Paducah native Paul Reed Smith’s interest in public radio and in honor of his education at St. Mary’s School System in Paducah, led him to donate a substantial gift to WKMS. His lifelong love of public radio and his strong belief in education caused him to pull those two loves together. WKMS is Murray State University's National Pubic Radio station.

Smith, 55, died after a year-long battle with cancer. His wife, Darlene Feikema, contacted WKMS with the news that Smith had made a planned financial gift to the station.

Posted by Sherry McClain in Press Releases at 15:25

For some students who want to study abroad, finding the money to pay for it can be a big issue. Even for those already scheduled to go abroad for study can stress about how to get tuition paid. The Financial Aid and Scholarship Workshop on Feb. 3 and Feb. 4 may provide just the answers needed for those concerns. He session will be held at 4 p.m. in the Barkley Room in the Curris Center at Murray State University (MSU).

Posted by Sherry McClain in Press Releases at 10:34

John Truitt, president of Kalleo Technologies, will be the speaker at the first meeting of the year for POINT (Professional Organization of Information and Network). The meeting will be at 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Feb. 9 at Paducah’s Red Lobster, according to Loretta Daniel, director of the Regional Business and Innovation Center (RBIC) at Murray State University.

The RBIC is one of the three partners that started POINT in February 2009. The others are Murray State’s department of computer science and information systems and the Center for Telecommunications Systems Management (TSM).

Posted by Sherry McClain in Press Releases at 10:33

Student staff members of The Murray State News won 18 awards in the 2009 Kentucky Press Association (KPA) competition for college/university newspapers.

Murray State University’s weekly student paper, advised by Joe Hedges, won third place for the best overall newspaper. The awards were announced at the annual conference in Lexington Jan. 22.

Posted by Sherry McClain in Press Releases at 10:31

Murray State University (MSU) students in the college of science, engineering and technology will benefit greatly from the Thomas N. and Marjorie J. Weems Scholarship, recently established through a generous bequest gift from the late Dr. Thomas Weems and his late wife, Marjorie, both of New Mexico.

This endowment will provide financial support to pre-medical and pre-dental students pursuing degrees at MSU. Recipients will be selected based on the financial needs of the student and the student’s scholastic ability.

Posted by Sherry McClain in Press Releases at 10:22