Advertising instructor Bob Valentine portrayed Dr. Rainey T. Wells, Murray State’s founder, at the University’s 90th anniversary celebration on Sept. 6. The program was held in the Quad. Besides Valentine’s reenactment of Wells’ appearance before the Normal School Commission in 1922, the histories of the five oldest academic buildings on campus and Oakhurst were presented.
The president of Murray State is still in his first year. Our VP of finance is in her first year, too. And the new provost will begin on July 1. The JMC department is in its first year of a revised curriculum. One newly minted PhD will join the ranks of the JMC faculty this […]
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When faculty contemplate sabbaticals, it is a process. There are rules, agendas, timelines and ashuffling of departmental responsibilities while a professor is absent for a semester. “I felt lucky in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications as my colleagues all volunteered to take bits and pieces of my responsibilities, so I could take my […]
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It has been an honor to serve on the JMC faculty for 18 years, with the last five as its chair. And I will continue to enjoy that honor until the end of June. But all good things must come to an end, so that other good things can begin. Such as retirement. The department has made […]
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