Addison Watson Assistant News Editor awatson25@murraystate.edu The Board of Regents held its summer quarterly meeting on Friday, Aug. 28, via Zoom to discuss topics including enrollment, finances and student affairs. Enrollment Don Robertson, vice president of Student Affairs, spoke highly of the enrollment rates for the fall 2020 semester. He credited Wendy Cain, director of Read More
Addison Watson Staff Writer awatson25@murraystate.edu During Gov. Andy Beshear’s second visit to Murray since his inauguration, he spoke to a full auditorium about his new budget proposal and goals for higher education on Monday, Feb. 17. After a nearly 20-second applause welcoming Beshear to the podium, he presented the highlights of his “education first” budget Read More
Story by Bailey Bohannan, Staff writer President Bob Davies announced at the University Hall meeting Thursday that there will be faculty and staff cuts, which will be addressed at the Board of Regents meeting May 13. Davies said he has told departments not to fill open positions because if other jobs are cut, he will Read More
Column by John Muenzberg, Lecturer of philosophy What may be even more problematic than the monetary cuts in Gov. Matt Bevin’s budget proposal is his proposed shift to performance funding. Performance funding involves tying some of the state contribution to performance metrics. One common and largely uncontroversial version involves increased funding for increased enrollment. More involved Read More