Steeplechase is an annual digital publication showcasing the research and creative activity of Murray State University undergraduate and graduate students. This open-access journal features works across all disciplines, especially highlighting ORCA grantees and ORCA event participants. Steeplechase is edited by both faculty and undergraduate students in conjunction with Murray State University’s Office of Research and Creative Activity (ORCA).
See the Aims and Scope for a complete coverage of the journal.
Current Issue: Volume 8, Issue 1 (2024) Fall 2024 / Spring 2025
Editor's Letter
ORCA Annual Report 2023-24
MSU ORCA
ORCA Travel Grant Spotlights
From The Ashes: Research and Revival
Lee Bezehertny, Raini Evergarden, and Daisy Grimes
Co-Operate With Us: Be That Bridge for Student Teachers
Autumn Jeffords, Alex West, and Kimberly Vigil
Interventional Education Program Improves Family Nurse Practitioner Students' Knowledge of Heart Disease Prevention Practices: Lead with the Heart DNP Project
Ava Hatfield-Lomache
The Way to a Mother’s Heart: A Risk Assessment Tool for the Early Detection of Peripartum Cardiomyopathies
Leighton Terrell
Identifying the Factors Affecting the Survival of Trauma Patients Using Logistic Regression Analysis
Maggie Smith
Temperature and Density-dependent Effects on Mole Salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum) Growth and Life History
Andrew Brown
Minority Student Leadership Program, American Speech-Langugae Hearing Association Convention 2024 - Seattle, WA
Andriah Hawthorne