Board of Regents discusses tuition, housing and dining rates in special meeting
Posted By: Features Editor
April 23, 2021
Dionte Berry
A special Board of Regents was called into session via Zoom on Friday, April 23, and they began the meeting by swearing in a new member.
After being sworn in, Robert Fitch expressed his thanks to the Board and congratulated the rest of the members on making it through a school year like none other with COVID-19. The board also re-elected vice-chair Eric Crigler and Secretary Jill Hunt.
Committee Report: Finance Committee
Regent Leon Owens discussed the authorization of the 2021-2022 tuition and mandatory fee rates.
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Friend says Townsend knew Sotomayor prior to murder
Posted By: News Editor
April 1, 2021
Cady Stribling
@murraystate.edu
Sarah Townsend’s best friend sat down with The News for an interview in which he revealed that she knew her alleged killer, Julius Sotomayor prior to her disappearance on March 25.
Townsend’s body was found in a ditch near the Cherry Corner area in Calloway County on Friday morning, March 26. Preliminary autopsy results showed she died of multiple gunshot wounds.
Julius Sotomayor, 22, of Dexter, Kentucky, was arrested on Saturday, March 27, and charged with murder, tampering with evidence and theft by unlawful taking (auto). Sotomayor is currently being held in the Calloway County Jail on a $1 million bond.
Posted By: News Editor
March 11, 2021
Cady Stribling
cstribling1@murraystate.edu
After a record amount of applicants, the Student Government Association announced the new executive council for the 2021-22 academic year on Wednesday, March 10.
Ian Puckett, a junior from Mayfield, Kentucky, was elected president with 226 votes. Puckett was a former senator at-large and ran for president uncontested. He will be the next student regent on the Board of Regents.
“I am very excited to have the chance to serve all of our students at Murray State,” Puckett said. “I have served in several capacities in my time at MSU. I was a Summer O Counselor my freshman and sophomore years, IFC President as a sophomore and I have been in SGA since January of 2020. Dedicating myself to serving others has always been my mentality and that will not change while I am President. I can’t wait to work with everyone!”
Board of Regents discusses enrollment numbers, mental health grant and sabbatical leaves
Posted By: Features Editor
February 26, 2021
Gage Johnson
Spring 2021 Enrollment
Don Robertson, vice president of student affairs, said the total headcount for the spring semester showed a decline in enrollment of about 2 percent compared to last year. Robertson said enrollment has increased in graduate students but has decreased in undergraduate.
“Some of that is reflective because of what’s happening in the high schools, and our Racer Academy numbers are down a bit,” Robertson said. “Part of that is the success of our students. We graduated more students this past fall than we did in the fall of ‘19, and of course, that’s what we want to do, we want the students to graduate.”