About Murray State University
We place our highest priority on student learning and excellent teaching, blending a range of online educational opportunities with nurturing student-teacher interactions.
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Murray State offers relevant programs with core studies in the liberal arts and sciences, leading to degrees that prepare students for success. Through effective and creative teaching, the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills to real-world situations, and student support services, our exceptional faculty and staff foster student growth in knowledge, critical inquiry, and innovative thinking.
As a public comprehensive university dedicated to diversity, global awareness, and intellectual curiosity, we actively engage students, faculty, staff and the community in collaborative scholarship, creative activity, and research. Our uniqueness arises from a combination of academic excellence, a welcoming atmosphere and dedication to student success through mentored, real-world learning opportunities in an open-minded and supportive online learning environment.
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We are Racers
Originally, all of Murray State’s athletic teams were known as the Thoroughbreds, which came from the love of thoroughbred racing throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Unfortunately, the lengthy nickname didn’t work well for newspaper headline writers, so they used shortened versions like T-Breds, ’Breds, Race Horses and Racers instead. Around the late 1950s, the shorter moniker of Racers became the generally accepted nickname for Murray State’s athletic teams.
