Story by Mary Bradley, Editor-in-Chief, and Abby Siegel, Assistant News Editor Many members of the Murray State Board of Regents said at Friday’s meeting that they believe it’s “realistic” to change the tuition structure so that students must pay per credit hour for each hour beyond a certain threshold in a semester. “It’s very reasonable in Read More
Story by Kayla Harrell, Staff writer President Bob Davies gave his inaugural State of the University Address Monday in Wrather Auditorium. “In creating our university, Dr. Wells said that the new university in Murray would cast its shadow and nourish every other interest in the community and in turn, would be richly rewarded and supported Read More
An open forum held Wednesday evening to discuss tuition increases for the 2015-16 school year piqued interest of students, faculty and staff alike. President Bob Davies spoke at the meeting, which was an opportunity for students to express concerns about the proposed 3 percent tuition increase, which will be voted on this Friday. As state Read More
The Board of Regents voted Thursday to make the campus tobacco free, but President Bob Davies, with help from a committee, must iron out details of the new policy before the Regents’ February meeting. The Board also voted to build new sorority housing and raise faculty and staff salaries by 1 percent. But the proposed Read More
President Bob Davies said Thursday he will move undergraduate admissions and Murray State’s marketing and communications arm directly under the President’s office, underscoring his goal to improve student recruitment for the University. Fred Dietz, currently the Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management, will head the combined first-year freshmen and transfer admissions office, which will move under the Read More
Recently members of Murray State University’s “Faculty Against Racism” conducted a demonstration to express their views and to show support for the Ferguson, Mo., community. Subsequently, racist postings with threats of violence directed at African-Americans on campus were anonymously posted on a social media platform that is not controlled or regulated by Murray State. While Read More