Daniella Tebib News Editor dtebib@murraystate.edu Hester Residential College hosted its annual Phoenix Day on Sept. 18 to remember the life of Michael Minger. Hester caught fire on the fourth floor on Sept. 18, 1998 at 2:38 a.m. An hour following the fire, Michael Minger, sophomore from Niceville, Florida, was pronounced dead at Murray-Calloway County Hospital. Read More
Renovations of Hester Residential College are approximately 80 percent complete and on schedule as contractors continue to make progress working from the top of the building down. Kim Oatman, chief Facilities Management officer, said the amount of work completed on each floor varies with the lobby being closer to 30 percent complete, but that the Read More
Gov. Steve Beshear announced earlier this month a plan approving the issuance of bonds by Kentucky’s public universities for campus improvements, which would be supported by university revenues. The agency bonds are at no cost to taxpayers and are issued by the individual universities. Murray State would receive $9.9 million for Hester Residential College dormitory renovations, $590,000 Read More