the Marshall University Creed and to the Statement of Ethics.

Telephone number

+1 304 696 3170

Is accommodation available at this venue?

Yes

Accommodation details

The Department of Residence Services provides on campus housing for students with the options of ten residential halls and off campus apartments. Living on campus has many advantages. Marshall requires freshmen and sophomores who live outside the 50-mile commuting range to live in campus residence halls. The residence halls not only want to make safe and fun, but convenient too. They equip the hall and the rooms with newspapers, cable television, fun, free activities on their floor, late-night snacks, unlimited meals, wireless internet in lobbies, free internet connections in rooms, 24 hour, on-call maintenance, security, fitness center and special cell phone offers for Marshall university students. Freshman students will be assigned to live in the first year student residence halls with the amenities like study and community lounges; fully furnished bedroom, semi-private bathroom shared with one roommate, desk and desk chair, dresser, laundry facilities, vending machines (beverage and snack), high-speed internet and cable television. Meal Plans are mandatory for all students living on campus. The meal plan options are unlimited meal plan (required of all freshman), 15-meal per week plan and 10-meal per week plan. Marshall University is pleased to offer apartment living for non-traditional, upper-class, and graduate students at University Heights. The apartment complex is conveniently located approximately four miles from the main campus, close to shopping, restaurants, the bus line, and schools. The two and three-story apartment buildings are located in a beautiful suburban area of Huntington complemented by the natural rolling hills, trees, and flowers of West Virginia. All apartments are furnished including beds, dressers, electric ranges, ovens, refrigerators, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, and built-in cabinetry. Furnishings and window coverings vary by apartment.