Racer Report: August 8-12
By Alex Pologruto | Aug 11, 2022
MURRAY, Ky. 鈥� The latest Murray State University Racer Report includes student, faculty, staff and alumni accomplishments, announcements, upcoming campus events and more for the week of August 8-12.
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Murray State was recognized in the upper tiers among higher education institutions nationally in terms of economic mobility to best serve students by Third Way. The economic mobility findings are available at .
Murray State continues to reinforce its 鈥渉igh-quality, high-impact, nationally-recognized best value鈥� promise that has been identified by multiple publications within the past year. The University has been named a 鈥淏est Bang for the Buck鈥� by Washington Monthly, one of 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Best Colleges鈥� by Forbes, as well as a 鈥淭op-Tier University鈥� by U.S. News & World Report for more than 30 consecutive years.
The University offers 146 academic programs and more than 170 student organizations, encompassing a variety of shared academic and personal interests.
Murray State continues to offer financial assistance to Racers and their families. Based on the University鈥檚 most recent annual reports, more than $115 million was awarded in financial aid and scholarships, and 99 percent of Murray State鈥檚 freshman class received financial aid or a scholarship.
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Murray State University鈥檚 non-commercial National Public Radio-affiliated station, WKMS-FM, honored the Middle of Everywhere (MOE) podcast team including Ariel Lavery, Austin Carter, Dixie Lynn and Murray State student Annie Davis for finishing the second season of the podcast, focusing on rivers and waterways.
On July 26, the station hosted an in-person listening party at WKMS where hosts Ariel and Austin walked attendees through the season, answered questions and entertained all with a compilation of audio bloopers.
鈥淭he rivers and waterways content, cake and fellowship was a great time,鈥� said WKMS membership director, Jenni Todd. 鈥淭hank you to everyone who came out and to the audience on Facebook Live.鈥�
To watch the recorded Facebook live event please visit .
To listen to episodes of MOE please visit .