Emery Wainscott News Editor ewainscott@murraystate.edu President Bob Jackson discussed the state budget, including asset preservation and deferred maintenance funding, and its status on being passed at the April 5 Faculty Senate meeting. The state budget has been passed by both the Kentucky House of Representatives and the Senate, leaving it up to Gov. Andy Beshear. Read More
Dionte Berry Editor-in-Chief dberry11@murraystate.edu Faculty members voiced their concerns surrounding the mask mandate’s repeal, the current University budget and how the current legislative session may affect higher education at the March Faculty Senate meeting. President Bob Jackson and Provost Tim Todd were guests at the March 1 meeting. With Kentucky’s General Assembly in session, Read More
Dionte Berry Editor-in-Chief dberry11@murraystate.edu The United Campus Workers of Kentucky chapter at Murray State is working towards highlighting the needs of faculty and staff amidst the tornadoes that swept through Western Kentucky and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Forty-nine faculty and staff signed a petition that was sent to the members of the Board of Regents Read More
Dionte Berry News Editor dberry11@murraystate.edu Emery Wainscott Features Editor ewainscott@murraystate.edu The final Faculty Senate meeting of the spring 2021 semester was held on Zoom on Tuesday, May 4. The meeting started by welcoming new senate members that will be serving for the 2021-22 academic year. After being welcomed by Faculty Senate President David Roach, the Read More
Gage Johnson Editor-in-Chief gjohnson17@murraystate.edu At the Faculty Senate meeting on Wednesday, April 6, President Bob Jackson announced a special Board of Regents meeting which will look at enrollment and the fall semester. Senators discussed spring graduation ceremonies and voted to pass a tiered cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Jackson said the Board of Regents meeting will be Read More
Daniella Tebib News Editor dtebib@murraystate.edu During the Faculty Senate’s last meeting of the semester on Tuesday, Nov. 10, members discussed Provost Tim Todd’s change to scheduling, the Confederate monument and the role of the Instructional Assessment System. Role of IAS The Faculty Senate drafted resolution FSR-19-20-7 to discuss the role of IAS in instructional evaluations. Read More
Daniella Tebib News Editor dtebib@murraystate.edu A Murray State history professor has questioned a decision by Provost Tim Todd to move up advanced registration for spring semester. Aaron Irvin, associate professor of history, emailed the faculty Oct. 28 to express concerns about Todd’s decision to move up scheduling for winter and spring terms by three days Read More