Paige Bold Contributing Writer pbold1@murraystate.edu Murray State University’s Leigh Landini Wright, associate professor of journalism, is among 17 journalism professors across the country that were selected for the Solutions Journalism Educator Academy at the University of Oregon. Wright has taught journalism at Murray State since 2011 and also serves as curriculum coordinator for the Read More
Grant Dillard Staff Writer gdillard@murraystate.edu William Koenecke, former Murray State professor, is still finding ways to help and instruct students on campus after his retirement thanks to the books he has published. Koenecke first came to Murray State in 2001 and worked as an assistant professor until retiring in 2012. Even before his time at Read More
As finals week approaches and the panic of possible bad grades sets in, students are hitting the books. Something that might ease the stress of finals would be Dead Week, a week of utter nothingness on campus, giving students the peace and quiet they need to study and work on their final papers and projects. Read More
Story by Bailey Bohannan, Staff writer Daniel Wann said he is humbled to have won the Distinguished Professor Award at Murray State this year. Wann has been recognized many times for his research on sports fan psychology, met with sports stars including Michael Phelps, been asked for advice by Cal Ripken Jr. and has been featured in Read More
Crowded into an office on the sixth floor of Faculty Hall, professors, Murray State officials and community members gathered to watch as one of the highest honors in Kentucky was awarded to one of their colleagues Thursday. Brian Clardy, assistant professor of Humanities and Fine Arts, is now the newest Kentucky Colonel at Murray State. Read More
Perhaps Kentucky’s most famous living writer, Wendell Berry, has created in his Port William stories a rural community of folks trying to make sense of the modern world. Berry’s tales are inhabited by farmers and shopkeepers leading lives that are at once filled with struggle and fulfillment. I have read Berry’s stories during some of Read More
Twenty-three years after moving to the U.S. from Ukraine, Professor Michael Kalinski has watched his home country suffer through the eyes of his daughter. His daughter, Lesya Kalinski, a filmmaker based in New York, traveled to Ukraine and has documented the uprising, protesting and massacres happening in their home country. Michael Kalinski said the protests Read More
This is the second story in our social media series. The features writers at The News will report on how students and professors are using social media and how they can use the sites to best of their ability. Everyone today has some kind of social networking site. Although preferences vary between Facebook, Twitter Read More