BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100429T150000 DTEND:20100429T170000 DTSTAMP:20100428T194550 SUMMARY:Reception for retiring MSU Provost Gary Brockway DESCRIPTION:Dr. Gary Brockway, Murray State University vice president for academic affairs and provost, will retire June 30 after 34 years with the university. A reception will be held in his honor Thursday, April 29, from 3-5 p.m. in the Pogue Library on campus. Campus and community members are invited to attend. Brockway came to Murray State in 1976 as an associate professor in management and marketing. Prior to coming to Murray, he was assistant professor in the department of business administration at Morehead State University. He received his bachelor’s degree in marketing from Rochester Institute of Technology (N. Y.), and his master of business administration and his doctorate in business administration, both with an emphasis in marketing, from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He served as a visiting professor in Troy State University’s European Program, teaching in Italy, Germany, Spain and Turkey. From 1984 to 2003 he was the faculty coordinator and seminar leader of the International Business Seminar. During that time more than 600 students from 15 universities received firsthand experience with international business practices. In 1994 he became chairman of the department of management and marketing. He was co-author of the $3 million grant for the Program of Distinction in Telecommunications Systems Management and co-author of a $75,000 BellSouth grant for multimedia equipment. Brockway was selected to be the interim vice president for academic affairs and provost in 1998. Two years later he was named to the number two administrative post which he has held for 10 years. During his tenure as provost, he was instrumental in the reorganization of the academic units that reduced the existing six colleges into four and created a new college of health sciences and human services and a school of agriculture. He also assisted in establishing recruiting agencies in Japan, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, India, Indonesia and Vietnam. Twice Brockway received the Outstanding Paper Recognition Award in the college of business and public affairs and in 1988 he was selected by the students as the Max Carman Outstanding Teacher at Murray State. He has several articles in professional journals, including Journal of Business and Public Affairs, Journal of Management Development and Journal of Small Business Management. He has made presentations at the MidSouth Marketing Educators Conference, the Atlantic Marketing Association Conference and was the keynote speaker at Daegu University in Korea. Brockway will return to the classroom on a half-time basis in the fall, teaching marketing classes in the college of business. His other plans including traveling with his wife, Betty, visiting his daughter, Beth, and remaining active in university and community life. LOCATION:Pogue Library UID:1165-787-3307 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR