Story by Ashley Traylor, Staff writer The Calloway County Library Board of Trustees passed a renovation project Monday to submit to the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives 2017 construction grant for a new library. Ryan Alessi, acting president of the board, said the total estimated cost of the renovation is $6.4 million. The Board Read More
This semester, Murray State accounting students have their own suite on campus to relax between classes, meet with colleagues and work on homework. The renovation of Business Building South’s first floor for the Dr. Tim Miller Center for Accounting Education is the culmination of two years’ work and cost approximately $600,000. Tim Todd, dean of Read More
Untouched for nearly 40 years, the Price Doyle Fine Arts Building was renovated after pieces of the white, exterior fins of the building began to detach. In an earlier email to The Murray State News, Kim Oatman, chief facilities officer of Facilities Management, said, “Although the fins are just for decoration and does not affect Read More
The third floor of Waterfield Library has opened up in more ways than one. The newly renovated quiet floor opened to students Aug. 27 at 6 p.m. With old books catalogued online, bookshelves no longer crowd the floor’s space. The new floor plan is more open. The $211,358 project brought new carpet, paint, and additional Read More
Corvette Lanes has been a favorite business in the community of Murray since its opening in 1958, but last year a local businessman decided the bowling alley could use a major face-lift. Brandon Edmiston, originally of Murray, and owner of Edmiston Marketing, LLC., purchased the building in September of 2013 and wanted to renovate the Read More
College Courts will receive an update this summer as well, using the same funds allotted to the University to renovate Hester Residential College. After years of students living in on campus apartments, College Courts will go through several renovations to make them safer and more efficient for students to live in. Kim Oatman, director of Read More
Renovations that began in July will continue during the course of the academic year for College Courts. Kim Oatman, Murray State’s chief facilities officer, said improvements to College Courts are made as funds become available and that scheduled routine maintenance is performed throughout the year. The work started this summer was made possible by funds Read More
Murray State has set a renovation plan, which started with the revealing of the newly modernized Elizabeth Hall. Elizabeth Residential College opened its refurbished building on Aug. 18, to the incoming freshman class and gave others a sight into the changes other residential colleges might one day experience. Kim Oatman, director of Facilities Management, said Read More