November 21, 2024

University honors JMC faculty for service

Four JMC faculty members received service awards during the Faculty Recognition Banquet.

They were:

Gill Welsch, senior instructor of advertising, 30 years
Gross Magee, senior instructor of GCM, 25 years
Debbie Owens, associate professor of JMC, 20 years
Tim Vance, assistant professor of JMC, 10 years

Leigh Wright

Dr. Debbie Owens Retires After 22 Years with Murray State JMC Department

Dr. Debbie Owens’ career in higher education spans 38 years, 22 of which have been at MurrayState University. She joined the faculty in 2002 as an associate professor with the Department ofJournalism and Mass Communications, in The Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business. Whileat MSU, Professor Owens has held numerous leadership positions, including electronic mediasequence […]

Faculty/Staff JMC Dept.

A Note from the Chair

JMC was busy in SP ’24. Our updated curriculum is nearly ready for primetime. The Murray State News has a new vitality, both in-print and online. And several JMC faculty members have been recognized for their significant contributions. Leigh Wright and Dr. Marcie Hinton were inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi honor society. The Murray […]

Faculty/Staff Noteworthy

Presidential Fellow and Her Mentor Present Findings on Female Representation in The Media

A Murray State University undergraduate student presented research at the Popular Culture Association (PCA) conference in Chicago, Illinois this spring. Ania Boutin, a junior presidential fellow, has been developing her research with mentor Dr. Marcie Hinton for more than three years. “Ania and I have been working together since her freshman year to help find […]