Homecoming events are underway at Marshall University this week, leading up to the Thundering Herd’s football game this weekend. Dorothy “Dot” Hicks will serve as grand marshal of the homecoming parade on Friday. Hicks is a former administrator, coach and professor at Marshall, and was dubbed the “pioneer of the women’s sports program at Marshall,” during her induction to Marshall Athletics’ Hall of Fame in 1990. The parade is set to make its way down Fourth Avenue in Huntington before ending on campus. Marshall will play Sun Belt Conference rival Appalachian State at 3:30 pm this Saturday, October 5 at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.