Story by Alicia Steele, Staff writer Laura Lohr, president of Murray State’s Staff Congress and a member of the provost and vice president of Academic Affairs search committee, announced Wednesday to the Staff Congress that the search committee’s work was finished. However, no new provost was named. Adrienne King, vice president of Marketing and Outreach, Read More
Story by Teddy Martin, Contributing writer The College of Humanities and Fine Arts is beginning a national search for a new dean. With several separate categories to watch over, there needs to be someone who can help keep the process of aiding students and functioning as a department going. Staci Stone, assistant dean to the English and Read More
If you remember how unnerving your first few days on campus were, you might want to look into helping new students by becoming a First Year Leader for Fall 2014. Recruitment for next semester’s First Year Leaders begins next week. First Year Leaders is a program that provides new Murray State students an opportunity to Read More
Interim President Tim Miller will soon leave the president’s office in Wells Hall, handing the position over to a new president in March. Editor-in-Chief Lexy Gross sat down with Miller and discussed his past, present and future at Murray State. Lexy Gross: What do you think you’ll be focusing on during the last portion Read More
The fate of the presidential position at Murray State is now in the hands of the Board of Regents. But many students are confused about the final stages of the process – when will they know the names of the final three candidates? When will the board decide which of those candidates will be president? Read More
After months of deliberation, the presidential search committee has narrowed down its initial candidate pool of 65 applicants to 10. The 10 remaining presidential-hopefuls were interviewed more extensively Jan. 11-12 in Nashville, Tenn., by the search committee, each interview lasting approximately 90 minutes. The search committee hopes to narrow down the remaining candidates again to Read More
The saga of former President Randy Dunn and his back-and-forth with the Board of Regents over his contract, frequent job searches and especially the legality of that agreement were big news this time last year. For nearly a semester (that is, the Spring 2013 semester), The News brought you coverage of those events; we frequently Read More