Ava Chuppe Staff Writer achuppe@murraystate.edu Faculty members conducting a study on perceptions of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and safety are encouraging both the University and the Calloway County communities to participate. The four faculty members involved in the study have backgrounds in public health, nursing and statistics. The idea came from Azaher Molla, an associate professor Read More
Dionte Berry Editor-in-Chief dberry11@murraystate.edu The Board of Regents unanimously voted for a 3% salary increase for faculty and staff along with the new budget for the 2022-2023 academic year and housing revamp pre-development plans. Budget and salary increase The 3% salary increase coincides with the concerns of the Murray State Chapter of the United Campus Read More
Dionte Berry Editor-in-Chief dberry11@murraystate.edu The pre-development plans for the private public partnership (P3) housing revamp have been approved by the Board of Regents’ Finance Committee. The Finance Committee had a special meeting on Thursday, May 26 to discuss how construction would begin. With them the committee had Senior Vice President of RISE LLC Development, Jeremy Read More
Emery Wainscott News Editor ewainscott@murraystate.edu Murray State College Democrats hosted a Workers’ Rights Rally on Monday, May 2, raising awareness about the removal of the 20-hour-a-week cap and a wage increase for student workers, as well as a 10% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for faculty and staff. The rally was hosted with the Murray State Chapter Read More
Jill Smith Staff Writer jsmith194@murraystate.edu President Bob Jackson and University vice presidents hosted a Budget Town Hall meeting on Thursday, April 28, to address next year’s budget, including cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) and a proposed tuition increase. COLA is an increase in pay and benefits related to increases in the cost of living. The University has Read More
Dionte Berry Editor-in-Chief dberry11@murraystate.edu To give her students experience in blog writing and content creation, Associate Public Relations Professor Marcie Hinton created the multimedia blog “Postcards from the Brink.” The public relations program in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications emphasizes expansive career paths for students in the field. The program’s public relations content Read More
Jill Smith Staff Writer jsmith194@murraystate.edu The Office of Alumni Relations hosted the Distinguished Alumni Awards dinner on Friday, April 22, to honor alumni who have made an impact since graduating from Murray State. Nancy Gibbs Becker (‘63), Harold G. Doran Jr. (‘75), Robert Foster (‘83), Steven Rudy (‘00) and Alissa Young (‘89 and ‘93) were Read More
Ava Chuppe Staff Writer achuppe@murraystate.edu A student in the online Doctorate of Arts in English Pedagogy program, Amber Dumbuya, received the 2021-22 Teacher of the Year award from the Georgia Council of Teachers of English. Dumbuya, who currently teaches 12th grade language arts at Kendrick High School in Columbus, Georgia, received the award through an Read More