Mallory Hlava Contributing writer mhlava@murraystate.edu The Board of Regents held a special meeting on April 5 to discuss changes to the budget. Tuition rate increase Jackie Dudley, vice president of finance and administrative services, previously discussed a 1- to 3-percent increase for undergraduate and graduate students at the March board meeting. The motion was passed Read More
Story by Lindsey Coleman, Staff writer After much involvement on campus since his hire in 1993, David Balthrop will officially become the new Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts on July 1, 2017. Balthrop served as the Chairman of the Theatre Department for 17 years, he served as the Director of Theatre Read More
Story by Ashley Traylor, Staff writer Murray State alumnus, Jesse D. Jones, funded Murray State’s new science resource center in honor of his friend and former dean of the college of science, Gary W. Boggess. Stephen Cobb, dean of the Jesse D. Jones College of Science, Engineering and Technology, said Boggess started the first science Read More
Story by Teddy Martin, Contributing writer The College of Humanities and Fine Arts is beginning a national search for a new dean. With several separate categories to watch over, there needs to be someone who can help keep the process of aiding students and functioning as a department going. Staci Stone, assistant dean to the English and Read More
Story by Mary Bradley, Editor-in-Chief Ashley Ireland, director of user and instruction services, has accepted an offer from President Bob Davies to serve as the new dean of University Libraries, pending the Board of Regents’ approval in August. Ireland will replace Adam Murray, who submitted his resignation in January and accepted a position at James Read More
Over the past several years, the University’s libraries have undergone a number of changes including the renovation of the third floor of Waterfield Library and the addition of new available technology such as iPads and dual monitor computers to the library system. At the end of this semester the library will be subjected to another Read More
Orange pumpkins, bales of hay and golden mums blanketed the fields of Stanley Pullen Farm in preparation for crowds of school children attending Murray State’s annual Fall on the Farm Sept. 30. Murray State students operate the event. Tony Brannon, dean of Hutson school of Agriculture, said the idea for Fall on the Farm came Read More