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Focus Area Spotlight: Architectural Design
Architecture: Building a Strong Foundation In April Webb’s Architectural Design focus area, scholars can be found creating models of something that, for them, represents home. Whether they are building a model of their house, a conceptual sculpture of a swing, or a recreation of their bedroom, April’s scholars are able to bring their artistic vision…
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Focus Area Spotlight: Healthcare Industries
Scholars Performing Surgery? On Tuesday, July 14, journalists from the GSPost arrived at the Healthcare Industries focus area to interview the teacher and students. They were questioned about their experiences both at GSP and in their focus area. Piercy, the instructor, explained that the main focus of the Healthcare Industries class is the topic of…
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Focus Area Spotlight: Agribusiness and Biotechnology
Plenty of peppers pickling proudly presented on a platform One entering the third floor of South Oakley on Monday, July 13 would immediately notice the burning aroma of spicy peppers and vinegar. Why would this happen? Three words–Agribusiness and Biotechnology. Reporters from the GSPost observed a fun class this past Monday. In this unique focus…
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Focus Area Spotlight: Political and Legal Issues
It is well understood the underlying presence that politics plays in society due to its extreme polarization and division among average citizens. However in the Political and Legal Issues focus area on Murray campus, students Connor and Hunter describe it as “unifying” and “optimistic”. The unique environment of the GSP provides students with a safe…
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Focus Area Spotlight: Creative Writing
At first glance, writing and studying literature may seem a little bland. Perhaps with certain teachers, it is. Many students’ views of writing are negatively skewed by schools and institutions. That is what makes the Creative Writing and Literary Studies focus area so special. A typical day in this focus area consists of a few…
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Focus Area Spotlight: Astronomy
At the Governor’s Scholar Program (GSP) at Murray State University, the Astronomy focus area is spearheaded by Rico Tyler, who has been an instructor with the GSP for 42 years. During week one at the GSP, astronomy scholars built personal telescopes from scratch, under Rico’s guidance. The completion of these telescopes was the key to…
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Focus area spotlight: Engineering
This Wednesday, July 1, the engineering focus area explored a variety of bridge structures, and were given the chance to construct their own models. The afternoon class started off with a presentation from Patsy Rawlins. Rawlins was a governor’s scholar at Morehead in 2013, and now works for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KTC) as a…
