Murray State University will maintain a prominent presence in China over the next year as two representatives from the university's International Center for Economic Development and Cultural Studies (ICED) leave in August for a partnership with the Institute of Vocational Technology (IVT) in Suzhou, China. Terry Dunn, ICED senior associate for public relations, has been invited to teach and work in the administration area at IVT as a guest visiting professor. MSU senior Jonathan Baldridge will be filling the role of student teaching intern at IVT.

Posted by Tony Powell in Feature story on Wednesday, July 23. 2008 12:22

Dr. James Gantt, director of the Center for Telecommunications Systems Management at Murray State University has been selected to be a Senior Fellow of the International Telecommunications Education and Research Association (ITERA). Candidates for ITERA Senior Fellows must have at least 15 years academic or combined academic/industry experience, part of which includes leadership responsibilities. Gantt has been the director of the Center for Telecommunications Systems Management at Murray State University since February 2005. Prior to returning to Murray State, he served as director of the Computational and Information Sciences Directorate at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. While there he managed research in communications, computer science, weather, and super computing to support soldiers worldwide. Gantt is currently serving as the Chairman of the Board of ITERA.

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Dr. Joy Navan and Dr. Leon Bodevin have been selected as new residential college heads for 2008-09. Dr. Navan, Assistant Professor in Educational Studies, Leadership, and Counseling, will be the new college head of White College. Dr. Leon Bodevin, Assistant Professor in Modern Languages, will be the new college head of Richmond College.

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The university will return to regular working hours 8 am to 4:30 pm on Monday, July 28, 2008.

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Amanda Turner, a junior English major from Providence, was awarded the first Study Abroad Video Blog Scholarship by the MSU Institute for International Studies. She is currently studying literature in London through CCSA and posting videos about her program. You can view her videos, which will continue to be posted until her return in mid-August, at the Study Abroad website.

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Joey Connors, a senior TSM and Finance double-major, has been awarded $7,000 from the Freeman-Asia Foundation of the Institute of International Education (IIE) for his upcoming study abroad program in Japan. Connors will be studying through the MSU exchange program at Tenri University in Nara, Japan for the 2008-2009 academic year.

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Emily Just, a 2006 Murray State Alum, has been awarded a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship by the Murray Rotary Club to study health promotion at the National University of Ireland-Galway in Galway, Ireland for a year. She will be taking classes as well as participating in research and getting involved in service in the community. In addition, she will speak to Rotary clubs across Ireland about life in Kentucky. "It's not often that we get to enter into another culture for as long as a year and I plan on taking full advantage of this opportunity," Just said. "Festivals, social life, religious services...I want to experience anything I can get myself into. I also plan on traveling around Europe, etc., while I'm across the ocean. This is a wonderful opportunity and I encourage anyone interested in study abroad to apply for this scholarship."

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There will be a campus-wide reception for Rebecca Watts, Deputy to the President, who will be departing Murray State to take the post of Chief of Staff at Ohio University at the beginning of August. The reception will be held in the President’s Office Lobby, 2nd Floor Wells Hall, from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30, 2008. The campus community is invited to stop by to say “farewell” to Becky. Light refreshments will be served -- please RSVP to 3763 for planning purposes.

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