The Prudent Student (November 25, 2009)

Campus Lights is the longest running student produced and performed musical in the South. The show started in 1938 by the Gamma Delta chapter of Phi Mu Alpha as a fund raiser to pay the chapter's chartering fees. Campus Lights is now produced by a joint effort of the Gamma Delta chapter of Phi Mu Alpha and the Iota Beta chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota. All proceeds from the show are given to the Department of Music in order to fund scholarships.

The Prudent Student (November 25, 2009)

The majority of the university's sports and recreation facilities are located on the northern most edge of the campus, along the KY-121 Bypass. The most prominent structure in the sports complex is Roy Stewart Stadium. The stadium, which is home field to the Murray State Racers football program, was completed in 1973 and named for former Murray State football coach Roy Stewart. It seats 16,800. The outdated AstroTurf surface was replaced with FieldTurf in 2007. Located on the second floor of the seven-story press box and seating structure is the Pat Spurgin Rifle Range, which is the home of the three-time NCAA champion rifle squad. The 8,602-seat Regional Special Events Center, commonly known as RSEC, was completed in 1998 to replace the aging Racer Arena that was no longer large enough to serve as an adequate home to the men's and women's basketball teams. On April 16, 2005, the new Susan E. Bauernfeind Student Recreation and Wellness Center was dedicated. The new 73,000-square-foot (6,800 m2) student recreation center includes a swimming pool, two racquetball courts, a walking/jogging track, an aerobic studio, basketball courts, and free weights and cardio workout machines. The center is located just north of the residential colleges, near Roy Stewart Stadium.

The Prudent Student (November 25, 2009)

Murray State University, located in the town of Murray, Kentucky, is an approximately 10,000-student, four-year public university. Murray State maintains a strong academic reputation and has been rewarded with high marks when compared with other regional public universities in U.S. News & World Report and other college ranking publications. The school is Kentucky's only public university to be listed in the U.S. News & World Report top tier for past 18 consecutive years.[3] In addition to the main campus, Murray State University operates extended campuses offering upper level and graduate courses in Paducah, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, and Henderson.

The Prudent Student (November 25, 2009)

The oldest and most easily recognizable buildings on the Murray State campus are situated around a large, grassy, tree-lined area on the south side of campus. This part of campus, known as the quadrangle, is bounded by 16th Street to the West, 15th Street to the East, Lovett Auditorium to the North, and Wilson Hall to the South. In the Southwest corner of the quad sits the oldest building on campus, Wrather Hall. Wrather Hall first housed administrative offices and classrooms, and it is now home to the Wrather West Kentucky Museum and a large auditorium that is frequently used for lectures and meetings. Faculty Hall, Wells Hall, and the College of Business line the western edge of the quad. The Lowry Center, Pogue Library, and the Price Doyle Fine Arts Center line the eastern side of the quad. The 11-story Doyle Fine Arts Center is the tallest building on campus, housing the Robert E. Johnson Theatre, Clara Eagle Art Gallery, WKMS-FM and MSU-TV 11 studios, as wells as numerous classrooms, practice rooms, and recital halls. Directly south of the quad is Sparks Hall. Sparks Hall is the main administrative building, housing the offices of student financial aid, admissions and registration, accounting and financial services, vice president for administrative services, center for continuing education and academic outreach, human resources, marketing and public relations, and school relations. The 6-story, 39,000-square-foot (3,600 m2), Sparks Hall was completed in 1967 at a cost of $1,308,514. Also to the south of the quad, and directly west of Sparks Hall is Oakhurst, which is the residence of the university president. Oakhurst was constructed in 1927, by Murray State's second president, Rainey T. Wells.

The Prudent Student (November 25, 2009)

Academic Excellence For fifteen years, Murray has been rated as a leading university. U.S.News rated Murray as one of the nation's top public universities, saying, "A degree from a distinguished college helps graduates get good jobs and gain entrance to the world's top graduate programs." An American Treasure Murray was one of only six public universities in the nation to be selected by Kaplan, Inc. as a "Hidden Treasure." The honor was based on the results of a Market Measurement, Inc., national survey of high school guidance counselors. A "Best Value " Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine has twice ranked Murray as one of America's top public universities. When 500 public colleges around the nation were studied, Kiplinger's rated MSU 54th (in-state value) and 52nd (out-of-state value). Judges reviewed quality of academics, admission rates, freshmen retention, average class size, graduation rates and average college debt after graduation. U.S.News & World Report ranked Murray as the South's best public master's university in their list of "Great School at a Great Price." Here, your investment is sound. Satisfied Customers According to a Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education statewide survey of recent graduates, Murray outranks all Kentucky public universities in "graduate and alumni satisfaction."

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