SPRING 2006 • Vol. XXIV, No. 2 SAVE THE DATES JUNE 2 Sundown at Moonlight Concert 6 p.m. October 12 First Street, Morehead, Ky. Homecoming Parade • 6 p.m., Main Street 3-4 Bluegrass ‘n More: A Celebration of American Music October 13 First Street, Morehead, Ky. Homecoming Kick-Off Event • 4-7 p.m., ADUC Commons 3 A Day in the Country Folk Art Show (students, alumni and friends welcome) 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Alumni Welcome Reception • 6-9 p.m., ADUC 3rd floor Morehead Conference Center All Cheerleader Alumni Reunion • 8 p.m., AAC Gymnastics Room Bluegrass Biennial Art Exhibition Opening 3 - 5 p.m. October 14 Claypool-Young Art Building Slow Time: The Art of Charley & Alumni Band Reunion • 9:30 a.m., Baird Music Hall Noah Kinney Art Exhibition Opening Greek Alumni Reunion • 10-11 a.m., ADUC 1st floor 5 - 7 p.m. Athletic Hall of Fame Breakfast • 10:30 a.m., TBA Kentucky Folk Art Center Sculpture Unveiling • 10:30 a.m., Crosthwait Plaza 5 Summer I Classes Begin Alumni Tailgate* • 11 a.m., AAC lawn All Cheerleader Alumni Dinner* • 6 p.m., 24 Appalachian Arts & Crafts Fair/FolkFest Morehead Conference Center 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Morehead Conference Center *Ticketed event JULY Nominations for the Alumni Hall of Fame are due July 1 and the Alumni Hall of Fame 5 Summer II Classes Begins Banquet will be May 11, 2007 at 7 p.m. in the Crager Room of ADUC. 14-15 Eagle Excellence Fund & Golf Event Time Location GET YOUR MSU GEAR! AUGUST 17 Registration for Fall Semester begins SEPTEMBER 16 Family Weekend OCTOBER 13-14 Homecoming Weekend 29 Alumni Day at the Races Churchill Downs For a complete schedule of events, visit: www.moreheadstate.edu. Contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 800-783-2586 or via e-mail at [email protected]. Morehead State University is committed to providing equal educational opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, or disabil- ity in its educational programs, services, activities, employment policies, and admis- sion 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 100 University Blvd. 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 Morehead, KY 40351 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 606.783.2081 or 888.STORE.05 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 degree program in nursing. Any inquiries regarding affirmative action or equal opportunity should be addressed to Francene Botts-Butler, Affirmative Action Officer/ADA Coordinator, Morehead State University, 314 Allie Young Hall, # bookstore.moreheadstate.edu Morehead, KY 40351; telephone (606) 783-2085. CONTENTS SPRING 2006 Vol. XXIV, No. 2 STATEMENTONLINE • www.moreheadstate.edu/statement 3 COVER 6 SPRING BREAK SPRING BACK MSU students, faculty and staff help with hurricane relief efforts in Gulfport, Miss. Doug Klein, Cincinnati senior, from left, shows, Megan Mraz, Morehead sophomore, Nikki Pergram, MSU dance team coach, and Sarah Fischer, Cynthiana senior, some roofing tips. FEATURE 8 SLOW TIME EXHIBITION 3 NEW MEN’S BASKETBALL Slow Time: The Works of Charley, Noah, and Hazel COACH NAMED Kinney on display at Kentucky 9 MSU alumnus Donnie Tyndall has Folk Art Center been selected to lead the Eagles. DEPARTMENTS 4 AROUND MSU News & Notes 9 FAME & GLORY 3 STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY Sports Roundup 10 MSU continues to evolve and meet the needs of those we serve. 12 LAMPPOST STATE OF THE Giving Spotlight UNIVERSITY 16 FRIENDS People in the News STATEMENT is published two times a year by Morehead State University through an off-campus printing contract with S. Rosenthal & Company, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio • STATEMENT is distributed to alumni, faculty, staff, benefactors, and 17 CLASSNOTES other friends of Morehead State University. Articles may be reprinted without permission. Opinions expressed here- in do not necessarily reflect the official policies of Morehead State University. Address correspondence to: Alumni Updates 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; Chuck D. Charles (74), president, MSU Alumni Association, Inc.; Glenn Leveridge (70), chair, Board of Trustees, MSU Foundation, Inc.; 19 ONE LAST LOOK Jeffrey Liles, publisher; Mindy Highley (92), Jami Hornbuckle (96), Tami B. Jones (82), editors; Toni Hobbs (02), creative director; April Hobbs Nutter (97), web marketing director; Cindy Trent (98), production manager; Snapshots Tim Holbrook (94), Guy Huffman (02), photographers; Jason Blanton, Shirley Smith (87), Pauline Young (84), contributing writers. www.moreheadstate.edu/statement SPRING 2006 • 3 AROUND MSU Appalachian Arts and Crafts MSU will host 2006 Governor's Scholars Fair & 'Folkfest 2006', June 24 MSU will be a host campus for the 2006 Governor's Scholars Program. "We are excited about having several hundred of Kentucky's top high school stu- dents on our campus next summer for this The Kentucky Folk Art Center will spon- prestigious activity," said President Wayne sor the Appalachian Arts and Crafts Fair D. Andrews. "The GSP leadership knows from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, that we are committed to providing out- at the new Morehead Conference Center, standing staff and facility support and to located on First Street. sharing our famous Morehead hospitality. The Appalachian Arts and Crafts Fair We also are honored to be the only public offers visitors a large and varied selection of campus hosting GSP in 2006." regional arts and crafts, ranging from the The Governor’s Scholars Program is a MSU's hosting of the Governor's Scholars traditional to the cutting edge. The fair will five-week, residential summer program for Program. For more information, feature more than 50 of the region’s finest outstanding Kentucky students completing call 606-783-2150 or e-mail craftspeople offering jewelry, pottery, can- their junior year in high school. Established [email protected]. dles, furniture and more. in 1983, the program provides academic There is a $3 charge for admission to the and personal growth in a challenging, non- fair. traditional environment that balances a Visitors to the crafts fair also can experi- strong liberal arts program with a full co- ence “Folkfest 2006,” which also will be curricular and residential life experience. held at the center. Folkfest will feature per- Other host campuses will be formances by three folk music acts. Centre College in Danville and Bellarmine KFAC, Kentucky Center for Traditional University in Louisville. Al Baldwin, Music, Morehead State Public Radio and assistant to the provost, will coordinate the MSU Arts and Humanities Council are sponsors of Folkfest. The artists will be avail- able to discuss their craft, instruments and history of the music they perform. Additional information is available from the Center’s Web site at www.kyfolkart.org or by calling (606) 783-2204. KFAC, locat- ed at 102 West First Street in Morehead, is open Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., and Sundays, 1-5 p.m. President's Leadership Academy announced Members of the inaugural class of the President’s Leadership Academy at MSU announces 'completer' degree programs Morehead State University have been named following a competitive nomination, Starting this fall, Morehead State respond to the expanding needs of interview and selection process that began University will offer seven new online bach- Kentucky's students. At KCTCS, we are with the announcement of the program at elor’s degree “completer” programs designed honored that Morehead State University is Fall 2005 Convocation. primarily for graduates of the Kentucky reaching out to our alumni after they have “A critical measure of any institution is Community and Technical College System completed their initial course of study with the quality of its leadership and the develop- (KCTCS). us," said KCTCS President Michael ment of new leaders,” said MSU President “We are responding enthusiastically to McCall. Wayne D. Andrews in announcing the the state’s mandate to empower more Dr. Andrews noted that three of MSU’s Academy. Kentuckians with four-year college degrees five regional campuses are based on KCTCS The President’s Leadership Academy will and, at the same time, we are reaffirming campuses in Ashland, Jackson and provide quality professional development, our historic commitment to serve those Prestonsburg and that MSU and KCTCS mentorship and internships to selected fac- unable to attend upper division classes at a are among the original partners in the ulty, staff and administrators who show residential campus,” Dr. Andrews said at a University Center of the Mountains, head- potential to become more effective leaders. news conference at the Rowan Campus of quartered at Hazard CTC. Additional information is available by Maysville Community and Technical Dr. Andrews also reported that MSU is calling Dr. Michael Seelig, dean of the College (MCTC). revising its master’s degree program in Caudill College of Humanities and chair of "This announcement underscores higher education to better serve KCTCS the President’s Leadership Academy steering Morehead State University's commitment faculty and staff interested in graduate study committee, at (606) 783-2650. For a to creating exceptional opportunities for in community and technical college admin- complete list of academy participants, see higher learning.