Story by Kayla Harrell, News Editor and Alicia Steele, Staff writer President Bob Davies is working against Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed budget cuts while the Board of Regents leaves personal lobbying for Murray State in his hands. “We are basically leaving it up to the president,” said Harry Waterfield II, Board of Regents chairman, during last week’s quarterly meeting. Read More
During Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting, Regent Martin Jacobs announced he will not seek re-election, committee discussed classification change Story by Alicia Steele, Staff writer Martin Jacobs announced during the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday that he will not seek re-election for faculty regent after his term expires in June. He told his fellow faculty members he is in Read More
Story by Mary Bradley, Editor-in-Chief With nearly two weeks of the fall semester accomplished, the Board of Regents met for its quarterly meeting, held Aug. 28 in the Jesse Stuart Room in Pogue Library. Calloway County District Court Judge Randy Hutchens swore in four regents, including Clint Combs, the Student Government Association, or SGA, president. Combs, Read More
Story by Mari-Alice Jasper, News Editor Contracts, personnel changes and major project updates are all topics listed at the Board of Regents meeting Friday. During this meeting Stephen Williams, president and CEO of Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Kentucky and Murray State Regent, will approach the Board of Regents with the Tennessee Valley Authority Five Minute Response Read More
President Bob Davies emphasized the University’s wellness goals involved in the tobacco-free policy during a town hall meeting Wednesday afternoon. Davies discussed the origins and educational goals of the tobacco ban. A large portion of the meeting was dedicated to explaining how policy violations will be handled. The president noted that the Tobacco-Free Implementation Steering Read More
Last Thursday panelists gathered in James H. Richmond Residential College to discuss civil liberties and how they are infringed upon today. In the meeting, titled “The State of Civil Liberties in 2014,” panelists explained what civil liberties are and transgressions against them. Civil liberties are freedom of speech, religion and press. The panelists presented their Read More
Light was shed on sexual harassment policies, risk management issues and future construction projects at Board of Regents meetings this week. In the off-campus, relaxed clubhouse of the Frances E. Miller Memorial Golf Course, Regents, administration and staff gave their input on various Murray State projects Wednesday. Risk management was an important topic for the Read More