Climate SMART Grant

Murray State College is a project partner with the Chickasaw Nation on a USDA Climate SMART grant that provides start-up funding for the Small Farm and Ranch Institute, which will be located on the Murray State College Ardmore campus.

The grant is $5 million, of which $2 million will directly benefit Murray State, including $500 thousand directly for student scholarships.

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Thank you!

"Thank you to Brian Cothran and Jordyn Frazier for all that you've done to receive this grant alongside the Chickasaw Nation. We are better together than we could ever be by ourselves. "

- Dr. Tim Faltyn

Murray State College President

MSC's Southern Oklahoma Center for Nursing

Murray State's Southern Oklahoma Nursing Education Center will be located on Murray's Ardmore campus.

The goal for the Center is to be the nursing workforce training provider for the southern Oklahoma and North Texas regions.

AirEvac Team Training

Murray's work to become the nursing education center in this region also includes working with the AirEvac Lifeteam on the Ardmore campus. They have access to the classrooms and simulation lab space. They will use these spaces for flight team continuing education and clinical internships of new flight crew members.

The AirEvac team members will be introduced to the MSC Career Mobility Program with an opportunity to pursue a healthcare career as a registered nurse (RN.)

2023 Regional Healthcare Workforce Summit

Occupational Therapy Assistant Program Associate Professor, Dr. Jayne Campanini, was among the speakers at this year's 2023 Regional Healthcare Workforce Summit at Choctaw Casino and Resort.

Dr. Campanini discussed career pathways, including Pre-K through 12th grade.

The summit also covered other various aspects of the healthcare sector, such as healthcare and behavioral health trends and issues.

Academic Team

Competing for the first time at the national quiz bowl championship, the Murray State College Academic Team placed 4th in the nation! Even better is that their team captain, Marshall Barnett, was named All-American.

In Honor of Shelby Wilson

Last Saturday, family, friends and community members celebrated the life of Shelby Wilson. She was a member of Coach Aaron Mullen's very first Murray State Lady Aggies softball team in 2017.

Shelby passed away at the young age of 26 from cancer, just one week after graduating from the University of Oklahoma.

Her daughter, Kinsleigh, threw the first pitch to start the second game.

Professor Wes Reddish's Physical Science Class

MSC Professor Wes Reddish’s physical science students made boats for lab this past week. They tested each one to see if it would float ,and then added weight to see how much it would take to sink or capsize them. The purpose of the activity was to test their understanding of buoyancy and stability.

At the beginning of the semester, Professor Reddish told his students that at the

4-week grade turn-in mark that if every member of the class had their assignments completed and each student had a passing grade, the class could pick a color and he would dye his hair that color.

Two classes showed a significant improvement on those two metrics. One class fulfilled the criteria. The color they picked was pink.

Professor Reddish plans to keep his hair that way until Spring Break.

MSC Lady Aggies Basketball Team

The Lady Aggies basketball team head to Muskogee, OK, on March 9 to kick-off the NJCAA Region II Basketball Championship.

They will play Redlands Community College at 3 p.m.

Congratulations, to Briana Knabe on being selected to Region 2, 2nd Team All-Conference.

She is from Era, Texas.

Congratulations, to Jade Millan on being selected as Region 2 Newcomer of the Year.

She is a transfer from Mac U. High School.