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Octavia Biggs (87), director of Morehead State s Little Theatre Company, has been awarded the Prize for Innovative Teaching by the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) and the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF).
The award was presented during KCACTF Region IV Virtual Conference, held Feb. 4-7. The award is given to a faculty member in the region who has demonstrated excellence in teaching innovation with regard to student success in the area of pedagogy and theatre arts. Biggs was nominated by a group of current and former students and work-studies, and she was not aware she had been nominated until she learned she had won the award.
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Morehead State University has been named a Bronze-level Military Friendly School® for 2021-22, an honor MSU has now received for three consecutive years.
Viqtory Media, originator of the family of Military Friendly employment, entrepreneurship and education resources for veterans and their families, published the 2021-22 Military Friendly Schools and Employers ratings at www.militaryfriendly.com and in the upcoming May issue of G.I. Jobs magazine.
For more than a decade, Military Friendly ratings have set the standard for companies and colleges demonstrating positive employment and education outcomes for veterans and their families.
“Receiving the Military Friendly School distinction highlights our commitment to the holistic success of military-related students in every facet of our university,” said Dr. Silas Session, director of military initiatives
The 17th Annual Judy Rogers Creative Consciousness Challenge is seeking student submissions until Friday, Feb. 26.
The Judy Rogers Creative Consciousness Challenge is an opportunity for students to highlight their creative work supporting women and gender studies research, art and activism at Morehead State.
This year the Gender Studies Leadership Team updated the contest, renaming it the Judy Roger’s Creative Consciousness Challenge, and offering a three-tier prize for a wide variety of creative work. Contributions should illustrate transformative gender consciousness.
The contest focuses on work centered on underrepresented groups, including Black, Indigenous and other people of color; transfeminine, transmasculine and non-binary people; LGBTQIA+ people; people with disabilities and immigrants.
Tuesday, February 2, 2021:
Morehead State University’s Main Campus will operate on Weather Plan B. Offices will open at 10am and classes begin at 11am.
MSU Ashland is closed on Tuesday, February 2. Classes are canceled and offices are closed.
MSU Mt. Sterling is on a 2-hour delay. Classes and offices are on a 2-hour delay.
MSU Prestonsburg classes and offices are on a 3-hour delay.