Ava Chuppe Staff Writer achuppe@murraystate.edu According to the 2021-2022 Staff Perspective Survey results reported at the March 30 Board of Regents meeting, 42.52% of staff members have considered leaving the University. Since 2010, the University has seen a steady decline in staff by about 500 positions. The annual survey, administered…
Racers Helping Racers continues amid pandemic
Posted By: News Editor
April 7, 2021
Erinn Finley
Racers Helping Racers employees continue to donate food to students through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trish Lofton, the administrative assistant for student life, said employees were extremely busy serving students stranded on campus after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. When campus shut down, the pantry workers started the Curbside Pantry, which allowed online orders to be filled. They served students this way until classes resumed in August 2020. Now they serve students through curbside at the Curris Center and through their location in the Blackburn Science Building.