Sarah Mead Staff Writer smead@murraystate.edu On Tuesday, Feb. 4, Murray State hosted the No More Cancer Rally for St. Jude Children’s Hospital to end childhood cancer. Tuesday marked the 58th anniversary of the hospital’s founding. In those 58 years, the hospital has increased cancer survival rates from 20 percent to 80 percent. Students gathered in Read More
Story by Alexis Schindler, Staff writer Photo courtesy of Emily Leonard Throughout the 2018-19 school year, Murray State students have been fundraising with the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in St. Jude’s nationwide college Up ‘til Dawn event. This year, the goal for the student-led fundraiser was $50,000; students surpassed that goal and ended with Read More
Story by Lindsey Coleman, News Editor Julie Boeker/The News In the past year, teams of students have been working tirelessly to raise funds for one of the nation’s worthiest causes: finding cures and saving children who are cancer patients at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. On Feb. 23, 131 students participated in Up ‘til Dawn, Read More
Story by Amy Turner, Contributing writer Today and tomorrow mark national recruitment days for Up ‘Til Dawn, a student-led and student-run organization committed to raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Campuses nationwide that are involved with Up ‘Til Dawn are hosting recruitment efforts this week. Today kicked off the recruitment campaign and was Read More
Story by Katlyn Mackie, Contributing writer More than $56,000 was raised for St. Jude Children’s Hospital thanks to the efforts of a student organization called Up ‘til Dawn. Up ‘til Dawn is a nationwide yearlong fundraiser, and all proceeds go straight to St. Jude to treat children with cancer. Participants stay up all night during Read More
Story by Bella Utley, Contributing writer From Nov. 15 to Nov. 24 an executive board member of the Up Til’ Dawn organization volunteered to use his candle business, Lotus and Light Candle Co., to benefit the fundraising. Renn Lovett, senior from Memphis, Tennessee, is a nursing student and said he never expected to run a Read More
St. Jude raised record amount of money at Murray State Story by Gisselle Hernandez, Assistant Features Editor While a typical Friday night in a college town does not usually consists of shaving heads, duct taping torsos or dancing silently to “Macarena,” this was the experience 100 students faced on Friday night through Saturday morning. For six hours, Read More
Savannah Sawyer Staff writer Students and Murray residents came together Wednesday and Thursday to fight cancer, trying to raise $15,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital while also raising awareness for childhood cancer. According to the St. Jude website, Up ‘til Dawn is a student-led, student-run program that is hosted by 235 colleges and universities Read More