The MSU Trumpet Ensemble was accepted to perform at the 2024 National Trumpet Competition

The Trumpet Ensemble was accepted to perform at the National Trumpet Competition under the leadership of Dr. Eric Swisher (Professor of Trumpet in the Department of Music). MSU Students Ryn Jenkins and Chloe Perry were also accepted to perform in the Undergraduate Solo Division at the 2024 event at Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The event is …

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 …

Compositions by Murray State Music Professor Are Performed in New York City and Beyond

The Riverside Symphony, based in New York City, recently performed Over the Wing, a piece for string orchestra composed by Dr. Ash Stemke, assistant professor of music at Murray State University, as part of an afternoon concert on February 5. Stemke’s piece was performed alongside works by Igor Stravinsky, Antonio Vivaldi, and Gustav Holst. Stemke …

Murray State History Professor Elected Chair of the Kentucky Humanities Council Board of Directors

Dr. Brian Clardy, Associate Professor of History at Murray State University, has been unanimously elected the next Chair of the Kentucky Humanities Council Board of Directors. Dr. Clardy was first appointed to the Kentucky Humanities Council and the Kentucky Oral History Commission by Governor Andy Beshear in 2020. He previously served as the Vice Chair …

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 …

Murray State Model United Nations Competes at Midwest Conference

Murray State’s Model United Nations team competed at the Midwest Model UN Conference in St. Louis on February 23-26. Model United Nations (MUN) is a simulation of the United Nations where students play the role of delegates from various countries. In the simulation, student delegates attempt to find solutions to the world’s most pressing problems, …

Murray State Mock Trial Team Competes at Regional Tournament

The Murray State Mock Trial team competed virtually at the American Mock Trial Association Regional tournament February 26 and 27. Junior Pre-Professional Legal Studies major Travis Conner of Mayfield, KY, earned an Outstanding Attorney Award and the team as a whole received the Spirit of American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) Award. The Spirit of AMTA …

Theatre Major and Professor Collaborate on Playwriting Project

Gaming Wisconsin, a play co-written by Andrew Bittenbender, a senior theatre arts major and Murray State Presidential Scholar from Floyds Knob, Indiana, and Lissa Graham-Schneider, professor of theatre arts, will be workshopped professionally this month by White Mouse Theatre Productions, a member of the Gulf Coast Region of the Dramatists Guild of America. The Dramatists …

Doctorate of Arts student receives literacy grant for Carlisle County Middle School

Jessica Sager, a student in the Doctorate of Arts in English Pedagogy program at Murray State University, has been awarded a literacy grant for Carlisle County Middle School in Bardwell, Kentucky. Sager's grant, Comets Community Read!, was awarded $2,000 from the Dollar General Literacy Grant program. The grant will fund an intergenerational book club for …

History Journal Wins State Award

The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) has recognized The Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society for its contributions to the field of history. Dr. Jim Humphreys of the Department of History edits the journal, and Professor Emeritus of History, Dr. Bill Mulligan, is the president of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society. The official recognition will …