The Jackson Purchase Historical Society is pleased to announce that Dieter C. Ullrich is the recipient of the Third Annual Dr. Lonnie E. Maness Award for his article, “The Confederate Surrender at Tiptonville and the Conclusion of the Island No. 10 Campaign” selected by the officers and editorial board as The Outstanding Article in the Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society in 2021. Society president Bill Mulligan commented “It is always a pleasure to notify the winner of this award. The quality of the articles in our Journal is very high and something of which we, as a society,…

And the winners are… We are pleased to announce the following Murray State faculty members are the 2021 Lana Porter Open Access Initiatives Awardees! University Libraries’ Scholarly Communication Committee will grant each faculty member a stipend to be used for research materials, conferences, travel, or other projects during the current academic year. The award is given in the spirit of encouraging recipients to continue producing scholarship in an open access format. Congratulations to this year’s awardees, and thank you to all our nominees for your time and effort in applying and for supporting open access research.        …