Murray State College

Murray State College is a public community college in southeastern Oklahoma with the main campus located in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. The college is named in honor of former Oklahoma Governor William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray.

This article is about a two-year college in Oklahoma. For the four-year college in Kentucky, see Murray State University.
Murray State College
Former names
Murray State School of Agriculture
TypePublic
Junior College
Established1908
PresidentJoy McDaniel
Students2,200
Location
Tishomingo
,
Oklahoma
,
United States
CampusRural
AthleticsNJCAA Division I
MascotAggies
Websitewww.mscok.edu

Murray State College also maintains a smaller campus in Ardmore, Oklahoma as one of four state higher education institutions that participate at the University Center of Southern Oklahoma (the other three are Oklahoma State University, Southeastern State University, and East Central University).

History

Murray State College was established as the Murray State School of Agriculture in accordance with a law passed by the first Oklahoma Legislature (approved May 20, 1908). Its first students, numbering about 100, were primarily Chickasaw and Choctaw. Federal funding paid for two dormitories opened in 1916 for Native American students.[1] On March 17, 1924, the Oklahoma Legislature approved a measure to enable the institution to teach the first two years of higher educational instruction, and it became a community college, granting its first associate degrees in 1924.[1]

Alfalfa Bill Murray's nephew, Clive Murray, became president of the school in 1931 and remained until 1961. The school was renamed Murray State Agricultural College in 1955, and then Murray State College of Agriculture and Applied Science in 1967.[1]

In 1972, the school was removed from the authority of the Board of Regents for Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges and given its own board of regents; in connection with this, the school was renamed Murray State College[1] (not to be confused with Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky).

Academics

Murray State College offers Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, and Associate of Applied Science degree programs.

Alumni

See also

References
  1. Kirk A. Rodden, "Murray State College", Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Accessed October 12, 2010
  2. Randy Krehbiel, "Former Creek Nation chief, Jenks football coach Perry Beaver dies", Tulsa World, July 15, 2014.
  3. "Johnston Murray". National Governors Association. Retrieved 12 September 2012.

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