Murray State University

Even though Murray State University’s board of regents approved the hiring of a new provost last month, the school’s president now says they’re moving in a different direction.

Murray State University regents on Friday approved the hiring of a new provost, who will also serve as the college’s vice president for academic affairs.

Alaric Williams, academic affairs vice president at Minot University in North Dakota, spoke on Murray State University's campus Thursday as one of the finalists for the school's provost post.

Laurie Couch is the second of four finalists to interview for the position of Murray State University's provost. At a town hall meeting Tuesday, Couch said while she is not an expert in artificial intelligence, she wants to infuse it into every academic program.

The first of four finalists to be Murray State University's next provost was introduced at a town hall meeting on Monday. Kimberly Paddock-O’Reilly is currently the provost at Chadron State College, the same institution that MSU hired president Ron Patterson from.

Murray State University named four finalists Tuesday to be the school’s next provost.

The crime rate on Murray State’s main campus has gone up for the third straight year, according to an annual university safety report released last month.

Murray State University’s Wrather Hall was momentarily declared a federal court on Tuesday when it hosted a U.S. naturalization ceremony for the first time in the school’s history – welcoming 41 new emigrants from 20 different countries as U.S. citizens.

A new initiative pieced together by the National Quilt Museum, along with professors at Murray State University, is using the fiber arts to teach K-12 students about geometry and other mathematical principles.