Students walked around the Curris Center with red hearts painted on their hands and faces Monday in support of women who suffer from heart disease. The Murray State Women’s Center sponsored Go Red for Women, which aims to bring awareness to heart disease, the leading cause of death in women. The booth was set up Read More
In honor of October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Murray State Women’s Center hosted B.E. S.A.F.E. week from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4. The week introduced what is known as the Clothesline Project. From Sept. 16 to Oct. 2, students and faculty were given the opportunity to visit the Women’s Center and create a Read More
This past week, Murray State and the surrounding community took a stand against violence and sexual assault by honoring those impacted and helping students prevent these incidents from happening to them. Monday through Thursday in the Curris Center, the Women’s Center displayed an information table providing everything from pamphlets to handouts about sexual assault, as Read More
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and while the numbers have been low in Murray, Roy Dunaway, captain of the Murray State Police Department, wants to help students be aware of what they can do to prevent attacks. To date, for the current academic year, there have been two reported sexual assaults concerning Murray State Read More
In honor of National Women’s History Month, the Women’s Center at Murray State hosted its annual Celebrate Women Luncheon Tuesday in the Curris Center Ballroom. For the 25th year, the Women’s Center hosted the event to pay tribute to the millions of women who work to change the world for the better. According to Abigail Read More
Each year, as a part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Murray State Women’s Center opens a walk-through, interactive exhibit known as Crazy In Love. Earlier this week, the center had the exhibit in Wrather Museum, hosted for all students and the community to see. The purpose of the exhibit is to show how someone Read More
The Murray State Women’s Center will be sponsoring a Middle Eastern belly dancing introductory class tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts Dance Studio. The class was originally brought to Murray State by former Women’s Center Director, Jane Etheridge. Etheridge was at a convention when she saw a belly dancing routine performed by a Read More
Murray State has chosen Abigail French, an alumna, as the new interim director for the University’s Women’s Center for the 2012-13 academic years. French, a recent graduate from Buchanan, Tenn., received her undergraduate and master’s degree in clinical psychology from Murray State and has worked for the center as a volunteer since her freshmen year. Read More