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Career Services schedules fall events for students
Murray State Career Services has announced its Fall 2013 events schedule. Job Search Training and Planning workshop series: Oct. 1–3. Six workshops are offered three times so students can attend needed sessions that fit their schedules. Workshop topics include résumé and cover letter writing, interview strategies, business and meal etiquette, job search resources and strategies, Read More
Pony Express arrives
The Pony Express has been making its way across Murray State all summer. With the start of classes and students returning to campus, Department Chef Manager of dining services Tim Bruce said he hopes the idea of the food truck will take off. The blue and gold kitchen-on-wheels provides new, different food options for students. Read More
Plans for new Murray hotel unveiled
In an effort to increase both tourism and business in Murray, the construction of a SpringHill Suites by Marriott Hotels has been announced by entrepreneur Priyesh Nathu and Kentucky Department of Travel and Tourism Commissioner Mike Mangeot. Scheduled to be completed and join Murray’s other seven hotels by January 2015, SpringHill Suites will be the Read More
Greek organizations honored at conferences
Several Greek organizations at Murray State have been honored with numerous prestigious awards, many even receiving national recognition. Jason Hinson-Nolen, Greek life coordinator, said he is pleased that nearly every Greek organization that went to a national conference received an award. Hinson-Nolen attributed the success of those organizations honored to the support they receive from Read More
Paducah campus on time: A summer of construction shows progress
While students have enjoyed a three-month vacation, A&K Construction and its subcontractors have been hard at work turning what began as a concrete base into Murray State’s new Paducah, Ky., regional campus facility. Kim Oatman, Murray State’s chief facilities officer, says construction is right where it needs to be. The campus is scheduled to be Read More
Housing overflow, quick changes
Extreme measures have been put in place due to an overflow in on-campus housing this year. In Lee Clark College and James H. Richmond College, several rooms host three students, instead of two. Due to an influx in students living on campus, several agreed to take an extra roommate for a reduction in their housing Read More
Double the numbers: Panhellenic sororities break recruitment record
This year’s sorority recruitment placed 290 women in one of the five Panhellenic sororities on campus, becoming the largest recruitment class Murray State’s Greek organizations have ever seen. The total number of women who participated in recruitment surpassed last year’s numbers by 46 percent. The number of participants who were placed in a sorority last Read More