Dr. George Kipphut has been appointed State Geographer by Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear. Kipphut is the chair of the department of geosciences at Murray State University, which is housed in the college of science, engineering and technology.

This title has traditionally gone to senior professors from larger schools, such as the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, but Kipphut said he believes this was an attempt to give attention to qualified professors at other universities around the state.

Kipphut said he intends to use the publicity he will receive as State Geographer to promote the study of geography to campus students and at local schools.

His term runs through Jan. 1, 2011.

Posted by Sherry McClain in Press Releases at 17:20

With the spring midterms underway and the home stretch for many soon-to-be graduates in sight, a trip to the registrar’s office at Murray State University is almost inevitable.

“Our office offers general services to students that are typical of most university registrar offices such as registration, degree audits (called MAP reports at MSU), enrollment verifications (often requested for insurance purposes), transcripts, graduation, name changes, residency questions/appeals and so forth,” Tina Collins, the new registrar at Murray State, said. “We are also responsible for certification of student athletes, and we’ve recently assumed the responsibility for certification of our veteran students and their families.”

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Two receptions and three exhibit openings are coming up for a trio of Murray State University art students.

The Curris Center Gallery will be the site of a reception for student artist Bethany Birdwell on Friday, March 12, 6-8 p.m. Her exhibition will run March 12-19.

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Dr. Crystal Rae Coel Coleman, senior lecturer in the Murray State University department of organizational communication, has been named by Gov. Steve Beshear to the Public Advocacy Commission of Kentucky.

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A student team from the Murray State University college of business won second place in a case competition at the Principles Business Leadership Institute Feb. 19-20 in Chicago.

The team — Brian Kinnanman, international business, St. Louis; Matthew Beeler, finance, O’Fallon, Ill.; April Mitchell, food management, Murray; and Kimberly Franklin, international business, Richmond, Ky. — won a trophy and a $500 scholarship.

Murray State had 19 students go the annual Alpha Kappa Psi-sponsored event and had three of the 25 teams entered.

Franklin, who is president of the Eta Iota chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi at Murray State, said the teams were given an Italian sausage to market. They had to come up with the brand name and put together a marketing plan.

Alpha Kappa Psi is the national professional society for business students.

Posted by Sherry McClain in Press Releases at 18:03

Two alumni of Murray State University’s department of journalism and mass communications won Emmy awards for their work at WTVF Channel 5 in Nashville, Tenn. Amy Bryan Watson, 1989 broadcast journalism graduate from Murray, and Jerry Walker, a 1995 electronic media graduate from Mayfield, received the awards at the 24th annual Mid-South Emmy awards banquet.

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