Editing Huntington, West Virginia (section)

==Education==
[[File:Marshall University Memorial Fountain 2020.jpg|thumb|[[Marshall University Memorial Fountain]]]]

===Primary and secondary===
{{See also|Marshall College High School}}
The residents of Huntington are served by the Cabell and Wayne County School Systems, which include [[Huntington High School (West Virginia)|Huntington High School]], [[Cabell Midland High School]], [[Spring Valley High School (West Virginia)|Spring Valley High School]], Cabell County Career Technology Center, five middle schools, and 19 elementary schools. Private schools include the St. Joseph Catholic School (a regionally accredited, parochial school), Grace Christian School (a regionally accredited, evangelical school), and Covenant School.

===Postsecondary education===
[[Marshall University]] is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] in Huntington.  It was founded in 1837 and is named after [[John Marshall]], the fourth [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] of the [[United States Supreme Court]]. The university is composed of eight undergraduate and graduate colleges and schools. At the time of Huntington's founding, Holderby's Landing was already the home of [[Normal School|Marshall College State Normal School]], founded as a private [[secondary school|subscription school]] by residents of Guyandotte and the surrounding area. Local attorney [[John Laidley]] hosted the meeting which led to the founding of Marshall Academy, named after Laidley's friend, John Marshall.<ref name="OM_1837">Brown, Lisle, ed.[http://www.marshall.edu/library/speccoll/virtual_museum/old_main/1837-building.asp "Marshall Academy, 1837."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628095350/http://www.marshall.edu/library/speccoll/virtual_museum/old_main/1837-building.asp |date=June 28, 2014}} Marshall University Special Collections. September 1, 2004, December 20, 2006.</ref>

Marshall's sports teams are known as the [[Marshall Thundering Herd]], a name deriving from a [[Zane Grey]] novel released in 1925. The home field for the football program is James F. Edwards Field at the [[Joan C. Edwards Stadium]]. Basketball is played at the [[Cam Henderson Center]]. Soccer is played at Veterans Memorial Soccer Stadium. Marshall participates in [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|NCAA Division I FBS]] as a member of the [[Sun Belt Conference]].<ref name="herdzone">{{cite web|url=http://herdzone.cstv.com/s-finder/mars-s-finder.html|title=HERDZONE.COM – The Marshall University Thundering Herd Official Athletic Site – Sports Finder|access-date=October 8, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929115343/http://herdzone.cstv.com/s-finder/mars-s-finder.html|archive-date=September 29, 2011}}</ref> On November 14, 1970, [[Southern Airways Flight 932]] jet transporting 75 Marshall University football players, coaches, staff, and supporters crashed just short of the [[Tri-State Airport]] in adjoining [[Ceredo, West Virginia]], resulting in the death of all passengers. The crash has been described as "the worst sports-related air tragedy in U.S. history".<ref name="HL_121806_a">{{Cite news|last=Wilson|first=Amy|url=http://www.theragingbull.com/1206db/122306.htm|title=The night Huntington died|date=December 18, 2006|work=[[Lexington Herald-Leader]]|access-date=December 18, 2006}}</ref>

Other postsecondary education institutions in Huntington include the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Manufacturing, Mountwest Community & Technical College, the [[Huntington Junior College]], St. Mary's Medical Center's School of Medical Imaging, School of Nursing, and School of Respiratory Care, as well as the Tri-State Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tipswv.com|title=Tri-State Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences|access-date=October 8, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20090214190548/http%3A//tipswv.com/|archive-date=February 14, 2009}}</ref>