January 3, 2000

Bowling Green, Ky. -- Murray resident Linda Fay Gardner has joined the Faculty at Western Kentucky University as an assistant professor of textiles and apparel merchandising.

Gardner, a native of Florence, Ala., began at Western Jan. 1. She had been an assistant professor and interim chair at Murray State University. She has also been an instructor at Alcorn State University in Lorman, Miss., and at Delaware State University in Dover.

Gardner holds a doctorate from Texas Woman's University, a master's degree from Auburn University and a bachelor's degree from Alabama A & M University.