The latest Murray State University Racer Report includes student, faculty, staff, and alumni accomplishments, announcements, upcoming campus events, and more for the week of March 27-31.
Dionte Berry Editor-in-Chief dberry11@murraystate.edu After retiring from the Navy in October 2021 and taking on the role as the Veteran Affairs coordinator during the spring 2022 semester, AJ Cunha said he wanted to make a space for military veterans and dependents. The News talked with Cunha after he was hired…
Dionte BerryEditor-in-Chiefdberry11@murraystate.edu After relocating to Blackburn Science Building in 2021, the Veteran Affairs Office is now under a new coordinator, who is working toward revamping the Office’s space and outreach making their presence known on campus. AJ Cunha retired from the Navy on Oct. 28 2021, after serving as active…
Posted By: News Editor
April 9, 2021
Emery Wainscott
ewainscott@murraystate.edu
The Animal Health Technology/Pre-Vet Club plans to memorialize Murray State student Sarah Townsend by building a recycled bench.
The bench will be made out of recycled bottle caps. Once these are collected, the caps will be sent to Green Tree Plastics, where they will be sorted, weighed and cleaned before being melted down.
Two students, junior Emmalee Storm and senior Kylee Harden, came up with the idea after some members of the Pre-Vet Club suggested different ways to memorialize Townsend.
Storm said she volunteered to help Harden with the bench because they’ve both had experience with building recycled benches in high school.