Alumni News & Notes

Tab Brockman, JMC/RTV ’81, is currently working as a consultant after several decades in management and public relations for a variety of well-known municipalities and organizations. He currently resides in Paducah, Kentucky.

Chrissy (Stubblefield) Driver, PR ’01, is currently working as a Territory Manager for Zoll Medical. She lives in Benton, Kentucky.

Curt Hart, TV ’72, is Assistant Professor of Teaching for the University of Memphis. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1877, Hart broke the story of the University of Evansville plane crash. He presented his paper “The Road to Jackie Robinson” in Cooperstown. Additionally, he has published seven nature books and worked as a nature photographer for more than 40 years.

Shelley (English) Hawkins, JMC/Mass Comm ’94 and ’99, is co-owner of Three Rivers Academy in Paducah, Kentucky.

AJ Vaughn, ADV ’06, is Assistant Manager and Senior Tax Specialist for H&R Block. He resides in Gleason, Tennessee.

Megan (Summers) Haneline (ADV '13)
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I Never Wrote A Slogan – My Journey from Murray State to Spotify

By Megan (Summers) Haneline (ADV ’13) Too many years ago, I was sitting among the cluttered bookcases in Professor Welsch’s office, daydreaming of having my own office someday, when he asked where I saw myself after graduation. I’m sure my answer was something like writing catchy slogans at an ad agency in New York City. […]

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Lisa Crites (JMC '85)
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The Lisa Crites Story: Broadcast Journalist to Breast Cancer Survivor, Patented Inventor and Author

Lisa Crites began her studies at Murray State in 1985 as a music major scholarship recipient. While expanding her talent as a classical pianist during her freshman year, she was drawn to journalism. “The music department was on the 3rd floor, and journalism was on the 6th, of the same building. Once I began hanging […]

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The Murray State News Receives Four Awards at Southeast Journalism Conference in Georgia

The Murray State News received four awards at the recent Southeast Journalism Conference in Cartersville, Georgia.  The conference is a vibrant learning community of collegiate journalists from member colleges across the Southeast. Schools from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee are members. The schools represent large public universities, regional universities and private […]

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