Getting off to a great start is the focus of "Great Beginnings" at Murray State. The program is held each summer on campus to help new students feel welcome and secure within their new surroundings. This is the 17th year for Great Beginnings and the festivities have become a fall tradition on campus.

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Murray State University will host a Regional Agri-Energy Field Day at the MSU Pullen Farm and Arboretum Pavilion on Thursday, August 5, 2010. Registration will begin at noon, followed by a luncheon. The program will begin directly afterward at 1:30. This event is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, through the combined efforts of the following organizations: Kentucky Department for Energy Development and Independence, U.S. Department of Energy, Governors Office of Agricultural Policy, and Murray State University

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AT&T-Kentucky donated $2,000 to Murray State’s CyberCave Academy Program at the beginning of the summer to provide scholarships for students who were unable to afford the newly implemented camp fee. The AT&T scholarship money was awarded exclusively to students from Kentucky based on a variety of criteria. Twenty-six students selected were awarded scholarships, fourteen of which received money compliments of AT&T-Kentucky. Students were selected from a variety of cities in Kentucky including: Lexington, Crestwood, Louisville, Wingo, Hickory, Owensboro and Paducah. The Center for Telecommunications Systems Management (CTSM) provided funds for students to receive scholarships who lived outside Kentucky. Last year applications from 13 states were sent in to attend CyberCave Academy, this year applications from 11 states were received, including a student from Aman, Jordan.

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The College of Business at Murray State University is adding a new program, graphic communications management will move from the Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology to the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications.

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MURRAY, Ky. -- Murray State University “The Provost’s Concert---A Tribute to Retiring Provost Dr. Gary Brockway” is scheduled to air on the Kentucky Educational Television (KET) network July-August. The concert was held on April 22, starring Alison Brown and Terry Mike Jeffrey and featuring the Murray State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dennis Johnson.

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MURRAY, Ky. – Murray State University American Humanics/Youth & Nonprofit Leadership program is proud to announce the recipients of the highly completive Next Generational Scholarships for 2010. Five MSU students applied for the scholarship and each were awarded: Kirby O’Donoghue, Susan Lawhead, Alexandra Simon, Kristen Smith and Beverly Wheatley.

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