Presidential Lecture

Presidential lecture features Murray State alumni

Story by Ashley Traylor, Staff writer Murray State held the Presidential Lecture, “We have a dream. Are we living it?” that featured speeches from three Murray State alumni. MarTeze Hammonds, Walter Bumphus and Jerry Sue Thornton discussed diversity and inclusion in higher education. Hammonds and Bumphus agreed society is living the dream, but Thornton said Read More

King to speak on civil rights progress

Story by Bailey Bohannan, Staff writer This year’s speaker at the Presidential Lecture will be Martin Luther King III, son of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. This year, Murray State is celebrating 60 years of desegregation and Kentucky is celebrating 50 years of civil rights acts, said Clint Combs, president of Student Government Association. Read More

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