Murray State University

Murray State University was founded in 1922, is a public university, located in Murray, Kentucky, United States. Students studying in the university's hail of nearly nine foreign countries and 30 states.

Murray State University offers 11 associate, 64 undergraduate and 42 master's and specialist programs, which are provided through four academic colleges, two schools, 30 departments, and a joint program shared by business colleges and universities of science, engineering and technology. Business college is the largest in Murray State, registering 23 percent of the student.

Murray State has the institutional accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges, continuously since 1928. Murray is one of only eight schools in the state of Kentucky to achieve AACSB accredited business programs. But the school is. no AACSB-accredited accounting programs Several other programs have achieved a special accreditation - especially in teaching programs, fine arts and nursing. As a former school and normal school teacher, Murray State is famous for its educational programs NCATE-accredited, but the university also has gained national recognition for the fine arts program. The music department has been a member of the National Association of Schools of Music since 1936.

Students can also join the organization and sororities to get the chance to be involved and participate in non-academic activities outside the classroom. There are more than 150 student clubs din Murray campus.

One student clubs are much in demand by students is an athletic club. Murray State University has a university sports team consisting of a team of men and women's teams compete in the Ohio Valley Conference (NCAA Division I). Basketball is one of the strong program at this university.

There is a unique celebration presented by one of the athletic teams (football) on the campus of Murray since 1976, that is, each goal has been celebrated by the people of the house, dubbed racer One, completing laps on the track around the football field on the campus of Murray.

In addition, there is a celebration or other unique traditions that adorn the student life on campus, shoe trees, which states that if two students fall in love and eventually married, you could say it is a fortune if every student shoe nails to trees.