Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear will be the featured speaker at the 81st Annual Murray-Calloway County Chamber of Commerce Dinner on Friday, July 25, in the Curris Center Ballroom on the campus of Murray State University.

A live stream of Beshear’s speech will be available on Murray State’s website at www.murraystate.edu through MSU’s Stream Team.

Electronic Media Services at MSU is taping the speech, which will be featured at a later date on KET.

Posted by Sherry McClain in Press Releases at 07:34

Project Graduate teams at Kentucky's public universities helped 14 adults return to college to earn their bachelor's degree this spring, according to preliminary data gathered by the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE). Three more Project Graduate students will graduate this summer and 232 students have enrolled for summer or fall classes.

Although Murray State University (MSU) has a strong program in place to assist adult learners in achieving degrees, the staff of the Center for Continuing Education and Academic Outreach is using the Project Graduate initiative as an additional way to meet the education needs of citizens in the university's service region.

Posted by Sherry McClain in Press Releases at 12:00

Dr. James Gantt, director of the Center for Telecommunications Systems Management at Murray State University has been selected to be a Senior Fellow of the International Telecommunications Education and Research Association (ITERA).

Posted by Ava Watkins in Press Releases at 09:39

Dr. Randy J. Dunn, Murray State University president, addressed members of the U.S. House and Senate in Washington D.C., recently at the June meeting of the Delta Grassroots Legislative Caucus Conference. This group works with politicians and policymakers, and in conjunction with the state-federal Delta Regional Authority partnership, to advance broad-based initiatives in the Delta states, which includes Kentucky.

Posted by Ava Watkins in Press Releases at 14:37

Murray State University (MSU) has acquired an option to purchase available property in Paducah for future consideration as an extended campus site. The property on Interstate 24 across the interstate from West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) is commonly referred to as the Barkley Woods ground.

Posted by Sherry McClain in Press Releases at 06:18

Murray State University will test the new outdoor communication system recently installed on campus Friday, June 27, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Testing will be conducted as scheduled providing there is no inclement weather or other emergencies. The system will put out loud and clear messages that can be heard over the entire MSU campus and portions of the Murray community.

Posted by Ava Watkins in Press Releases at 09:01