After almost two years of planning and curriculum development, Murray State has begun to finalize aspirations for a new doctorate program from the College of Education set to be implemented by the fall of 2014. The impending addition of a doctorate of education program will become the second doctorate Murray State offers, the first having Read More
The President’s Commission on Sustainability has created an initiative to add solar panels to the energy systems on campus. The initiative is still in its infancy, but President Randy Dunn has already given it his approval. “Planning is presently underway for a solar panel project that would include enough panels to generate about 50 kilowatts Read More
Students from universities all over the country are gearing up to compete in events such as the College Stock Trading Championship and the TVA Investment Challenge to gain real world experience and prepare for their futures. The College Stock Trading Championship is a competition in which students are able to compete against each other on Read More
The division of Student Affairs has joined the many on campus who are already participating in the Safe Zone Project as of Feb. 6, becoming the program’s largest participant. While a number of individual student affairs professionals were already participants in the Safe Zone Project, this action will bring in each Student Affairs unit as Read More
Murray State staffers and community leaders will present at an interstate conference on campus and community engagement, Thursday, in Louisville, Ky. The mission of the Gulf-South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement through Higher Education is to promote networking among practitioners, research, ethical practices, reciprocal campus-community partnerships, sustainable programs, and a culture of engagement and Read More
The largest technology security conference in the region is back. The Patterns of Distinction Conference, co-hosted by the Murray State University Program of Distinction in Telecommunications Systems Management and Community Financial Services Bank of Benton, Ky., is scheduled for April 11. This year’s keynote speaker is Brad Mathis, senior consultant who heads up the security Read More
Meeyoun Park, pianist and visiting assistant professor at Murray State, will present her debut solo recital on March 3, at 6 p.m. in the Performing Arts Hall, on the second floor of the Doyle Fine Arts Building. The free concert will feature works by Felix Mendelssohn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Modest Mussorgsky. A Read More
For Kentucky college students interested in transferring their credits or associate degree to a four-year university, the state’s colleges and universities will host “Transfer Madness” on March 6, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The first entirely online, statewide transfer fair allows students tochat online with transfer advisers, search for scholarships, download materials and get Read More