MURRAY – The public is invited to attend the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast on Monday, as well as to participate in the traditional Day of Service.
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.
Jill Smith Staff Writer jsmith194@murraystate.edu Food insecurity plagues 40% of college students, according to a study from the counter.org. Murray State is one of many universities hoping to alleviate this problem through an on-campus food pantry. The Racers Helping Racers food pantry opened Feb. 14, 2014, with the intent to …
Racers Helping Racers continues amid pandemic
Posted By: News Editor
April 7, 2021
Erinn Finley
Racers Helping Racers employees continue to donate food to students through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trish Lofton, the administrative assistant for student life, said employees were extremely busy serving students stranded on campus after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. When campus shut down, the pantry workers started the Curbside Pantry, which allowed online orders to be filled. They served students this way until classes resumed in August 2020. Now they serve students through curbside at the Curris Center and through their location in the Blackburn Science Building.
Community discusses struggles with mental health
Posted By: News Editor
March 11, 2021
Edie Greenberg
egreenberg@murraystate.edu
Students and professors are stressed out and searching for ways to relax, especially with the absence of a spring break.
With only two months left in the spring semester, students continue to have their schedules filled with a mixture of Zoom and in-person classes. Some students and professors are suffering from pre-existing mental health issues and are having a hard time as the strain of the pandemic adds to the challenges of a daily routine.
Many students are working one or more jobs, and some have families to support. Juggling work, school and family can be difficult in the best of circumstances. This strain of juggling challenges is particularly difficult for those who already struggle with their mental health.