This summer ALL Murray State IDs will be updated. This includes all faculty, staff and student RacerCards.

Why? With the new Banner (aka myGate) system, the M Number will replace the Social Security number for campus use. To protect your identity and comply with the new Banner system, the RacerCard office is replacing all current RacerCards at no cost.

What do I have to do for a new card? For all pictures on file, the RacerCard Office will automatically create a replacement card. If you have not received your card or updated your picture within the last two years, visit the RacerCard Office at 101 Curris Center to take a new picture or e-mail a picture to racercard@murraystate.edu. Pictures will be taken throughout the summer and into the fall semester.

When and where will I receive my new card? Delivery of cards will be subject to business volume. Faculty and staff cards should be distributed Aug. 4 and 13 at the Staff and the Professional Staff luncheons.

Student cards will be distributed at time, date and place yet to be determined. Stay tuned …

The RacerCard staff appreciates your patience during this time. If you have any questions do not hesitate to call the RacerCard Office at 809.3003.

Posted by Tony Powell at 15:45

Dr. Abdul Yarali, professor of Telecommunications Systems Management (TSM) at Murray State University, has three papers on terrestrial and satellite wireless technological advancements and applications for rural area, public safety and emergency situations for presentation in Europe.

Posted by Sherry McClain in Press Releases at 13:03

Arena Dixon of Clarksville, Tenn., is just one short summer away from something she’s wanted for a long time. In August, she will receive a college degree. At age 36, the single working mother of two, reminisces about not being sure she’d ever be able to finish what she started long ago.

Posted by Sherry McClain in Press Releases at 11:26

During the Spring 2009 semester Murray State University students in the advanced public relations course worked with members of the Kentucky Cabinet Department for Community Based Services Protection and Permanency to create public relations plans recruiting resource parents in the Lakes Region. Today, according to the Kentucky Cabinet’s records, the Lakes Region has 101 Resource Homes to care for more than 550 children in the system.

Posted by Sherry McClain in Press Releases at 20:41

Kentucky Electronic Crimes Task Force (KECTF) hosted a quarterly meeting of Kentucky-ProTECT in Jefferson, Ind., this spring. Among the speakers was Mark Garland, researcher for the Center for Telecommunications System Management (TSM) at Murray State University. Garland stepped in for president and CEO of the National Institute for Hometown Security (NIHS), Ewell Balltrip, at this event.

Posted by Sherry McClain in Press Releases at 20:21

Murray State University’s Women’s Center hosted an hour-long panel discussion addressing cyberstalking in the Curris Center Barkley Room. Telecommunications Systems Management (TSM) faculty member Wes Spencer was asked to join the panel discussion.

Posted by Sherry McClain in Press Releases at 19:55