Featured Scholar: Erin Fairweather

Erin is a senior in Global Languages, focusing on Spanish Translation and Interpretation, from Liberty Township, Ohio. She's a Presidential Fellow at MSU and has studied abroad in Spain twice, during her time here. What drew you to Murray State? Murray offered me a Presidential Fellowship, which is really hard to turn down. Through the …

Winter CHFA Faculty Research and Creative Activity

Faculty across our seven departments are active scholars and leaders in their fields. Here's what some of them have created, presented on, and published over the winter of 2023-2024. Adjunct Professors Adjunct Professor in English Constance Alexander had her spoken opera "The Way Home," performed as a fundraiser for the Anna Mae Owen Residential Hospice …

Cinema International Ready for Another Exciting Season

Murray State University’s Cinema International program is pleased to announce another exciting semester of acclaimed films for the campus community and the wider public to view. Films this semester will be shown on Thursday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. Due to ongoing renovations in the Curris Center, the series will move to Faculty Hall …

Murray State Senior Places in National Language Competition

Ashley Pizzolato, a senior Japanese major and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) minor from Donaldson, Arkansas, has won the Silver Award in the College Division II category of J.LIVE Talk, a national Japanese language speech competition.  J.LIVE (Japanese Learning Inspired Vision and Engagement) Talk aims to provide a platform for graduate and …

CHFA Feature: Johnson Theatre

The Robert E. Johnson Theatre has been a cultural hub on Murray State's campus for many years -- half a century, to be exact, as this year marks its 50th anniversary. The theatre boasts seating for 323, an orchestra pit, and a proscenium stage, as well as a full fly house, which is a rigging …

CHFA Retirees in 2022: Cynthia Barnett, Department of Global Languages and Theatre Arts

Cynthia Barnett, Senior Lecturer in Spanish Cynthia (Cindy) Barnett received her BA from Oregon State University, her M.A.T. from Bethel University, and her MA in TESOL from Murray State University. She has worked in Murray State’s Department of Global Languages and Theatre Arts, and previously the Department of Modern Languages, since 2004, and was named …

Japanese Language Students Receive Positions with Japan Exchange and Teaching Program

Lilli Hanik, a graduating senior Japanese and International Studies double major, has been selected for the Coordinator for International Relations (CIR) position in the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET). Rachel Friedland, who graduated in December 2021, with a degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and a Japanese minor, has been …

Murray State Theatre Arts Program Presents Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express

The Murray State University Department of Global Languages and Theatre Arts is pleased to present Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, adapted by Ken Ludwig, on Thursday-Saturday, April 28 – 30 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 1 at 2:30 p.m. All performances are in the Robert E. Johnson Theatre on the campus of …

CHFA Senior Receives Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant

Senior Mallory Wooldridge has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) grant to Germany, which will begin this fall. Mallory is a History and Spanish double major with a minor in Humanities and a certificate in German. Mallory Woolridge The Fulbright ETA program in Germany aims to strengthen educational and cultural ties between the …

Global Languages Program Hosts Workshop for Area Teachers

Photo: The Global Languages program at Murray State University hosted a workshop for area foreign language teachers. The Global Languages program at Murray State University recently hosted a workshop for foreign language teachers in the area. Attendees included teachers from schools in Calloway, Christian, Hickman, Marshall, and McCracken counties. Dr. Elena Picech, Associate Professor of …