Murray State University President Dr. Bob Davies will be the featured speaker for the February Power in Partnership monthly breakfast of the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce. The breakfast will be held on February 4 at 7:30 a.m. at the Julian Carroll Convention Center.  Murray State is also the sponsor.

Dr. Davies began his official duties as the 13th President of Murray State University on July 14, 2014. Most recently, he had served as the president of Eastern Oregon University in La Grande. During his tenure at Eastern Oregon he oversaw increased enrollment, retention and graduation rates to the highest levels in the university’s history. Davies received his Ph.D. in higher education administration from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2005. He earned his M.B.A. in finance and marketing in 1991 from the University of Oregon and his B.S. in management at the University of Nevada in Reno in 1989. Davies received the Higher Education Leadership certificate from the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard University in 2007. He also attended Harvard’s Seminar for New Presidents in 2009.

Davies has authored numerous papers and has given many presentations throughout the country on university leadership in subjects as diverse as the college cost crisis, advancement, nontraditional alumni and students, strategy development in higher education and academic master planning, and financial management.

Davies is married to Cindy Davies and they are the parents of one child — Katie.

Below are the details of the breakfast:

When: Thursday, February 4, 7:30-8:30 a.m.

Where: Julian M. Carroll Convention Center, Ohio Room

Speaker: Murray State President Dr. Bob Davies

Sponsor:  Murray State University

Cost: $15 members, $25 non-members

If you are not a Power Card holder, please make your reservations by Tuesday, February 2, by 5 p.m. to the Chamber at 443-1746 or info@paducahchamber.org