academic affairs

Forum held to meet provost candidate

Story by Bella Utley, Contributing writer On Nov. 7, Murray State held an open forum for faculty, staff and members of the campus community to meet with Robert Fischer, candidate for the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Fischer is currently the dean of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences at Middle Tennessee Read More

Provost search halted until budget is finalized

Story by Alicia Steele, Staff writer Laura Lohr, president of Murray State’s Staff Congress and a member of the provost and vice president of Academic Affairs search committee, announced Wednesday to the Staff Congress that the search committee’s work was finished. However, no new provost was named. Adrienne King, vice president of Marketing and Outreach, Read More

University search for provost on schedule

The 17-member provost search committee, established by President Randy Dunn during November, has met several times since its creation and has begun establishing the criteria necessary to evaluate the applications the University will receive for the position. The committee was charged with finding a new provost and vice president of Academic Affairs after Bonnie Higginson Read More

Cofer appointed LGBT coordinator

Jody Cofer is now representing two departments on campus. One as LGBT coordinator, which is under Student Affairs and his other is program coordinator of URSA (Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity), listed under Academic Affairs. His first day as coordinator was July 1. He will plan educational programs for LGBT students and their allies. Cofer Read More

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