Marshall University Breaks Ground for New
School of Pharmacy and Graduate Housing
In a ceremonial groundbreaking in June, Marshall Univer-
sity marked the official start of construction on its new $56
million school of pharmacy academic building and graduate
student housing complex on the Fairfield campus of the Mar-
shall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine.
The new academic building, which will be located at the
corner of Hal Greer Boulevard and Charleston Avenue, will
house research, instructional, communal and administrative
areas. The graduate housing project, located adjacent to the
Erma Ora Byrd Clinical Center, will feature 200 units for
apartment-style living and accommodate pharmacy and med-
ical students as well as resident physicians.
“We will change our students’ lives through these new fa-
cilities,” Marshall University President Jerome Gilbert said at
the ceremony. “We will enhance their learning experiences and
prepare them for successful careers in health care.”
The new complex is expected to be completed in August
2019, in time for the fall semester.
drainage systems for residential, commercial and industrial
uses such as erosion control, soil reinforcement, aqua control
and green rooves.
“TeMa North America will have a state-of-the-art facility
in our park, further strengthening our economy and bringing
new jobs to West Virginians in the Eastern Panhandle,” says
Nicolas Diehl, executive director of the Jefferson County De-
velopment Authority. “We are honored that Jefferson County
was selected as the site of TeMa’s first U.S. manufacturing fa-
cility and proud to be able to compete in a global marketplace.”
The plant will have an automated assembly line and employ
30 people. Recruitment for employees is already underway, and
the company has the opportunity to expand in the near future.
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