Murray State univerSity

2009 annual report

Fostering Excellence • Building Partnerships • Creating Community

Murray State completed the launch of its first-ever branding campaign using national marketing consultants and focus groups. A key message emerged — academic quality, close community, affordability/value and school spirit. That information led to a new tag line, “your world to explore,” that emphasizes education as a life-changing experience, with MSU’s Shield as the university’s most important brand mark.

n Dec. 1, 2009, I marked my three-year anniversary as president of Murray State University. I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished together during that time; when you take a moment and

consider some of the things we’ve been able to do, it is truly gratifying. We continued our three imperatives—Fostering Excellence, Building Partnerships and Creating Community—and they have

been embraced by the entire university as you will see in our Points of Pride for the year. I am also proud that we continue to enjoy numerous national rankings by several respected publications, including The Chronicle of Higher Education (Best Colleges to Work For), U.S. News (19 consecutive years as a “Top Tier” university in academic quality) and Forbes.com (Top 100 America’s Best College Buys). Because students are the lifeblood of MSU, we invested hundreds of thousands of additional dollars in scholarships. And to help cover the costs of the many and important things that any great higher education institution is called to do, we kicked off the public phase of our HOLD THY BANNER HIGH comprehensive fundraising campaign that will bring in $60 million in donations and gifts before its December 2012 completion. We added some degree programs and opened a couple of new buildings, too, this past year—the new Richmond Residential College and the Jones Clock Tower and Chemistry Building, a part of our exciting science expansion which extends our campus footprint to the west. More major construction projects are in various stages of design and awaiting funding—the highest priority being a new Engineering-Physics Building to finish out the West Science Campus. Times are challenging for higher education, but MSU has continued its record of success with only modest tuition increases, and without cutting academic programs or student services, laying people off or instituting a hiring freeze. While many colleges and universities throughout the country are struggling, we have managed to add programs, experience growth and maintain national excellence. I want to use this opportunity to thank the many people who accomplished all this and are vital to the operation—indeed, the life—of Murray State University and everything that it stands for. Our vision is to continue this level of excellence; however, we depend on you—our constituents—to help guide us down that path. So please send us your feedback and become involved with MSU. Better yet, come visit us! I remain honored to serve at this outstanding place.

President, Murray State University

alan StoutChair

Marion

Bill adamsVice Chair

Murray

Constantine Curris

Lexington

Sharon GreenMayfield

Dr. Laxmaiah Manchikanti

Paducah

Kara MantoothStudent Regent

Owensboro

Marilyn Buchanon

Grand Rivers

Dr. Jay MorganFaculty Regent

Murray

Steve WilliamsGoshen

vickie travisMurray

Phil SchooleyStaff Regent

Murray

Murray State univerSity Board of regentS

Fostering Excellence• MSU’s regional campuses in Paducah and Hopkinsville successfully launched

accelerated M.S. and B.I.S. degree programs in organizational communication with nearly 60 students enrolled in three cohort groups.

• The American Humanics programs led the nation in student enrollment for the 19th consecutive year.

Husband and wife, Patricia Mendez and Robert F. Long Jr., created Giving Back Scholars as a resource for the American Humanics/Youth and Nonprofit Leadership program. Long is the Executive Scholar-In-Residence at MSU and the retired vice president for programs-philanthropy and volunteerism at W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

• The Dietetic Internship Program was reaccredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education through 2012.

• A celebration for the Arboretum and the establishment of the “Friends of the Arboretum” at Murray State was held at the Pullen Farm. When complete, the Arboretum will house horticultural displays, public gardens and native plant collections.

• The MSU Rodeo Practice Arena was dedicated in honor of Tom and Theo Tuck, who have established several endowed scholarships and funds within the school of agriculture to benefit rodeo and equine students. The Tucks also volunteer their time and services to assist the programs.

• Robert Tokosh, agriculture graduate student, presented his research at the Agronomy Society of America, Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America 2009 International annual meetings.

• Student Matt Hightower, who wrote the “Fanfare” played by the MSU Wind Ensemble at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., won the Kentucky Music Educators Association composition contest.

• Wind on the Island by Michael Ambrosio, assistant professor in music, won the Cincinnati Camerata 2009 Choral Composition Competition.

• Sigma Alpha Iota was recognized at the Triennial SAI National Convention for their projects including Campus Lights, All-Campus Sing, The Athena Festival and assisting with the Quad-State music festivals. Iota Beta received the Collegiate Chapter Province Achievement Award.

• The graduate Telecommunications Systems Management program was selected as the ITERA Graduate Program of the Year. Also, the TSM team won its third National Case Study Championship at the International Telecommunications Education and Research Association (ITERA) National Conference.

• The department of engineering and physics dedicated the Johny Russell Engineering Standards Laboratory. Russell, a 1948 and 1950 graduate and retired nuclear physicist and senior engineer for the Boeing Company, engineered and developed components for milestones in American air and space travel including the original Moonbuggy.

An engineering physics major/math minor and member of the Honors Program, MSU gradute Eli Hooten was awarded a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. One of only 200 students selected, Hooten is pursuing a Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University.

• MSU senior Meredith Stevenson won first place in the mathematics division of the 2009 Kentucky Academy of Science Undergraduate Research Competition.

• Dr. Renee Fister, mathematics professor, was awarded a $200,000 National Science Foundation collaborative grant for the mathematical study of how epidemics, such as cholera, are spread.

• Glenna Buford, a senior mathematics major, and Sarah Thomason, a senior biology major, made up one of five undergraduate teams selected to present at the International Conference on Mathematics Biology and the annual meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology at the University of British Columbia.

• Dr. Steve Cobb, dean of the college of science, engineering and technology, received the Distinguished Educator and Service Award from the Physics Division of the American Society for Engineering Education.

• Ira Flatow, host of National Public Radio’s Science Friday, delivered the annual Gary Boggess Distinguished Lecture on Oct. 12.

• Dr. Kevin Revell, assistant professor in the department of chemistry, received a patent for the development of compounds targeting MRSA and anthrax.

• The department of occupational safety and health (OSH) continued to be the only OSH program in the country to have both its bachelor’s and master’s degrees Applied Science Accreditation Commission/ABET accredited.

• Seventy-plus intern/co-ops for students in more than 20 states and three foreign countries were available in the department of occupational safety and health.

• The college of education completed the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)/Education Professional Standards Board

accreditation process with no areas being cited for needed improvement. NCATE requested that the accreditation study be posted on its website as an exemplary report.

Graduates Melissa Collins ’99 and Keri Dowdy ’95 received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching from The White House.

• Greg Gierhart, lecturer in the department of early childhood and elementary education, was chosen as the university’s Max Carman Outstanding Teacher.

• The work of Gregory Scott Cook, a printmaking student in the department of art and design, was included in the “heart & hands” exhibition, a national Juried Student Book Art Exhibition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

• Alex Griendling, a graphic design alumnus, had his work selected for inclusion in the upcoming book, Design for Obama. Griendling is employed in Los Angeles, Calif., as a junior art director at Intralink Film Graphic Design.

• Dr. Riad Attar, assistant professor in the department of government, law and international affairs, published his book, Arms and Conflict in the Middle East. The book is Volume 13 of the series on “Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development” published by Emerald Press.

• All seniors in the Pre-Law Society and on the Mock Trial Team who applied to law school in the spring 2009 were accepted by one or more accredited law schools.

• Dr. Winfield Rose, professor in government, law and international affairs, was a member of Kentucky’s Lincoln Bicentennial Commission that brought distinguished Lincoln Scholar Dr. Roger Billings from Chase Law School for MSU’s Waterfield Lecture.

Dr. David Durr, associate professor of finance, created and co-taught with several other faculty a new course, “Topics in Financial Analysis,” that helps prepare students to pass the Chartered Financial Analysis exam necessary for C.F.A. certification.

• The college of humanities and fine arts created a new undergraduate Japanese major and minor for implementation in 2010. MSU’s Japanese major is the first program of its type in Kentucky.

• Three psychology students received awards from the Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity (URSA) offices. Ashley Fannin earned the URSA Research Fellowship; Michelle Farney and David Adams garnered URSA grants.

• Brent Menchinger, Lissa Graham, Jonathan Awori, Angi Hanan and Heidi Ortega co-authored the book, From Aristotle to Opening Night: An Introduction to the Theatrical Process, which is being used in 2010 in “The Theatrical Experience” course on campus.

• Calla Murdock, December 2009 graduate, had her honors thesis accepted for publication in Kentucky Nurse.

• Dr. Fred Miller, professor in the department of management, marketing and business administration, was named the Thomas Hutchens Distinguished Professor of Marketing and Business GIS. Miller and faculty members Dr. Glynn Mangold, Dr. Tim Johnston, Dr. Joy Roach and Dr. Terry Holmes are collaborating in the Emerging Technologies in Marketing Initiative. The initiative features geographic information systems, social media in marketing and e-commerce.

• For the 22nd consecutive year, the MSU chapter of Beta Alpha Psi professional accounting society received a “Superior Chapter” honor.

• The department of journalism and mass communications was recommended for reaccreditation from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC). The department has been ACEJMC accredited since 1986.

• Dr. Michael Bokeno, professor of organizational communication; Dr. Martin Milkman, professor of economics; and Dr. Allen White, professor of journalism and mass communications, have been named BB&T Fellows. Each will develop or improve an existing course that teaches students about free enterprise and capitalism. BB&T Foundation made a $1 million commitment to fund the BB&T Center for Free Enterprise and Organizational Democracy in the college of business.

• The Lana Garner Porter and Dr. Michael Porter Coffee Lounge and Wireless Computer Lab was dedicated at Waterfield Library. The Porters, both Murray State alumni, have made gifts designated for the MSU libraries for the past several years. Lana, holds a B.S. (1965) and M.A.T. (1972) from Murray; Michael has a B.S. (1964) and M.S. (1969).

Abraham Lincoln scholar and ABC network expert Richard Norton Smith gave the Presidential Lecture Series address, A. Lincoln at 200: The Measure of All Presidents.

• Kalem Tippett and Vincent Campisano of MSU’s bass fishing team claimed the championship title at the 2009 Boat U.S. Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship.

• A 1977 alumnus and 2008 MSU Distinguished Alumnus, Maj. Gen. Mark Graham was nominated for TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People by United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. He was selected because of his outstanding efforts to reduce the increasing suicide rate in the Army.

Jesse D. Jones Hall, housing chemistry, a science library and computer lab, was dedicated on Sept. 16. Jones, a 1964 graduate, has given and pledged more than $3.6 million dedicated to scholarships, faculty awards, the Jesse L. Jones Clock tower and more. the Jones family cut the ribbon to officially open the facility.

• The university’s academic programs continue to prove their worth by the amount of guidance and preparedness faculty give to students. MSU has a 59 percent acceptance rate for graduates applying to medical school, compared to the 42 percent national rate. Murray exceeds the national pass rate on the board exam administered to nursing students with 95 percent; the national average is at 89 percent. More than 90 percent of MSU students who apply to law school are accepted and Murray accounting graduates exceed state and national norms on all four parts of the CPA exam. Fourteen MSU students from the department of wellness and therapeutic sciences took the Praxis test, with each student passing, for a median performance of 645.

• Three MSU professors completed Fulbright Scholars programs in 2009. Dr. Stephanie Rea, associate professor in music; Dr. Latricia Trites, associate professor in English; and Dr. William Mulligan, professor in history, were awarded grants by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Rea taught music classes and did research in Germany, Trites conducted teacher training in Taiwan, and Mulligan lectured and researched

in Ireland.

• Murray State was recognized by The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Great Colleges to Work For® program. Honored in nine categories, MSU outpaced the only other Kentucky public university to be rated — Eastern Kentucky University with two mentions. Murray was chosen alongside high-profile universities such as Duke, Marquette, Emory, Cornell, St. Louis University and Baylor.

Building Partnerships• The MSU Madisonville Regional Campus, in cooperation with the Rogers Badgett

Education Foundation, was awarded $25,000 per semester for scholarships for Hopkins County schools certified employees to pursue graduate education at the Madisonville campus.

• A joint admission program with Madisonville Community College was piloted in the fall of 2009, with more than 30 new students applying for admission to MSU on-site on one day.

• Jeff Wylie, field director in the social work program, was elected president of the Kentucky Association of Social Work Educators.

• Dr. Peggy Pittman-Munke, director of the social work program, was chosen president of the state Court Appointed Special Advocate Program and is the state president of the Coalition of State Faculty Leadership.

• Dr. Kate King, director of criminal justice at MSU, participated in the national program “Inside-Out” that brings regular college students and inmates enrolled in college programs together in the same classroom setting.

Students in the department of exercise science logged in 7,500 service hours working with cancer patients, rehabilitation clinics, nursing homes, wellness and fitness facilities, and hospital cardiac rehabilitation units.

• Dr. Michael Perlow and Dr. Nancey France in the department of nursing are part of a faculty group for the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists that have launched a new national organization — the Society of Clinical Nurse Specialist Educators.

• The Rural Health Leadership Conference was sponsored by MSU on campus for EMS and nursing personnel. Continuing education credit was available for participants.

• Dietetics and American Humanics/Youth and Nonprofit Leadership student Sarah Kelty was selected as a delegate to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The office of regional stewardship and MSU’s teacher Quality institute worked together to secure a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to present “Picturing America.” The project brought significant works of art to classrooms and libraries in west Kentucky.

• Telecommunications Systems Management was approved for a $1.1 million Department of Homeland Security project to deliver a web-enabled software suite to collect, share and process real-time data relating to incidents as they occur.

• Murray State and 13 other organizations became part of a pilot study for a Multi-Band Radio Project funded by the Department of Homeland Security. MSU was the only university selected to participate.

• A new solar pavilion was constructed at the Hancock Biological Station. Independent of any power grid, the pavilion will offer the opportunity for classes to meet outside during the summer and still use electronic items. Additionally, it will provide a gathering place for middle and high school students who visit the station.

• Dr. Terry Derting, professor of biology, received $465,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation for postdoctoral research fellows in science education.

• The National Science Foundation awarded Kentucky and Montana $6 million in grant money to support an advanced cyber infrastructure

project which includes a process that integrates the workflow of the water quality sensors in lakes and streams. Researchers led by David White, director of Hancock Biological Station, will conduct this study.

• Dr. Howard Whiteman, associate professor of biology, was awarded a grant from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife for $110,000.

• Dr. Jamie Rogers, associate professor of mechanical engineering, conducted an engineering teacher workshop for middle and high school teachers in the region in preparation for the “Racer Engineering Challenge.”

The U.S. Geological Survey’s district office has relocated to Murray, providing collaboration for student internship and research opportunities. Also, the USGS Kentucky Water Science Center was officially opened at Murray State.

• Dr. Maeve McCarthy, mathematics professor, is the director for the Association for Women in Mathematics.

• Dr. Wesley Calvert, assistant professor in the department of mathematics and statistics, is a board member for the Mathematical Association of America.

• The Kentucky Educators Association student chapter at MSU’s Madisonville campus received the Outstanding Outreach to Teach Award for its work at West Hopkins School.

• Elementary education major Jessica Lovelace, a student at MSU’s Paducah campus, was chosen the Kentucky Educators Association-SP president-elect.

• Murray State’s Paducah campus was recognized for its Kentucky Educators Association Outstanding Read Across America Project for books donated and school read-aloud assemblies, coordinated by education students.

• The M.F.A. in Creative Writing Program was a major sponsor of the Annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference, held in Chicago, Ill. Approximately 50 MSU students and faculty attended the event, which is the largest literary conference in the U.S.

• The department of modern languages hosted the annual Foreign Language Festival with more than 700 high school students demonstrating their knowledge of world languages and culture.

• John Fannin, assistant director of bands, had a composition accepted for publication by Alfred Music, a second work appeared on top literature lists for the year, and he wrote show music for 28 marching bands in 11 states.

Murray State hosted the fourth annual National Town & Gown Best Practices Conference.

• Steve Dublin, lecturer in the department of management, marketing and business administration, was a leader in entrepreneurship with two inaugural events — a Business Plan Competition and an Entrepreneurship Conference.

• Dr. Glynn Mangold, marketing professor, assisted three of his students in receiving internships at Performance Learning Systems (PLS) in Cadiz, Ky. In fact, PLS created a social media marketing department specifically for these students.

• Students from the advanced public relations course worked with members of the Kentucky Cabinet Department for Community Based Services Protection and Permanency to educate and enhance the public’s image of foster children and resource parents.

• MSU and the Murray-Calloway County Transit Authority partnered to provide an exciting opportunity for MSU students — Racer Routes. With the addition of four new buses and bus routes traveling to several locations around Murray, students have an affordable, safe and convenient way to navigate to and from classes and to locations throughout the city. The environmentally friendly plan allows for a decrease in CO2 emissions in Murray by providing a way to limit the number of cars on campus and on city streets. It also reduces the likelihood of traffic accidents on campus and increases the safety of pedestrians. Also, the service provides an opportunity for domestic and international students to travel to a variety of activities and events throughout the community.

Creating Community• The office of recruitment, along with the college of business (COB) sponsored

the first Project Leadership, a day for high school student leaders to visit campus and explore areas in the COB.

• Practicum class EXS 460 students and faculty contributed over 438 hours to Needline. Class members sorted food, packed client grocery bags, stocked the Needline pantry, assisted with the children’s Backpack Program and collected food for the holidays.

The pool in Carr Health Building was used for disabled veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan in the Wounded Warrior Scuba Program. The program helps empower veterans to overcome physical and emotional issues associated with their injuries.

• Dr. Sue Sroda, associate professor of English, traveled to Iraq on a cultural mission where she spent two weeks training Iraqi teachers in the Babil Province.

• Department of English and philosophy faculty member and novelist Squire Babcock was the featured guest on Nashville Public Television’s A Word On Words with John Siegenthaler.

• “A Celebration of Music” was presented at the Carson Four Rivers Center in Paducah, Ky. The musical extravaganza was presented by student ensembles from the MSU department of music in conjunction with other campus departments, and in collaboration with the Carson Center, the Paducah Symphony, WKMS and Independence Bank of Paducah.

• Louisville Mayor Jerry E. Abramson signed a proclamation designating Nov. 3, 2009, as Murray State University Day in Louisville, Ky.

Murray State University Day in Louisville, Ky. — MSU representatives with Louisville Mayor Jerry E. Abramson: (from left) Jim Carter, Catherine Sivills, Bob Jackson, Abramson, MSU President Randy Dunn, Chris Jung and Shawn Smee.

Waterfield Library saw a record 379,227 visitors, up 93,574 from the year before. The library website was visited nearly 400,000 times during the academic year and was accessed from 130 different countries. Additionally, an option for users to “Text a Librarian” with a question was added to Waterfield’s services.

• MSU partnered with the Luther F. Carson Center on a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to sponsor “The Big Read” to encourage communities to read, discuss and celebrate author Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Actress Mary Badham, who portrayed “Scout” in the 1962 film, was the keynote speaker at the kick-off event.

• MSU offered an ACT prep workshop to assist high school juniors and seniors prepare for the ACT.

• Jody Cofer, program specialist in the Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity office, was elected to the National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Governing Board.

• Blocks of the AIDS Memorial Quilt were displayed in the Curris Center on campus. This was the third time the quilt has been at MSU.

• MSU Health Services conducted five H1N1 flu clinics, vaccinating 858 students.

• Youth and Nonprofit Leadership students collaborated with MSU Health Services for a campus-wide smoke-free day for the Great American Smokeout.

• Kentucky Child Now, a statewide nonprofit organization, in conjunction with MSU, hosted the Murray Great Kids Summit to inspire youth to take a greater interest in higher education.

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STUDENT LIFE

Performers included:• Kaci Bolls• Justin Townes Earle• Chuck D• Kansas/38 Special• Avett Brothers

• David Bazan• Jason Aldean• Maroon 5• Robert Earl Keen• Old Crow Medicine Show

MSu residential college students worked hard last year to raise money for charity.

> Clark College Outdoor music event, Clarkstock, for

Melanoma Research Institute

> Elizabeth College 5K walk for Humane Society and

Haunted Lizo for Needline

> White College International Thanksgiving for Relay for Life

> Hart College Fantasy Football League for Backpack Program

> Regents and White Colleges Fall Festival for the Heart Walk

> Hester and Richmond Colleges Monster Bash for various local

charities

> Springer-Franklin College Residential College Golf Tournament

for the Heart Walk

Concerts were held on campus in Lovett Auditorium and the Regional Special Events Center.

Kaci Bolls

Jason Aldean plays to a sold-out RSEC crowd.

Jason Aldean plays to a sold-out RSEC crowd.

• Baseball’s Daniel Calhoun was named OVC Pitcher of the Year and Louisville Slugger Third-Team All-America by Collegiate Baseball. He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals. Rob McDonald was honored as OVC Baseball Coach of the Year. The Thoroughbreds finished the season in second place.

• Women’s soccer won the OVC Tournament and went on to play Virginia Tech in the NCAA Tournament. Beth Acreman was chosen as OVC Soccer Coach of the Year.

Football player austen Lane was named OVC Defensive Player of the Year and was a finalist for National Defensive Player of the Year.

• Women’s basketball won its first regular season OVC championship. Amber and Paige Guffey were selected for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Team. Amber was named the top ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American of the Year.

• MSU women’s golf advanced to the NCAA Tournament at Ohio State following its seventh OVC championship.

• Women’s cross country advanced to the regional NCAA at Louisville, Ky.

• Taylor Crawford was named the OVC Female Track Athlete of the Year.

• Kasey Meyer was named a National Rifle Association All-American.

• Women’s track and field’s Taylor Crawford, Shameka Dial and Katelyn Jones advanced to the NCAA Regional.

• Men’s basketball ranks in the top five in the nation for consecutive winning seasons with 22.

MSu won the OvC Commissioner’s Cup for 2008-09, for the success of its athletic programs across the board.

MSU electronic media major Katie DeCillo traveled to Washington, D.C., for President Barack Obama’s Inauguration. She worked with fellow traveler Shasta O’Neal, electronic media specialist in MSU’s broadcast media services office, to post daily video blogs from DeCillo focusing on the experience of being in Washington while history was being made. Regional television stations used that blog as a part of their inauguration coverage.

Katie DeCillo and Shasta O’Neal

• Launched Hold Thy Banner High: The Campaign for the Students of Murray State University, with a goal of $60 million. Proceeds of the campaign will be used to fund new programs and initiatives, but most importantly, nearly 50 percent of this campaign goal will go toward student academic scholarships and scholarships to assist with study abroad opportunities.

• Dr. Charles Johnson ’56 and Mrs. Marlene Rann Johnson ’57 donated an organ for Lovett Auditorium. This donation joins the Johnsons’ earlier gift of a new carillon for the campus, the establishment of the Dr. Charles and Marlene Johnson Outstanding Music Faculty Award and the Dr. Charles L. and Marlene Rann Johnson Music Scholarship.

• Alumni David ’90 and Ashley Dill ’89 established the David and Ashley Dill Distinguished Professorship in Accounting at Murray State. The endowment will go to a faculty member with professional experience, strong research skills and a demonstrated ability in developing interesting and innovative methodologies for the classroom. David is one of several MSU accounting graduates who are giving back through the $2.5 million E3 Campaign, which includes the Dill Endowment.

• Jim ’63 and Sue Cash ’64 are giving back to Murray State through planned gifts in support of athletics and scholarship funding. Jim and Sue have made major bequest provisions for MSU in their estate plans.

• Benson D. Blackie established two scholarships at MSU to be funded by a $1.5 million Charitable Remainder Trust: the Benson D. and Novalee Roberts Blackie Endowed Scholarship and the Benson D. and Novalee Roberts Blackie Study Abroad Scholarship. Blackie established the scholarships in memory of his late wife, Novalee, a 1941 graduate.

• Bill Garrett ’49 donated commercial property appraised in excess of $670,000. When the property is sold in 2010, the proceeds will provide the seed money for a new research and laboratory farm for the school of agriculture, to be called Garrett Farm. Garrett’s late wife, Merry, also attended Murray State.

• Longtime dean of admissions at MSU, Phil Bryan, had a conference room dedicated in his honor in the office of recruitment, now located in the Curris Center. Geotech, Marcum Engineering, and Mark and Kelly Workman were responsible for the gift that made the new meeting facility possible.

CONTRIBUTORS

CAMPAIGNPROGRESS

$60M

$50M

$40M

$30M

$44,176,406 gifts, pledges and planned gifts as of Dec. 31, 2009, toward Murray State university’s $60 million goal.

MSU FINANCIALSState Appropriation 51,884,300 30.6%

Tuition and Fees 49,107,318 28.9%

Grants and Contracts 25,017,351 14.8%

Auxiliary Services 23,426,783 13.8%

Sales and Services 7,151,361 4.2%

Other Sources 13,067,440 7.7%

TOTAL 169,654,553 100.0%

Note: Actual revenues Other sources include state appropriations for capital projects

2009 Sources of revenue

2009 Operating expenses

Tuition and Fees, 28.9%Auxiliary Services, 

13.8%

Other Sources, 7.7%

Sales and Services, 4.2%

Tuition and Fees, 28.9%

State Appropriation, 

30.6%

Grants and Contracts, 14.8%

Auxiliary Services, 13.8%

Other Sources, 7.7%

Sales and Services, 4.2%

Instruction 55,416,671 35.6%

Academic Support 6,729,684 4.3%

Libraries 2,255,357 1.5%

Research 1,517,552 1.0%

Public Service 7,250,703 4.7%

Student Services 14,129,154 9.1%

Student Financial Aid 10,093,167 6.5%

Auxiliary Expenditures 18,676,811 12.0%

Institutional Support 14,451,519 9.3%

Operation and Maintenance of Plant 16,052,952 10.3%

Depreciation 8,878,926 5.7%

TOTAL 155,452,496 100.0%

Instruction;35.6%

AcademicSupport;4.3%

Libraries;1.5%

Research;1.0%

PublicService;4.7%StudentServices;9.1%

StudentFinancialAid;6.5%

AuxiliaryExpenditures;

12.0%

InstitutionalSupport;9.3%

Operation&Maintenance

ofPlant;10.3% Depreciation;5.7%

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