Author: Preslee

Wednesday’s are especially long-winded for a GSP scholar; a total of 5 and a half hours of intense class time and not a lot of break in between makes for a long day. By 4:30, students are exhausted mentally and can’t wait to waste some time doing literally anything that helps them get their mind…

Photographer: Preslee Decker For the past two weeks, the Astronomy focus area has been taught by Rico Tyler and Travis Oliver, but this week they welcomed special guest Bob Summerfield to both Tyler’s focus area and his general studies class.   Bob Summerfield has appeared on numerous television programs on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Discovery Channel…

Photo Credit: Travis Oliver On July 2nd, at exactly 1:45 pm, students in Rico Tyler’s general studies course “Same Topic, Different Perspective” were able to capture the Tiangong Chinese space station orbit across the sun. This station is very similar to our very own International Space Station, just about half the size. Tiangong’s main goal is…

Tori Murden McClure arrived to speak to the scholars of the Murray State campus on June 24th to speak about her success as an adventurer. The first convocation in Johnson Theatre was encompassed by the idea of “first building a life, then making a living.” Murden McClure addressed the scholars by introducing herself, along with…