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Professor wins Top Paper Award for communication convention

September 26, 2014

Zac Johnson, assistant business professor, recently discovered the importance of peer confirmation and its relation to classroom success. Johnson, along...

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President Bob Davies and students sit at a reserved table in Winslow Dining Hall for Lunch with the President.

Davies, student lunch offers insight

September 26, 2014

Murray State’s Lunch with the President, held in Winslow Dining Hall, began in order to familiarize students with the University president in a relaxed...

Police Beat: 9-26-14

Police Beat: 9-26-14

September 26, 2014

Sept. 18 11:24 a.m. A caller requested to speak to an officer. Officers were notified and a report for assault in the fourth degree was taken. 10:08...

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A student sits outside of Faculty Hall between classes. Students, faculty and staff can’t smoke on the side of the building that faces 16th Street.

NO MORE SMOKE

September 19, 2014

In light of Gov. Steve Beshear’s recent executive order banning smoking on government property, the University’s potential to instill a smoking...

Take Back the Night date moved

September 19, 2014

Between 600 and 700 students will have to wait until the spring semester before they can attend the Women’s Center annual Take Back the Night event. The...

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College Courts apartments haven’t seen significant renovations in 20 years.

College Courts renovations behind schedule

September 19, 2014

Renovations on College Courts weren’t completed on schedule, but work on the apartment complex is continuing through the school year and into next...

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Students sit in a classroom in the School of Nursing, one of 100 nursing schools chosen for a White Coat Ceremony.

School of Nursing to hold ceremony

September 19, 2014

For the first time at Murray State, nursing students will don the age-old white coat – a traditional symbol of the medical profession. Traditionally,...

University budget in unexpected surplus

September 19, 2014

Murray State is beginning the fiscal year 2014-15 with excess revenue of approximately $3.8 million in net assets, which included a $1.2 million shortfall...

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The new Breathitt Veterinarian Center in Hopkinsville, Ky., will be completed in 2016, and will be approximately 32,000 square feet.

New Breathitt Veterinary Center to open in 2016

September 19, 2014

Lines of shovels broke into the soil at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Breathitt Veterinary Center, or BVC, at the Hopkinsville Regional Murray...

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On the left, a student enjoys a healthy food option available in the Thoroughbred Room, while the student on the right digs into a less healthy meal.

Considering the options

September 19, 2014

Many college students worry about the dreaded “freshman 15” which could be gained while living away from home. Emily Hannan, sophomore from Paducah,...

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A student holds up her cell phone while searching for a cell phone signal after service went out through the city.

Cell phone service disappears, leaves students disconnected

September 19, 2014

For many people in Murray, Sept. 8 was a step back in time. Students and community members were forced to resort to home phones and word-of-mouth...

University honored for the 5th year in a row

September 19, 2014

For five years in a row, Murray State has been recognized by The Chronicle of Higher Education as one of its “Great Colleges to Work For.” Murray...

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