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Inspired by the recent CDC announcement that travel is low-risk for fully COVID-19 vaccinated people (as reported here), we offer some odd tunes loosely related to travel.

(April 16th @ 9pm; April 17th @ 4pm)

Playlist:

1. “I Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” by Rick Moranis

2. “Frogger! The Frogger Musical” by Paul & Storm

Even with the turmoil of COVID-19, minority students in Kentucky achieved steady gains in college degrees and credentials last year, and overall, the state remains on pace to meet its educational attainment goals in 2030.

Carrying the legacies of each of the alumni who came before them and continuing the groundwork laid to bring the program to the heights it reached in 2020-21, Morehead State volleyball continued to soar Wednesday afternoon, earning the program's first NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship victory.

Muddy Bottom Blues

Program #240 (April 16 at 8:00 p.m. and April 17 at 3:00 p.m.)

Mike Barnett is a virtuoso fiddler with a sound that straddles traditional and contemporary bluegrass, jazz, and folk.

Morehead State Public Radio (MSPR) is pleased to recognize Nacogdoches Miller as the recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Student Award.

Selected by MSPR staff, the annual award demonstrates leadership, initiative, personal development, and an overall commitment to MSPR above the level of his/her peers.

Morehead State Public Radio (MSPR) is pleased to recognize Daria Denysenko as the recipient of the 2021 Community Advisory Board Student Leadership Award.

Selected by MSPR’s Community Advisory Board, the annual award demonstrates personal achievements, leadership, volunteerism, and involvement on the campus and in the community.

A Time For Tales

Program #432 (April 18 at 3:00 p.m.)

“Moth Stories”

Program performers:

Enrique Garcia Naranjo

Maxie Jones

Darrell Scott

Gabby Shea

Bruce Teiller

Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant

Morehead State University continues to soar this spring with multiple recognitions and rankings of academic programs and athletic achievements in and out of the classroom. 

The accounting program was ranked fifth in the nation and the Associate of Applied Science in Veterinary Technology program was named the nation's best associate program and the second-best program overall by Intelligent.com.

MSU’s Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics received Cognia STEM Certification, the first program in Kentucky to receive this recognition.

Morehead State's Ryley Preece had a week to remember, and his prolific offensive output at Austin Peay has earned him the latest Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Player of the Week honor.

A native of Paintsville, Ky., and a Johnson Central High School alum, Preece helped Morehead State win a series at Austin Peay for the first time since 2015 and move into first place early here in the OVC race.

Tray Hollowell, a native of Hopkinsville, Ky., and a four-year standout at perennial Southern Conference power Wofford, has chosen Morehead State for his final season of eligibility. Hollowell will graduate transfer and be ready to play for the Eagles in 2021-22.

Hollowell helped Wofford to a pair of postseason appearances in his four years, including winning a game in the NCAA Tournament and going 30-5 in 2018-19.

A day after intercepting two passes to help Morehead State football win its PFL game 28-24 over Valparaiso, junior cornerback Brandon Barbee has been tabbed as the league's co-Defensive Player of the Week.

An Orlando, Fla., native Barbee put MSU on top by two scores with 2:54 left in the first quarter when he picked off a pass at the Valpo 47-yard line ad weaved his way through all 11 Valpo players to the end zone for the Eagles' second "pick six" in as many games.

Organizers are preparing to hold a rally prior to Morehead's regular monthly City Council meeting this evening.

Kilani Harvey is a freshman sprinter from Orlando, Fla., on the women's track and field team. Although she is a transfer from Highland Community College (Kan.), the NCAA granted all student-athletes an extra year of eligibility, so she isn't a rookie.

Student teachers from Morehead State's Ernst and Sara Lane Volgenau College of Education are going the extra mile to help their communities recover from recent flooding.  

Dr. Antony Norman, dean of the Volgenau College of Education, said students have been working hard this semester to teach in virtual and in-person classrooms simultaneously. Many have also been donating their time to provide help to their communities in the wake of flooding in the region.  

A tree-planting ceremony was held Monday afternoon, April 5, to honor the memory and legacy of Dr. George M. "Mac" Luckey Jr., MSU professor emeritus and former director and namesake of the academic honors program.