John Marshall Scholars

The John Marshall Scholars Program is an academic scholarship program that covers a majority of the cost of education for member students at Marshall University. Named to honor the Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall, the program affords a rigorous academic program and provides a full tuition/fees waiver and stipend to students with a composite ACT score of 30 or higher who have been accepted to the university. Students must maintain a 3.5 GPA in order to retain their scholarship.

John Marshall Scholars complete a program of interdisciplinary honors seminars and departmental honors courses. Examples of these interdisciplinary seminars include:
 * Threads of Bale, exposing students to the literature and music of suffering in Northern Ireland and Appalachia.
 * The History of Science, exploring the nature of scientific revolutions and their impact on society
 * Global Terrorism
 * Literary Ornithology
 * Tolkien and Film
 * Writing Biography: Franklin D. Roosevelt
 * Post-Colonial Theory and Literature
 * The American Constitution
 * Endangered Species: Genetics and Policy
 * The Roosevelts: The Years Before the White House
 * Tests, Tests, and More Tests
 * Castro's Cuba and the American Imagination