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

Marshall University

Marshall University is a coeducational public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States founded in 1837, and named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States....

. Named to honor the Chief Justice of the United States

Chief Justice of the United States

The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal court system and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Chief Justice is one of nine Supreme Court justices; the other eight are the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States...

 John Marshall

John Marshall

John Marshall was the Chief Justice of the United States whose court opinions helped lay the basis for American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States a coequal branch of government along with the legislative and executive branches...

, 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
  Northern Ireland
  Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
  
   and Appalachia
  Appalachia
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• The History of Science, exploring the nature of scientific revolutions
  The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
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   and their impact on society
• Global Terrorism
  Terrorism
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• Literary Ornithology
  Ornithology
  Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and the aesthetic appeal of birds...
  
  
• Tolkien and Film
• Writing Biography: Franklin D. Roosevelt
  Franklin D. Roosevelt
  Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...
  
  
• Post-Colonial Theory and Literature
• The American Constitution
  United States Constitution
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• Endangered Species: Genetics
  Genetics
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   and Policy
• The Roosevelts: The Years Before the White House
  White House
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• Tests, Tests and More Tests
• Castro's
  Fidel Castro
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   Cuba
  Cuba
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  and the American Imagination