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Morehead State University’s Graduate School will hold an Online Open House from 2 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28.     

The online event will allow those interested in continuing their education at MSU to chat with Graduate School advisors. Those who attend the event will receive a promotional code to waive the $30 application fee.     

Morehead State celebrated the careers of senior soccer student-athletes Caitlyn Burdine, Colleen Swift and Katie Kiolbassa Sunday in the regular-season finale versus UT Martin. Unfortunately, the Skyhawks scored in the 16th minute and it held up as the Eagles fell 1-0.

MSU (4-9-4, 2-4-2 OVC) will now enter the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament where it will play as one of the lower four seeds in the opening round Friday night at a neutral site. UTM improved to 10-5-1 and finished 6-2 in the league to claim a share of the title.

Mark Pappas connected with receiver Matt Guilfoil on a 25-yard touchdown pass with 1:02 left at Marist Saturday to cap a 76-yard drive, and the Morehead State defense halted the Red Foxes on their last possession as MSU won a thriller, 27-24, at Tenney Stadium.

The Eagles stayed perfect in the Pioneer League at 4-0, only the program's second-ever 4-0 start and first since 2002. It also the third win in four tried for MSU at Marist in the series.

A national juried art exhibition that explores how artists define gender opens Wednesday, Oct. 27, at Morehead State’s Golding-Yang Art Gallery. 

Gender NOW is a touring exhibition featuring multimedia works created by artists from across the country who identify as LGBTQIA and allies of the LGBTQIA community. Melissa Yungbluth, director of the Golding-Yang Gallery, is also a member of the Gender Studies Leadership Team at MSU and said she wanted to contribute to the dialogue about gender on campus. 

There will be temporary daytime closures of Big Perry Road (KY 799) in Rowan County next week for embankment repairs.

From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, Oct. 25-29, crews will build a concrete retaining wall along the embankment of Big Perry Road about 1.8 miles north of US 60. Barricades will be placed at Gene White Lane (milepoint 0.3) and at milepoint 2.2 near a forest service road, and KY 799 will be closed to all thru traffic.

  Funeral arrangements have been made for a Morehead State student who died on campus Monday morning. 

Elizabeth Creamer, 19, was found dead by her roommate in their dorm at Alumni Tower Monday, October 18, and notified the local police department around 9:57 a.m. Creamer was a sophomore Health Promotion major from Sheperdsville, KY.

Visitation is scheduled for 3 p.m. - 8 p.m. tomorrow at The Maraman Billings Funeral Home in Sheperdsville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, with the burial will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery.

Live From The Jazz Lounge

Program #63 (October 24 at 8:00pm)

Ahmad Jamal – Live In Paris 92 (1993)

Recorded live in Paris, France on April 3rd and 4th, 1992.

Performers include:

Ahmad Jamal – piano

David Bowler – drums

Todd Coolman – bass

Muddy Bottom Blues

Program #266 (October 22 at 8:00pm and October 23 at 3:00pm)

A gifted singer and songwriter whose music puts a contemporary spin on classic folk and country themes, Dori Freeman's breakthrough in 2016 demonstrates why it's not a bad idea to reach out to your favorite artists.

Dori Freeman was born and raised in the Appalachian community of Galax, Virginia. Dori's father, Scott Freeman, and her grandfather, Willard Gayheart, were veteran bluegrass musicians who played regularly and ran their own venue, Front Porch Gallery and Frame Shop.

Morehead State's men's golf team finished the 2021 Fall season on the highest note it could. The Eagles won a scorecard playoff with Northern Illinois Tuesday to claim the top team honor at the Xavier Invitational at the Maketewah Country Club.

Morehead State's men's basketball's Johni Broome and Skyelar Potter have garnered official Preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference honors, with Broome being named the league's Co-Player of the Year, and the Eagles being picked to finish second.

Kiera Fehr, a Lexington junior at the Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics, has been selected to present at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) ASCEND conference next month in Las Vegas.  

Fehr will deliver a presentation and be a member of a panel discussion on her involvement in STEM through Higher Orbits. This nonprofit organization works with astronauts and space industry leaders to spark and support student-led experiments.

Morehead State junior libero Allison Whitten was tabbed the Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts in leading a stingy back row output in the Volleyball team's two wins over UT Martin this past weekend.

Whitten's award is the sixth weekly honor for the volleyball program during the fall 2021 season and her first of the year.

A Morehead State University Student was found deceased on campus Monday morning.   

Rowan County Coroner John Northcutt said the 19-year-old female was found by her roommate in a campus dorm.

In an email, University officials confirmed that local authorities are continuing to work through the details.

The Eagles wrapped up homecoming weekend at Morehead State with a tightly contested scoreless draw against SEMO on Sunday.

The draw moves the Eagles to 4-8-4 on the season and 2-3-2 in league play, and is the second scoreless draw of the season for Morehead State.

Powered by the first game with two 100-yard rushers since 2017, a season-high rushing total, and only 189 yards allowed by the defense, Morehead State football raced past Butler 31-8 for a Homecoming victory at Jayne Stadium Saturday.