Marshall BOG meeting this morning according to HD reporting.
Agenda: approving a helicopter for Bill Noe flight school. Only training for rotary wing aircraft east of Colorado. Plan is by 2028 to have 28 airplanes, 5 helicopters and 5 simulators for the school! Talk about growing!
2nd hanger to be built at the flight school.
Approval for the building of the Institute of Cyber Security at $45 million. Construction to begin nest Summer.
“Recognizing West Virginia is the only state that in its entirety resides within the Appalachian Region, Marshall University has teamed with Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee — both 2- and 4- year institutions — and the Appalachian Regional Commission to develop a national cyber security workforce model piloted in Appalachia and led by West Virginia,” the section in the agenda continues. “Through this effort, West Virginia will be transformed into the Cyber Security Hub of Appalachia.”
HUNTINGTON — The Marshall University Board of Governors will consider approving two construction projects and purchasing an Airbus rotorcraft (helicopter) for the Bill Noe Flight School when it meets in
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