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In this issue:

COMMENTARY

2 • STATEMENT The Magazine of Morehead State University

28- “A Comedy of Errors,” byMarch 1 William Shakespeare

Button Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

4 Spring 08 Career Fair Crager Room, ADUC, 10 a.m.5-12 Annual Burley-Coal High School Art

Exhibition, Claypool-Young Art Building8 Open House11 Founders Day17-21 Spring Break

1-9 Annual Sophomore Art Exhibition, Claypool-Young Art Building7-10 Advance Registration for classes10-15 Annual Dance Ensemble Performance, Lucille Little Theatre, Breckinridge Hall26 Spring Gala

10 Spring Commencement Academic-Athletic Complex, 10:30 a.m.

7 Clack Mountain Festival, A Day in the Country Folk Art Show & Sale, Appalachian Arts & Crafts Fair

First Street, Morehead “Bluegrass Biennial” Exhibition Opening Claypool-Young Art Building, 3-5 p.m.

February

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April

May

June

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Contact the Office of Alumni Relations at(800) 783-2586 or via e-mail at

[email protected] State University is committed to providing equal educational opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, Vietnam Era, recently separated, or other protected veteran status, or disability in its educational programs, services, activities, employment policies, and admission of students to any program of study. In this regard the University conforms to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action. This includes: Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Executive Orders 11246 and 11375, Equal Pay Act of 1963, Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and Kentucky Revised Statutes 207.130 to 207.240. Vocational educational programs at Morehead State University supported by federal funds include industrial education, vocational agriculture, business education, home economics education and the associate’s degree program in nursing. Any inquires regarding affirmative action should be addressed to: Francene L. Botts-Butler, Affirmative Action Officer, Morehead State University, 358 University Street, Morehead, KY 40351. Telephone: (606) 783-2085 or [email protected].

Tuesday, March 118:30 a.m. Retirees Breakfast Crager Room, Adron Doran University Center (ADUC)10:30 a.m. Memorial Brick Ceremony Little Bell Tower11:30 a.m. Awards Luncheon Crager Room, ADUC2 p.m. Dr. David T. Magrane Molecular Biology Laboratory Naming Ceremony3. p.m. Student Forum with Dr. Marshall Banks and Special Guests4 p.m. Larry Wilson University Lanes Naming Ceremony

Please respond by March 3.Please call (606) 783-2599 or (800) 833-4483 or e-mail [email protected] Note: Please park in the Academic-Athletic Center (AAC) lot and take a shuttle to the events.

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It was 50 years ago – the fall semester of 1958 – when

Marshall D. Banks, a track and basketball standout and

honor student from Booker T. Washington High School

in Ashland, Ky., became the first African-American to

enroll as a full time, residential student on the Morehead

State University campus.

He became the first person of color to receive an

athletic scholarship in the previously segregated Ohio

Valley Conference. Banks was an outstanding college

athlete and a successful coach. He later earned a doctoral

degree at the University of Illinois and served many years

as a department chair at Howard University where he

teaches as a full professor in the Department of Health,

Human Performance and Leisure Studies.

Dr. Banks has been enshrined in MSU’s alumni and athletic halls of fame and

presented with an honorary doctoral degree by his Alma Mater. On Founders Day he

is being recognized for his personal courage and pioneering spirit as the 2008 recipient

of MSU’s Founders Day Award for University Service.

Dr. Marshall D. Banks (62)

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CONTENTS

SPRING 2008 Vol. XXVI, No. 2

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14 FAMe & GLoRy Sports Roundup

17 LAMPPoST Giving Spotlight

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20 CLASSNoTeS Alumni Updates

22 ThiS & ThAT

STATEMENT is published three times a year by Morehead State University through an off-campus printing contract with Jeffrey Fannin Enterprises, Morehead, KY • STATEMENT is distributed to alumni, faculty, staff, benefactors, parents, and other friends of Morehead State University. Articles may be reprinted without permission. We appreciate notification of reprint use. Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the official policies of Morehead State University. Address correspondence to: STATEMENT Editor, Office of Alumni Relations, 150 University Blvd., Morehead, KY 40351, or e-mail [email protected] • Dr. Wayne D. Andrews, president, Morehead State University; James Booth (70), chair, Board of Regents; Gary Adkins (74), president, MSU Alumni Association, Inc.; Glenn Leveridge (70), chair, Board of Trustees, MSU Foundation, Inc.; Keith Kappes (70), publisher; Mindy Highley (91), Jami Hornbuckle (96), Tami B. Jones (82), April Hobbs Nutter (97), Pauline Young (84), editors; Toni Hobbs (02), creative director and chief designer; Felton Martin, graphic designer; Shawn Kay, production manager; Tim Holbrook (94), Guy Huffman (02), photographers; Jason Blanton (03), Shirley Smith (87), Randy Stacy (77), contributing writers.

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Faculty and student researchers at MSU have new core research laboratory.


MSU ceremonially marked

the opening of its new Regional

Enterprise Center in West Liberty

with a pledge from President

Wayne D. Andrews to manage

the facility with “boldness and

energy” and to form “dynamic

partnerships” with public

schools, business and industry,

community groups and local

governments in the region.

Formerly known as the

University of Kentucky Morgan

County Regional Technology

Center, the $6 million facility

opened in 2003. It also houses

the Morgan County Public

Library. Dr. Andrews described

the facility’s annual operating

budget of $500,000 as “a strategic

investment in the future of

Morgan and surrounding counties

and all of East Kentucky.

“We are committed to

responding to those who want

and need our help to improve the

quality of their lives,” he told a

luncheon audience of the Morgan

County Chamber of Commerce.

He announced that the

University has already begun

to strengthen the Regional

Enterprise Center with additional

programming for public school

teachers and administrators,

for current and future business

entrepreneurs and for community-

based organizations to be served

through collaboration with

MSU’s new Center for Regional

Engagement.

Rep. John W. Stacy (77),

D-West Liberty, was singled out

for his leadership in obtaining

funding for the enterprise center

and for the other structure on the

campus of MSU at West Liberty,

the $5 million Academic Center

which opened in 2002.

Information on the Business

Incubator, the Innovation Center

or other programs at the Regional

Enterprise Center is available

by calling (606) 743-4005. The

center is located at 151 University

Dr. in West Liberty.

AROUND MSU

ROTC Cadet Robert McWhort-

er, Morehead senior, has ranked

22 out of 4,099 cadets from 272

universities. His ranking makes

him the top ranked cadet in the

Cadet Command’s 7th Brigade.

“His achievements have not

only brought national recogni-

tion and honor to him as an in-

dividual, but are testimony of the

training standards of our ROTC

program and the quality of educa-

tion provided at MSU,” said Maj.

Maxwell Ammons, professor of

military science.

Cadets are judged on grade

point average (40 percent),

McWhorter has a 4.0; Leadership

and Military Skills Performance

(45 percent), which includes his

evaluations from Warrior Forge

(summer training at Ft. Lewis,

Wash.) and ranking among his

platoon at Warrior Forge (he was

first of 48 cadets in his platoon),

physical fitness and extracurricu-

lar activities (15 percent).

McWhorter, a business ad-

ministration major and military

science minor, is commander of

the Scabbard and Blade National

Military Honor Society. He serves

as the Eagle Battalion Operations

Officer.

McWhorter is married to the

former heather handshoe (07). He

will be commissioned as a Second

Lieutenant during the May 2008

Commencement ceremonies.

In another example of

academic excellence at MSU,

all members of the latest class

of an imaging sciences program

have passed their professional

certification examinations.

The students who took the

examinations have already

earned their associate’s degree

and their certification as

radiologic technologists. The CT/

MR coursework is part of their

fourth-year advanced imaging

component. Their education

and preparation for the national

boards included about 900

clinical hours spent working in

affiliated hospitals.

“This is a significant

accomplishment that we come to

take for granted,” said Dr. Gerald DeMoss (65), dean of the College

of Science and Technology.

“The IMS students consistently

perform at the above expected

levels. Hats off to the faculty and

students in the CT/MR program

for reaching their goals and

accomplishing this standard of

excellence.”

Cyndi Gibbs (80), associate

professor of imaging sciences, and

Lynda Donathan (86), assistant

professor of imaging sciences, are

the faculty members for all CT

and MR courses.

“This is wonderful news and

another great accomplishment

for our department,” said

Barbara Dehner (76), chair of the

Department of Imaging Sciences.

McWhorter named top cadet

studentsearnprofessionalcertification

At the ceremony were, from left, Rep. John W. Stacy (77) D-West Liberty; MSU President Wayne D. Andrews; Mary kay Motley, chair Morgan County Public Library Board; Dr. karla hughes, MSU provost and vice president for academic affairs; Tim Conley, Morgan County Judge-executive; Michaelgriffitts(73), Morgan County Public Library director; and Porter Dailey (81), director MSU Regional enterprise Center.

Regional enterprise Center opens at MSU at West Liberty


AROUND MSU

The Institute for Regional

Analysis and Public Policy

(IRAPP) was awarded a $733,000

grant from the Department of La-

bor for a YouthBuild program.

Morehead State’s YouthBuild

program is geared specifically to

encourage Rowan County youths,

between the ages of 18-24 and

without a high school diploma or

GED, to further their education

while attaining construction skills

and certification.

“We have been operating an

effective YouthBuild program

since 2005,” said Loretta Carroll Stewart (96), YouthBuild

director. “While still under the

Department of Housing and

Urban Development, rural

programs did not fare well as was

evidenced by the small number of

programs funded. But I believe

that our track record of producing

positive results, along with the

strong community partnerships

we have developed, are so very

critical to the success of this type

of program. This was enough

to convince the reviewers that

although we might not be in Los

Angeles or Boston, we are on

the right track here in Morehead

and know what we’re doing.”

Local community partners in-

clude numerous city and county,

as well as public and private

agencies and entities. Additional

information is available by calling

Stewart at (606) 783-9470.

The Kentucky Folk Art Center

has received a 2007 Museums

for America grant, one of only

two garnered in Kentucky. In the

category of “Supporting Lifelong

Learning,” KFAC received $18,710

that will be matched with $35,548

of local funding.

The grant will be used to

produce digital exhibitions on

Apple iPods for use in Kentucky’s

middle and high schools. The

exhibitions will feature Kentucky

folk art and traditional music.

“This is a wonderful

opportunity to take our museum

education program into the

digital arena,” said KFAC director

Matt Collinsworth. “We’re going

to use this popular technology to

introduce the region’s students

to some of the most important

aspects of traditional culture. It’s

an exciting project, and we look

forward to working again with

our partners at the Kentucky

Center for Traditional Music

and in public schools throughout

Kentucky.”

“Museums for America grants

invest in our nation’s communities

by supporting museums as active

resources for lifelong learning,

cultural heritage, and community

engagement,” said Dr. Anne-

Imelda M. Radice, director of the

Institute of Museum and Library

Sciences. “The programs and

activities these grants support

include hands-on educational

programs, innovative uses

of technology, and ground-

breaking partnerships. All help to

strengthen museum services and

improve communities.”

Museums request funding

to support lifelong learning,

sustain cultural heritage, or

serve as centers of community

engagement. Museums for

America grants help serve

the public more effectively by

supporting high priority activities

that advance the organization’s

mission and strategic goals.

Additional information is

available at (606) 783-2204 or

www.kyfolkart.org.

MSU awarded $733,000 youthBuild grant

kFAC selected for Museum of America grant

Visit our newly redesigned main gallery.

Admission: $3 for adults and $2 for senior citizens and members of touring groups. KFAC members, children under 12, and MSU students are admitted free of charge.Hours of operation: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Mon.-Sat. & 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., Sun. KFAC is closed on Sunday January through March.

December graduates of the youthBuild program are, from left, kala Lynn Aregood, Michael Wayne Rooks, veronica Anne Jones, Jimmy Lee Wallace and Devin Scott White.


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“I’mnotheretoblameanyoneforthefiscalcircumstanceswhichconfrontourstateinthese

difficultdays,butIamheretoprotesthighereducationbeingignoredasacriticalcomponent

ofourstate’seconomicengineandforhighereducationfundingtobetreatedaspartofthe

problem rather than part of the solution.”

-takenfromPresidentAndrews’budgettestimony(readmoreonpage8)

higher education is part of the solution

It is my unpleasant duty to inform

you and other alumni that your Alma

Mater finds itself facing a serious

financial situation today. As of this

writing, MSU is planning how to give

up as much as $7.2 million from our

current state appropriation, starting

July 1, under the budget proposed in

late January by Gov. Steve Beshear. In

total, public postsecondary education would lose more than

$190 million.

A strong higher education system is vital to the economic well-

being of our state and government leaders simply must find

additional revenue to keep our public universities on track in

preparing the workforce of the future. Higher education is the

solution, not the problem.

It saddens me to think that our progress of the last three years

and our solid planning for the future are in jeopardy through

no fault of our own. Downturns in the national economy have

had a devastating impact on the tax revenues of Kentucky and

many other states.

It is imperative that our governor and the legislature work

together to solve Kentucky’s budget woes as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, we at MSU will do what we must to protect our

basic mission of great teaching and learning that has served

East Kentucky so well for 120 years.

This feature on the budget situation is included to inform and

educate you regarding the impact here at Morehead State. We

have included an excerpt from the governor’s budget address,

my budget testimony, and a reprint of an article that originally

ran in The Independent (Ashland, Kentucky).

You will receive additional information from me regarding the

budget situation as we learn more and as the process continues

until the final budget is passed. Your involvement and interest

in MSU has never been more important. I continue to be proud

to serve as the president of this outstanding institution.

Sincerely,

Wayne D. Andrews,

President

In postsecondary education, I

am deeply disturbed by the agonizing

position in which we find ourselves.

I strongly believe in the missions

and goals of our colleges and

universities, and I regret offering a

budget with reductions in this area.

But given severely limited

resources, the fact that I have

recommended no reduction in the

formula which funds K-12 education,

and the fact that we must provide for

the basic health and human needs of

the most vulnerable in our society, we

will simply be unable to maintain the

current level of increased spending for

institutional operating budgets.

I have been warned about the easy

option of large tuition increases.

I urge all of the presidents and

boards of our universities to scrutinize

their own operational costs, as the rest

of government has to do.

Now is the time for all of us

to discover greater management

efficiency and cost containment.

But I also believe that in spite of the

necessity of reductions, this budget provides

ways to continue the momentum begun by

the 1997 higher education reform effort.

In this budget: I recommend that the

need-based student financial aid programs

be held harmless from budget cuts.

In addition, I recommend funding of

the Kentucky National Guard tuition award

program.

The men and women serving our nation

and our Commonwealth deserve no less.

What we also can do at this time is

address some of the capital needs of our

universities – both human capital and

bricks and mortar needs – in helping meet

20 20 goals of excellence.

I recommend a sixty million dollar

bond authorization for a new round of

“Bucks for Brains.”

This program has attracted and

retained some of the brightest faculty and

research teams in the nation. In times like

these, we simply must invest in the future.

I recommend restoration and funding

of all previous vetoed bond projects that

have not moved forward. These

had the support of both the

House and Senate in

2006. Many are on the campuses of

our state universities. There should

be no debate about moving forward

now.

In addition, I recommend that

the General Assembly authorize all of

the agency bond projects requested

by the universities for this biennium.

As you know, these projects

require no debt service from the

state. Rather, such bonds are paid for

by the universities’ own revenues.

By authorizing all such requested

projects, the universities will have

the flexibility they need to choose the

ones most important to them.

As you will see when you review

my entire recommended capital

construction budget, we can authorize

all such projects and still remain

within our debt capacity policy.

We also must address two

university projects that won’t cost

additional general funds.

Murray State University needs

authorization to finish its Chemistry

Building with funds previously authorized.

The University of Louisville requires

authority to spend private funds to

renovate Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. I

recommend language which will allow both

projects to proceed.

My friends, if and when additional

resources become available, higher

education should be a top priority for new

funds.


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higher educationexcerptfromgovernorstevebeshear’sstatebudgetAddress,January29,2008

Total = $18.1 billion

Total = $18.5 billion

note:debtserviceisreflectedin“AllOther”inFinancecabinetinbiennium after appropriated.

FY 2006-2008(Enacted 2006)

Education, 43.8%

Human Services,7.5%

Postsecondary Education, 14.7%

Medicaid, 11.7%

Criminal JusticeSystem, 10.0%

All Other, 12.3%

FY 2008 - 2010

Education, 44.3%

Human Services,7.0%

Postsecondary Education, 12.8%

Medicaid, 13.7%

Criminal JusticeSystem, 10.6%

All Other, 11.5%

Where does the General Fund go?

Photo courtesy www.kentuckytourism.com.

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Mr. Chairman, and members of the

subcommittee, I am pleased to be here

today, and to have this opportunity to tell

you that we at Morehead State University

are counting on you to help us continue

serving the families of East Kentucky in

the most effective manner possible.

First and foremost, I want you to

know that I had not intended to come here

with negative feelings about the proposed

budget but that task became much more

difficult Tuesday night.

I’m not here to blame anyone for the

fiscal circumstances which confront our

state in these difficult days, but I am here

to protest higher education being ignored

as a critical component of our state’s

economic engine and for higher education

funding to be treated as part of the problem

rather than part of the solution.

Today I ask if you really want to

abandon our shared dream of raising

Kentucky to national standards of

economic prosperity by creating a world-

class system of postsecondary education.

Throughout this decade of remarkable

progress on all of our campuses, you, the

members of the General Assembly, in the

words of East Kentucky’s own Jesse Stuart,

have been the thread that runs so true.

Governors and institutional

presidents come and go, but you have

always been there as our champions,

providing funds and enabling legislation

to keep the dream alive.

You told us in 1997 to make higher

education more accessible, to keep it

affordable and improve quality so that

together we could lift Kentucky from

the lower ranks of states in educational

attainment, and even more importantly,

to give our citizens the same chance as

other Americans for a higher standard of

living and a more secure future through

better job opportunities.

And the record shows that Morehead

State and our other public institutions

responded by making substantial

progress in enrolling and graduating more

students, in providing more help to the

public schools and our communities, and

in building strong academic and research

programs that are making Kentucky more

competitive, not just with other states, but

also with the world.

Today you have a different challenge,

you won’t be enhancing or expanding our

efforts, you literally must decide if the

dream is still viable, and, if the answer is

yes, then to develop new state resources to

keep us from sliding backward.

And you know we cannot afford to

stand still because states around us and

even third world countries are driving

forward.

We recognize that building a new

state budget is serious business. All of

us appreciate the fact that the General

Assembly will make some hard choices in

the days and weeks ahead.

We know about gut-wrenching

decisions because we are facing a loss of

nearly $6 million.

And we certainly don’t appreciate the

statement that raising tuition is an easy

option.

At our institution, tuition now

represents nearly 50 percent of operating

revenue, as you can see on the handout. If

this budget stands, our students will pay a

larger share than the state provides for the

second straight year.

We try each day to operate efficiently

so that we can keep our position as the

state’s best tuition value among the

universities.

That is even more important when

you consider that we have the highest

percentage of students eligible for need-

based financial aid such as Pell and CAP

grants.

In fact, we have so many students in

that demographic that almost 50 percent

of our full-time students last year had their

tuition paid by a grant or scholarship.

Is it easy to raise tuition for students,

many of whom are already struggling to

pay current rates? Absolutely not!

It is my firm belief that there is not

a public university administrator in this

nation, much less in this state, who could

keep his or her institution academically

effective or operationally efficient while

giving up these large amounts of state

funding.

Even before we were asked to take a

reduction in our current budget, we were

well into the process of re-evaluating all of

our academic programs with the goal of

eliminating those that are not relevant to

the 21st century.

That would allow us to reallocate our

resources to strengthen existing programs

or add new ones as the global economy

continues to change.

We also are re-engineering our degree

requirements to make it more feasible for

a student to earn a bachelor’s degree in

four years or less, thereby reducing costs

for each student and family and for the

institution, and ultimately the state.

We are reorganizing administrative

units to reduce overhead expenses and

to gain efficiencies in areas like student

support services where more resources

are needed to help students overcome

academic deficiencies and be successful in

today’s academic environment.

We are giving special attention to the

STEM initiative with enhancement of our

space science program and the opening of

our new molecular biology laboratory and

the expansion of health science.

We are working with local school

districts in a program to improve high

school math instruction by combining our

faculty expertise with theirs.

The Kentucky Department of

Education is supporting that effort with

a three-year grant and we expect to

dramatically increase the proficiency of

those once considered at-risk in math.

No one told us to take that initiative.

We did it because it needed to be done.

Our undergraduate research effort is

paying handsome dividends as students

work with key faculty in hands-on learning

opportunities that previously existed only

for graduate and professional students.

You will see some of those results

today at the “Posters in the Capitol”

display. We will have 39 students and 22

faculty members participating.

Testimony before house Budget Review Subcommittee on educationPresident Wayne D. Andrews, January 31, 2008

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We have developed a comprehensive

business plan that gives us a detailed

roadmap for achieving our strategic goals

as part of the state’s 2020 mandate.

We continue to be ranked in the Top

25 among public regional universities in

the South by U.S. News and World Report.

We are committed to high quality

in everything we do and I originally

had planned to tell you that I did not

intend to cut corners for the sake of fiscal

expediency.

That pledge rings hollow here today as

I contemplate the loss of millions of dollars

and what it will mean to so many of our

students who come to us under-prepared

for college academically and financially.

My decision to accept the Morehead

State University presidency was greatly

influenced by the state’s nationally-hailed

commitment to improving postsecondary

education.

Kentucky has become the model for

similar reform efforts in several other

states. We find ourselves being applauded

instead of being snickered at in national

higher education circles.

Our new governor has fulfilled his

constitutional duty to bring an executive

budget to the General Assembly.

Now it is your turn to meet your

obligation to the citizens of Kentucky.

We don’t believe the members of the

General Assembly are anxious to go home

and tell your constituents that Kentucky

is going to turn back the clock by taking

higher education funding back to the level

it was in 1998.

If you cannot help us, our students will

be facing fewer but larger classes in fewer

programs at fewer locations and at a higher

cost with fewer services.

We have five regional campuses, more

than any other institution, and they have

become part of the fabric of our institution

and of the communities they serve.

We subsidize the operation of those

regional campuses because we know how

important it is to our students to have

convenient and affordable access to higher

education.

I don’t have time to tell you about our

success in online degree programs or our

historic commitment of several million

dollars each year to fund merit-based

scholarships for the best and brightest

and need-based scholarships for students

whose families fall into that gap between

the cost of attendance and their ability to

pay.

In all fairness, there are a few positives

in the proposed budget for Morehead State

University. We would be able to replace

the environmental controls on our central

heating plant, not the entire plant, and

we could proceed with a new student

recreation center and more badly needed

housing improvements. And we again are

most appreciative of the House’s support

of the agency bond bill.

It is important for you to know that

we are trying to help ourselves with other

resources. Our external funding in terms

of gifts, grants and contracts is at an all-

time high. Our institutional endowment

is approaching $35 million and that is a

60-fold increase in about 12 years.

We are preparing for a capital giving

campaign to raise millions more for

scholarships, faculty chairs and other

resources needed to become a truly great

comprehensive, regional university.

In terms of the impact of losing

12 percent of our state general fund

appropriation, we are planning for cuts in

operating budgets, leaving vacant positions

unfilled and postponing the replacement of

worn out equipment.

Over the next several weeks, we will

work with our staff to identify budget

reduction strategies that will have the least

negative impact on student success.

In so doing, we will be

forced to consider the following:

• Reducing our institutional support of

financial aid.

• Eliminating certain academic and

outreach programs.

• Reducing student services.

• Re-evaluating employee benefits and

compensation.

• Reducing our workforce.

References have been made of late to

Kentucky being the next frontier.

We surely agree that innovation

and imagination are requirements of the

knowledge-based economy in our state,

our nation and our world.

With that said, why would we want,

even temporarily, to handicap those with

the most potential for producing that

intellectual capital?

I want you to know that we are

proud of the fact that higher education

and the General Assembly have always

been committed to providing hope and

opportunity to the citizens of this great

Commonwealth.

A better educated workforce in a

vibrant economy is the heart of our shared

dream for Kentucky.

Only you can determine if it has

become our impossible dream.

Mr. Chairman, I am ready for your

questions.


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FRANKFORT — Unhappy with the specter of funding cuts,

Morehead State University President Wayne Andrews joined

presidents of Kentucky’s other regional public universities in

decrying Gov. Steve Beshear’s proposed budget Thursday.

Speaking to a House subcommittee, Andrews told legislators

the proposed cuts would harm Morehead State and probably

force it to raise tuition.

Acknowledging the state’s budget problems, Andrews said

cuts to its public universities would do more harm than good.

“I am here to protest higher education being ignored as a

critical component of our state’s economic engine and for higher

education funding to be treated as part of the problem rather

than part of the solution,” he told the panel.

Andrews took exception to Beshear’s remark in his Tuesday

budget address, referring to “the easy option of large tuition

increases.”

“We certainly don’t appreciate the statement that raising

tuition is an easy option,” he said.

Tuition currently represents nearly 50 percent of operating

revenue at MSU and under Beshear’s budget proposal, Morehead

students would pay a larger share than the state provides for the

second straight year, he told the panel.

Keeping up academic standards would be impossible under

the cuts, he said.

MSU already has pored over its academic programs and

tweaked its degree requirements to reduce costs for the university

and students alike, he said.

“I think all of us in higher education now are somewhat

discouraged and frustrated,” Andrews said in a telephone

interview Thursday evening.

“We understand that the governor has inherited a pretty

signifi cant problem, but higher education is not part of the

problem. It’s part of the solution, and you can’t cut your way to

prosperity.”

The suggestion that tuition hikes are easy hit a sore spot,

he said. “The conventional wisdom in the commonwealth is that

the universities have been unbridled in tuition increases.

“And that’s dead wrong ... We have never had a cavalier

attitude about tuition. We’ve taken tuition very seriously, and

the record will show that.”

Beshear’s proposed 12 percent cuts would likely force tuition

hikes much higher than the 6 to 7 percent MSU had foreseen in

its plans for the biennium, he said.

The legislature has been generally supportive of higher

education, Andrews said. “We hope the General Assembly will

hear what we say and work with us and the administration to put

new revenue in the system.”

Andrews protests university cutsBy Mike James, Reprinted with permission, The independent, Feb. 01, 2008

The executive Budget recommended a decrease of 12 percent in 2008-2009 for •Morehead State University or approximately $7.2 million less than 2007-2008 enactedappropriationwithflatfundingin2009-2010.

impact that the proposed reduction in keeS scholarship funds means that MSU •students will have $624,990 fewer keeS scholarship dollars in 2008-09 and $709,744 fewer in 2009-2010 to pay for their cost of attendance.

The executive Budget included for two capital projects for MoSU including $5.7 •milliontoreplacethepollutioncontrolsystemattheuniversity’spowerplantand an additional $2.5 million for construction of a Business Continuance Datacenter which was a vetoed project from the 2006 session.

The executive Budget included agency bond authorization for several projects •including the construction of the Student Recreation Center, Renovation of Alumni Tower and Mignon Tower Residence halls.

The executive Budget recommended a decrease of 12 percent in 2008-2009 for •Morehead State University or approximately $7.2 million less than 2007-2008 enactedappropriationwithflatfundingin2009-2010.

impact that the proposed reduction in keeS scholarship funds means that MSU •students will have $624,990 fewer keeS scholarship dollars in 2008-09 and $709,744 fewer in 2009-2010 to pay for their cost of attendance.

The executive Budget included for two capital projects for MoSU including $5.7 •milliontoreplacethepollutioncontrolsystemattheuniversity’spowerplantand an additional $2.5 million for construction of a Business Continuance Datacenter which was a vetoed project from the 2006 session.

The executive Budget included agency bond authorization for several projects •including the construction of the Student Recreation Center, Renovation of Alumni Tower and Mignon Tower Residence halls.

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FEATURE

Provost is making a hughes differencedr.Karlahughes joinedtheMsufamily inJuly2007as the institution’sfirst femaleprovost.President Andrews has described her as an academic leader of vision, energy and integrity.

What were the deciding factors in your decision to acceptMsu’soffertobeprovost?The designation as a Carnegie Engaged

Campus was a significant factor but more

than anything was the obvious commitment

of the faculty, staff and administrators to the

mission of Morehead State University. It was

clear that those with whom I met liked it here

and cared about the students.

As a newcomer to the campus, what do you see as theuniversity’sgreateststrengths?The close-knit feel of the campus, the attitude

of helpfulness from everyone I have met, and

the commitment to the students.

With educational costs continually rising, what action needs to be taken to convince students and their parents that a college degree is worth the financialinvestment?I believe that the value of a college degree

is something that has to be imbedded in the

culture of Kentucky. If the elected officials

support education from pre-school through

college, it becomes evident that education is

an investment and not an expense. In addition,

the faculty and staff of our University have to

continue being engaged in our communities

and working within our schools to model the

advantage that a college education gives to

our citizens.

From your experiences -- especially as an American Council on education (ACe) Fellow -- what are some of the successful programs you would like to see initiated at MSU?One of the advantages I have had as a Fellow

was to see best practices established in various

ways on other campuses. I believe that the

most important programs to initiate should

focus on recruitment and retention with

great advising as an integral part. In so doing,

we would also be looking at first and second

year programs that would instill confidence

in our students and open the door for many

opportunities for them.

What are your thoughts on ways to improve the university’sretentionrates?Without a doubt, retention has to do with a

well-developed advising system. While we are

all supposed to be part of the support system

for our students, I believe that advising

consists of much more than scheduling classes

and moving students toward graduation.

Holistic advising includes addressing the

individual within the academic environment

and helping them make the connections that

will lead to success.

What is your leadership style and how will you infuse your educational philosophy into Msu’scurrent organizational culture?I believe that my leadership style is inclusive

and transformational. It is not a matter of

infusing my philosophy into MSU’s culture,

but of empowering the faculty and staff in

Academic Affairs to lead the change that is

needed to move this institution forward. One

or two individuals will never accomplish as

much as the collective whole, and if we are

to have lasting progress, it must be fueled by

the talent and knowledge of those individuals

who work with me to achieve our potential.

What do you believe are the traits that make a student successful in college and in life?A desire to learn, perseverance (never giving

up), a positive attitude, and a spiritual

foundation are the key elements of success in

college and in life.

Inaworldthat isbecomingincreasinglymoreflatin terms of the global exchange of knowledge and ideas, how do you plan to address cultural diversity in our academic framework?I believe that this will come through with the

curriculum audit for specific things that apply

to the curriculum and academic programs.

However, diversity must be imbedded in

our community as well as in our educational

programs. MSU has a proud history in

cultural diversity and needs to build on that

foundation so that our community reflects

our commitment.

Msuhasaddresseddistanceeducationthroughfiveregional campuses, compressed video classrooms, and online offerings. What changes do you foresee in the way MSU will provide opportunities to students beyond Morehead in the future?I think we need to become more focused

in our approach to distance education and

programs on regional campuses. This may

mean hiring faculty to teach specifically on

regional campuses or infusing professional

development to develop more online

programs.

if MSU is to become the “best regional university in the South,” where should time and energies be devoted to achieve this goal?Our time and energy must be focused on

developing a 21st century curriculum and a

quality advising program as well as a culture

of continuous improvement of faculty and

staff.


CooL NeW yoRk: Ashley Lecille Suttlar, assistant professor of dance, recently performedatthecoolnewyorkfestival.“thecoolnewyorkfestival’sprogram,atthecompany’sJohnryantheaterinbrooklyn,openedonahighnotewith“359degrees,”a solo choreographed and performed by [Suttlar]. Set to music by Donny hathaway, the dance communicated a deeply felt emotional state clearly and evocatively, through a strongly centered body that seemed drawn to the earth and sky from moment to moment.” - Jennifer Dunning, New york Times

MARChiNG ToGeTheR: Paige Burgess, Stanville sophomore saxophone player, was among 23 MSU student musicians participating in the kentucky intercollegiate Marching bandforgov.stevebeshear’s inauguralparade indecember.MSU marching band members performed with fellow students from colleges and universities across the state, all wearing their institution’s uniforms as a visual symbol of individual schoolpride.Msu’smarchingband isunder thedirectionofdr.sueCreasap.

EAGLE EYE

WiNTeR CoMMeNCeMeNT: Michael Tyler Spence harris (07) of harold was the keynote speaker at commencement. The Betsy Layne high School graduate is the son of James and Loma harris of harold. he maintained a 4.0 grade point average andhasbeenamemberofthedean’sListeverysemestersince2003.hewasselectedto speak on the basis of having the highest grade point average of all of the grads in the Caudill Caudill of humanities.

Photo by: yi-Chin Wu

UNiTy iN The CoMMUNiTy: Members of the community joined MSU students, faculty and staff to commemorate the life and legacy of the late civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther king Jr. on Jan. 21. Pictured above:participantsfollowbannercarriersduringtheannualtributeonMsu’scampus.Inset:Msu’sblackgospelensembleperformedat theFirstchristianchurch.singersincluded, from left, bethanygordon, Lebanon junior; erinbohanan, Fairfield,Ohio,freshman; and kayla Watts, Latonia junior.


SPACe SCieNCe CeNTeR GRoUND BReAkiNG: boardofregentsmembers,stateofficialsandMsurepresentativesgatheredfortheceremonytostarttheconstructionofthesupportfacilityforthespacesciencecenteronseptember20.theprojectisthelargestcapitalprojectinMoreheadstate’shistory,encompassing45,000squarefeetoffloorspace,a21-meterspaceantennasystem,laboratories,classrooms,offices,adigitalstartheatreandmore.

ye oLDe MADRiGAL FeASTe: “The Lord of Misrule,” portrayed by Dr. Bob Willenbrink (75), chair of the Department of Communication and Theatre and interim director of the Academic honors Program, entertained the crowd at ye olde Madrigal Feaste, a holiday fundraiser for the Caudill College of humanities.

hoMeCoMiNG 2007: from left, President Wayne D. Andrews; homecoming king Zack Shutte, Olivehillsophomore;homecomingqueen,LyndsayrebeccaWoodrum,Portsmouth,Ohio,seniorandsueAndrews,Msufirstlady.

EAGLE EYE

MooN SCULPTURe: A bronze sculpture of the Moon was created to exact scale, in size and proximity, to the earth sculpture nearby. Working under the tutelage of Prof. Stephen Tirone and in consultation with Dr. Ben Malphrus, the piece was sculpted by MSU students karen Jordan (02) of vanceburg, Andrew McDonald of Mt. Sterling and Caleb Spencer of owingsville.


Mike Smith, former defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator for MSU has been hired as the new head coach of the Atlanta Falcons.

John harbaugh is the new Baltimore Ravens head coach. he coached at University of Pittsburgh under MSU hall of Famer Mike Gottfried (66); he was an eagle assistant coach in 1988.

FAME & GLORY

MSU sophomore linebacker

Wes McDermott (Louisville,

Ky./Holy Cross High School)

has been named to the 10th

Annual Football Championship

Subdivision Athletics Directors

Association Academic All-Star

Team.

McDermott has a 3.61 grade

point average with a major in

business administration. Fifty-

one student-athletes selected from

all FCS institutions were honored.

Each nominee was required to

have a minimum GPA of 3.20 in

undergraduate study and have

been a starter or key player.

A special Review Committee

of Football Championship

Subdivision athletics directors

was responsible for selecting the

academic all-star team.

MSU Director of

Intercollegiate Athletics Brian

Hutchinson announced that,

beginning with the 2008-09

school year, MSU will sponsor 16

intercollegiate sports, down from

18 currently.

Women’s golf, already led by

Head Coach Stephanie Barker,

will field its first competitive

team since 1984. The men’s and

women’s rifle programs will be

consolidated into a mixed team

and the institution will no longer

sponsor men’s and women’s

indoor track and field. Outdoor

track and field will remain.

It is the first realignment

of intercollegiate sports at

MSU since women’s soccer was

added in 1998. Hutchinson also

announced that MSU will add

NCAA women’s bowling and

equestrian programs within the

next 4-6 years.

“This realignment is the

culmination of a well-considered,

thoughtful process that began

nearly two years ago,” he stated.

“We were aided by Alden and

Associates, a consulting firm

which studied our Title IX

compliance measures.”

Hutchinson added that

the plan was endorsed by

MSU’s Intercollegiate Athletics

Committee and approved by

President Andrews.

Additional information is

available by calling Hutchinson

at (606) 783-2089.

MSU’s coed cheerleading squad captured its seventh consecutive national championship at the College National Cheerleading Championships held in January. The Universal Cheerleaders Association-sponsored event was held at the Walt Disney’s Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Fla.

With the win, MSU’s coed squad captured its 18th overall championship.

University of Delaware placed second while Western Kentucky University was third and Missouri State University finished fourth.

The all-girl squad finished second to the University of Memphis.MSU is coached by Tony Nash.

Former MSU assistants now NFL head coaches

eagle linebacker named academic all-star

MSU to reduce number of sponsored intercollegiate sports

Msu cheer squad brings homeanother national title

MSU junior defensive back

David Hyland (Woodstock, Ga.)

has been named Associated

Press Third-Team All-America

for NCAA Division I Football

Championship Subdivision. The

AP teams include players from

all schools who compete in the

former NCAA Division I-AA.

Hyland and several other MSU

players are strong candidates to

earn FCS Mid-Major All-America

honors when those teams are

announced at a later date. Mid-

major schools are those who

compete at a reduced or non-

scholarship level.

eagle earns AP All-America recognition

MSU’s Elizabeth Lyon, King

George, Va., freshman, was named

the Ohio Valley Conference’s Air

Rifle Athlete of the Month for

December. She also has been named

to the air rifle and smallbore All-

OVC Newcomer Team, along with

teammate Shawn Holley.

Lyon averaged a score of 581.2

in four matches while earning two-

1st and two-2nd place finishes.

Besides improving her score in

every match, she finished the month

in spectacular fashion by shooting a

school record 594 and placing first

against Tennessee Tech.

Last May, she captured the

National Individual Championship

and her King George team won the

JROTC rifle competition national

championship at Fort Benning, Ga.

LyonselectedOVcairrifleathleteofthemonth


FAME & GLORY

Five inducted into Athletic hall of FameFive individuals who made outstanding contributions

to Eagle athletics were inducted into the MSU Athletic Hall

of Fame at Induction Ceremonies. The newest members of

the Hall of Fame are, from left, Doug Bentz (92) (basketball),

Ashli White Childers (93) (softball), Mike ishmael (86) (baseball),

Drew hall (baseball) and Terry Jacobs (contributor). MSU President

Wayne D. Andrews, far left, and Brian Hutchinson, athletic

director, far right, congratulated the inductees.

Msu men’s and women’sbasketball teams are heading down the homestretch of another college basketball season. both squadsstill are battling for a home game inthefirstroundoftheOhioValleyConference Tournament.

Donnie Tyndall (93)’ssquadused a five-game winning streakto get back in the thick of the ovC men’s race. the eagleswere 12-11on the season and 11-5 in league action.

Mike bradbury’s teamregrouped after a rough start and

was 7-16 and 5-9 in OVc women’saction.

basketballeaglesfightfor ovC spots

For coach and player bios, current schedules, ticket information and more, visit

www.msueagles.com

eagle women’s basketballplayer Brittany Pittman, Lexington, sophomore, broke the ohio valley Conference and MSU season record for blocked shots on Jan. 24 at Southeast Missouri.

Pittman, who has ranked third inncAAdivisionIwomen’sbasketballin blocks per game all season, broke Msu’srecordof75blocksandbrokethe ovC mark of 77 blocks in a single season.

in less than 20 games, she is already listed on the top fivelist for career blocks at MSU.

Pittman breaks ovC block record


Faculty and student researchers at

MSU now have a molecular biology

core research laboratory to bolster their

scientific investigations in agriculture,

biology, chemistry, environmental science,

neuroscience, and psychology.

Developed at a cost of more than

$800,000, the facility was created on the

first floor of Lappin Hall in space previously

occupied by the foods laboratory. The new

laboratory opened Oct. 8 with a ribbon

cutting ceremony hosted by President

Andrews.

“This is an exciting development for

all of our professors and students whose

research interests incorporate any of the

biosciences,” said Dr. Gerald DeMoss (65),

dean of the College of Science

and Technology. “We are

deeply indebted to Dr. Bruce Mattingly (74) and Dr. David

Magrane for their leadership in the

establishment of this core facility.”

Dr. Mattingly, a professor of

psychology, is associate provost for

research and sponsored programs.

Dr. Magrane, a professor of biology,

recently retired as chair of the

Department of Biological and

Environmental Sciences.

Dr. DeMoss said few regional public

universities have such a laboratory for

research into the formation, structure, and

function of macromolecules essential to

life, such as DNA and other nucleic acids

and proteins, and especially with their role

in cell replication and the transmission of

genetic information.

Dr. Mattingly describes the new facility

as a “major step forward in strengthening

undergraduate and graduate research by

providing dedicated, quality laboratory

space for individual work.”

He said it will enhance MSU’s

participation in the Kentucky Biomedical

Research Infrastructure Network (KBRIN).

Other members are the University of

Louisville, University of Kentucky,

Eastern Kentucky University, Northern

Kentucky University

and Western Kentucky

University.

The KBRIN program has received

over $17 million in funding from the

National Institutes of Health’s National

Center for Research Resources over the

past six years to enhance biomedical

research and training in Kentucky.

Dr. DeMoss said much of the equipment

in the new laboratory came through

research grants from the National Institute

of Health, National Center for Research

Resources, and the Kentucky NSF-EPSCoR

program, to support projects led by Drs.

Mattingly, Darrin DeMoss (89), Wesley

White, David Peyton (98), Michael Fultz (95)

and Janelle Hare.

LAMPPOST

“This is an exciting development for all of our professors and students whose research interests incorporate any of the biosciences,”

- Dr. Gerald DeMoss

Premi Shekar, graduate student from Pune, india, performsdnAsequencinginthenewlab.

Under the microscopeFaculty and student researchers at MSU have new core research laboratory.

Join us on Tuesday, March 11 (Founders Day) at 2 p.m.

in Lappin Hall for the

Dr. David T. Magrane Molecular Biology Laboratory

Naming CeremonyFor more information, call

(606) 783-2599 or (800) 833-4483.

Eighty percent of MSU students receive scholarships or other financial aid. Private gifts are important to ensure all students have access to a quality college education.

To make a donation, please call the Office of Development & Alumni Relations at (877) 690-GIVE or visit:

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Thank you for investing in the future of Morehead State University.

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LAMPPOST

The 2007 Campus Giving Campaign was a great success . . . again. With the help of MSU employees, students and retirees, the campaign earned a total of $200,841. Sixty-seven percent of the campus community contributed to the campaign, with increased giving by payroll deduction and unit participation.

Additional information about the campaign and other ways to give to MSU is available fromtheOfficeofdevelopment,(606)783-2033orwww.moreheadstate.edu/giving.

Msu’s annual campus giving campaignhas produced a record of $200,841 in gifts fromemployees andretirees. Presenting the check to Dr. Andrews are campaign co-chairs Beth Patrick (83), left, vice president for planning, budgets and technology, and Dr. Clarenda Phillips, chair of the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminology.

Campus giving campaign a great success

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Donna king (94) has been appointed

interim fi nancial aid

administrator. She will

continue her current

role as assistant director

for outreach services

in enrollment services.

A three-time graduate,

she and her husband,

Willis king (92), reside in

Owingsville. She has two

children, Lori McAlister (98) and Thom McAlister (02).

Dr. Roosevelt escalante Jr. has been named assistant

director of choral activities

in the Department of

Music. He conducts the

Men’s and Women’s

choruses, directs the Black

Gospel Ensemble and

teaches voice and choral

methods.

Patrick Johnson (03)

has joined MSU as an

enrollment services

counselor. Johnson was

a member of the Eagle

football team and Kappa

Sigma fraternity. His

wife, keri (03), is a science

teacher at Bath County

High School.

Donell Murray (03) has been

hired as an enrollment

services counselor.

Murray’s previous work

experience includes

serving as a recruiter at

the Pennsylvania Culinary

Institute in Pittsburgh

and Spencerian College

in Lexington. She and

her husband Kenneth

live in Lexington with

their children, Robert and

Richelle.

Jason vance was named

assistant dean for

research and instructional

services at Camden-

Carroll Library. He

earned a master’s degree

from Simmons College in

Boston. He succeeds Carol Nutter (76) who retired in

July.

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Department of

P r o f e s s i o n a l

Programs in

E d u c a t i o n

has added an

e x p e r i e n c e d

educator and counselor to its faculty

ranks.

Dr. Lynn Kell Spradlin will work with

the College of Education as the Adron

Doran Distinguished Professor for

Educational Leadership. Her position

was funded in part by the Dr. Adron

Doran Endowment for Educational

Leadership, which was established

in 1999 to provide support for a

professorship in leadership/secondary

education within the college.

Dr. Spradlin, a licensed school

counselor and teacher, is a Nationally

Certifi ed Counselor (NCC) and

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC).

Her previous work experience includes

teaching theatre, speech and English in

public schools and working as a child and

family therapist. At the collegiate level,

she has been a professor, department

chair, assistant to the provost, and most

recently, an administrative personnel

consultant at West Chester University

of Pennsylvania.

At MSU, Dr. Spradlin will have

numerous responsibilities, according to

Dr. Cathy Gunn, dean of the college.

“Lynn will provide leadership to

the college in the area of diversity

and will also be working closely with

the leadership team on the continued

development of the diversity components

of Professional Development School

Initiatives,” she said.

A two-time graduate of the

University of Louisville, Dr. Spradlin

earned a master’s degree in school and

community counseling and a doctoral

degree in counselor education. She

holds a bachelor’s degree in theatre,

speech and English education from the

University of Kentucky.

hollis D. (Wayne) isham (79), 50, a nine-year

member of the military

science faculty at MSU, was

found dead at his Lexington

home.

Isham continued to teach

ROTC cadets at MSU after

retiring from the Army. He

was employed by COMTek,

a contractor which supplies

senior instructors to college ROTC programs.

A native of Harrodsburg and an MSU alumnus, Isham

is survived by his parents, Clarence and Barbara Isham.

“Wayne was a fi ne soldier, a great instructor and

a good person,” said Major Max Ammons, MSU’s

professor of military science. “He will be greatly missed

by our cadets and our staff.”

Memorial donations may be made to the Hollis

DeWayne Isham Memorial Scholarship Fund, UPO Box

1361, Morehead, KY 40351.

Doran Distinguished Professor named RoTC instructor will be missed


CLASSNOTES

Dr. Bruce Mattingly (74),

associate provost for

research and sponsored

programs at MSU, is the

2007 recipient of the

Kentucky Academy of

Science (KAS) Outstanding

Service Award. Involved

with the academy since 1973,

he has served in various

roles. He has served twice

as chair of the Academy’s

Psychology Section and

twice as its secretary. He

has served on the Academy’s

Governing Board multiple

times and he has chaired

many of its sub-committees.

He became vice-president

in 2003, president-elect in

2004, president in 2005

and past president in 2006.

Linda Wentz edwards (76) has released “Lessons About

Life Mamma Never Taught

Us” which she co-authored.

The non-fiction book is 32

short anecdotal chapters

which are guaranteed to

make women of all ages

laugh and sometimes cry.

In her writing, Edwards,

a Morehead native who

now lives in California,

frequently mentions her

Kentucky roots and the

good old-fashioned values

she learned there.

ken Metz (79) has decided

to change careers. He is

no longer president and

publisher of the Bath County

News-Outlook since he and

his family sold the century

old publication. Metz is

looking at his options before

deciding on his next career

move. He and his wife

Gloria (81) live in

Owingsville.

Dr. yvonne Baldwin (81) has been elected to the

executive committee board

of directors of the Kentucky

Historical Society for a term

expiring 2011. She is author

of “Cora Wilson Stewart

and the Moonlight School:

Fighting Illiteracy in

America.” She is professor

and chair of the Department

of Geography, Government

and History at MSU.

Danny k. Blevins (86) is

the author of a new book

from Arcadia Publishing,

“Images of America.” Part

of a continuing series, the

book presents a pictorial

history of his hometown

of Van Lear in Johnson

County. Blevins is a science

instructor at the Johnson

County Alternative School

at Hager Hill, works with

the East Kentucky Science

Center and is president of

the Van Lear Historical

Society Inc. He and his wife,

Trudy, have three children:

Tracy, Trevor and Morgan.

kim Jenkins (91), center

director and management

consultant for Morehead

State University’s Small

Business Development

Center (SBDC) in Ashland,

has successfully completed

the Certified Business

Advisor® (CBA) Program.

This distinction identifies

her as being trained at

the highest professional

standards. Completion of

the CBA program

demonstrates competency

in effective consulting and

business skills through

graduate-level courses

and exams in accounting,

financial analysis, marketing

and human resources.

Randy Lillard (98) returned

to the campus during

the 2007 Homecoming

festivities to lecture on

NASA’s aerospace program.

He works for the National

Aeronautics and Space

Administration Applied

Aerospace Branch at

Johnson Space Center in

Houston. An aerospace

engineer, he is the team

lead of the Computational

Fluid Dynamics Division.

He talked about the Aerolab

that provides disciplined

expertise from launch

through landing for NASA’s

current and planned

spacecraft, including the

new spacecraft Orion.

Mary Belcher (03) has

received her National Board

Certification in science for

early adolescence from

the National Board for

Professional Teaching

Standards. She is a teacher

at Pikeville High School

where she has taught

eight of her 11 years. She

currently teaches seventh-

grade science.

Jessica Sparks (03) is

the operations manager

for WQHY-FM, a 100,000

watt Top 40 radio station

in Prestonsburg. She can

be heard every weekday

beginning at 10 a.m. during

the “Q95 Lunch Break.”

A Paintsville native, she

earned her bachelor’s degree

in communications with

an emphasis in electronic

media.

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