noon-1:30 p.m., FYE Committee, MSC 2E10

HUNTINGTON -- Marshall University bestowed honorary degrees upon three community leaders during its 171st commencement ceremony Saturday at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena.

HUNTINGTON -- Saturday morning was filled with pomp and circumstance, honor and recognition and all of the formality academia can muster on its biggest day of the year. But perhaps Marshall University Provost Sarah Denman, who is retiring, said it best by cutting to the chase. "It's about the students," she said. MORE PHOTOS.

HUNTINGTON -- Winners of the Maier Awards, sponsored annually by the Maier Foundation, Inc., were announced recently.

3 p.m.-5 p.m., Retirement celebration for Sarah Denman, MSC 2E11, MSC 2E12, MSC 2E13, MSC 2E18 DMR

HUNTINGTON -- Marshall University recognized three community leaders during Saturday's graduation ceremony with honorary degrees.

James Robert Hayes has already seen the good and the bad that comes with medical knowledge, and he has yet to log his first hour as a resident physician. Hayes, who received his medical degree along with more than 40 classmates of the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Friday night's commencement, had extra reason to be happy Friday night, because his two-week-old daughter, Reagan, was out of neo-natal intensive care.

HUNTINGTON -- The student body at Marshall Community and Technical College is a bit different than the makeup found on a university campus. MORE PHOTOS.

HUNTINGTON -- Gas and groceries are at record highs, more and more people are struggling to get by and the word "recession" is lingering like an unwelcome relative.

HUNTINGTON -- More than 400 students will receive degrees or certificates from Marshall Community and Technical College tonight, and MCTC also will pay special recognition to state Sen. Robert Plymale.

HUNTINGTON -- More than 2,600 students will receive degrees from Marshall University at the end of the academic year.

4:15 p.m.: Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Awards Ceremony, Harless Auditorium, MU Medical Center.

HUNTINGTON -- More than two dozen scholarships were awarded to Marshall journalism students during the annual Journalism and Mass Communications ceremony.

HUNTINGTON -- Marshall University has awarded its first scholarship established in honor of a student killed during the winter break.

HUNTINGTON -- Marshall University has awarded its first scholarship established in honor of a student killed during the winter break.

HUNTINGTON -- The Marshall Artists Series capped off the the 2007-08 schedule last week with one of the most colorful productions of the season.

HUNTINGTON -- It's graduation week at Marshall University. In addition to the university's main commencement, there are several other ceremonies scheduled.

HUNTINGTON - Marshall University will bestow honorary doctoral degrees to businesspeople Arthur and Joan Meyer Weisberg and West Virginia Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin the Saturday, May 10, commencement, according to a release from the university.

Colleges and universities are gearing up for graduation all across the Tri-State.

HUNTINGTON -- Marshall Community and Technical College will conduct its graduation ceremony Friday at 7 p.m. at the Keith-Albee Performing Arts Center.