Marshall University President Brad D. Smith celebrates with the school’s Third Avenue Chorus in the House of Delegates chamber of the West Virginia Capitol on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. About 200 staff, faculty and students turned up in Charleston for Marshall Day, the annual celebration of all things Thundering Herd during the legislative regular session.
Gabi Cobb tries out a flight simulator with help from Mitchell Hainer, a junior in Marshall University’s Bill Noe Flight School, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in the West Virginia Capitol. Cobb, a Marshall graduate, is the director of philanthropy for the Marshall Foundation and Alumni Association. About 200 staff, faculty and students turned up in Charleston for Marshall Day, the annual celebration of all things Thundering Herd during the legislative regular session.
About 50 students, faculty, staff and alumni from Marshall University are shown Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in the House of Delegates chamber of the West Virginia Capitol.  About 200 staff, faculty and students turned up in Charleston for Marshall Day, the annual celebration of all things Thundering Herd during the legislative regular session.
From left: West Virginia state Delegate Daniel Linville, R-Cabell; Marshall President Brad D. Smith; and Delegate Matt Rohrbach, R-Cabell, are shown Tuesday, March 4, 2025, with a legislative citation that was read in the House of Delegates chamber of the Capitol. About 200 staff, faculty and students turned up in Charleston for Marshall Day, the annual celebration of all things Thundering Herd during the legislative regular session.
Calyb King (center) a senior medical student at Marshall University, talks about a CT scan on a virtual anatomy table on display Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at the West Virginia state Capitol. About 200 staff, faculty and students turned up in Charleston for Marshall Day, the annual celebration of all things Thundering Herd during the legislative regular session.
Marshall University President Brad D. Smith celebrates with the school’s Third Avenue Chorus in the House of Delegates chamber of the West Virginia Capitol on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. About 200 staff, faculty and students turned up in Charleston for Marshall Day, the annual celebration of all things Thundering Herd during the legislative regular session.
Gabi Cobb tries out a flight simulator with help from Mitchell Hainer, a junior in Marshall University’s Bill Noe Flight School, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in the West Virginia Capitol. Cobb, a Marshall graduate, is the director of philanthropy for the Marshall Foundation and Alumni Association. About 200 staff, faculty and students turned up in Charleston for Marshall Day, the annual celebration of all things Thundering Herd during the legislative regular session.
About 50 students, faculty, staff and alumni from Marshall University are shown Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in the House of Delegates chamber of the West Virginia Capitol.  About 200 staff, faculty and students turned up in Charleston for Marshall Day, the annual celebration of all things Thundering Herd during the legislative regular session.
From left: West Virginia state Delegate Daniel Linville, R-Cabell; Marshall President Brad D. Smith; and Delegate Matt Rohrbach, R-Cabell, are shown Tuesday, March 4, 2025, with a legislative citation that was read in the House of Delegates chamber of the Capitol. About 200 staff, faculty and students turned up in Charleston for Marshall Day, the annual celebration of all things Thundering Herd during the legislative regular session.
Calyb King (center) a senior medical student at Marshall University, talks about a CT scan on a virtual anatomy table on display Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at the West Virginia state Capitol. About 200 staff, faculty and students turned up in Charleston for Marshall Day, the annual celebration of all things Thundering Herd during the legislative regular session.
It was easy being green in the West Virginia Capitol on Tuesday.
About 200 Marshall University staff, faculty and students turned out in the school’s green and white colors for Marshall Day, the annual celebration of all things Thundering Herd during the legislative session.
All day, alumni, students and supporters mingled around various exhibits in the Upper Rotunda. Guests tried out the Bill Noe Flight School’s flight simulator, landing and taking off from a virtual airport. Medical students also were on hand to show off Marshall’s teaching technology, including a virtual anatomy table.
There also were exhibits and representatives from the entrepreneurship, advanced manufacturing, energy and cybersecurity programs, among other Marshall activities and educational programs.
Marco — MU’s bison mascot — gaveled in the group in the House chamber, and a legislative citation was read declaring Tuesday as Marshall Day.
“This is an exceptional day,†said Leah Payne, Marshall’s communications director. “We can bring faculty, staff and students ... to the Capitol so that our legislators can see, talk to people and really understand a lot of the initiatives that Marshall has underway. It’s difficult for [legislators] to visit our campus during [the legislative session], so we bring it to them.â€
