Phil Schooley

Phil Schooley of Murray, Kentucky, is the Cybersecurity and Network Management Online/Transfer Advisor for Murray State University and serves as the Staff Regent. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in education with an industrial arts major from Murray State University and a master of arts in teaching degree from Southeast Missouri State University. He was a secondary school educator for 33 years before coming to Murray State in 2001. He has held leadership roles in many educational and community organizations which included being the founder of Technology Student Association Clubs in the state of Missouri and serving as its state advisor and as state sponsor for the Missouri chapters of The National Beta Club. During his career he has been the recipient of the "Outstanding Industrial Arts Teacher in Missouri" award, the Missouri State Teacher Association's “Southeast District Meritorious Service Award," the “AIASA Distinguished Service Award,” the “2011 Murray State University Staff Excellence Award” and the “2013 - Dr. Gary Brockway TSM Faculty/Staff Excellence Award.” He has held leadership roles in his church and Lions Club and is a member of the Masonic Lodge, a Kentucky Colonel and a member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. He served as Murray State Staff Congress President in 2008-09. Mr. Schooley and his wife, Virginia, have one son, Brian, who is married to Michele; and they have two sons, Garrett and Gavin. His term on the Murray State University Board of Regents expires in 2024.