MSPR Enhancement Fund provides student opportunities

A new fund started last year has provided scholarships for students and enhancements to equipment and programming at Morehead State Public Radio (MSPR), WMKY.

Five MSU students were selected to receive the first-ever Morehead State Public Radio (MSPR) Enhancement Fund scholarship.

Scholarship recipients were:

• Devin Bartley, a junior from Pikeville

• Johnathon Burton (Class of 2023), an alum from Hillsboro

• Hannah Grace, a senior from Brownsville

• Sha’Maurie Mosley, a senior from Uniontown, Pennsylvania

• Clay Wallace (Class of 2023), a graduate student from Frankfort

The scholarship was launched as part of the MSPR Enhancement Fund. Established by an anonymous donor, the fund’s goal is to provide operational support for the radio station and scholarship support for students who work there as interns and work studies.

• To be eligible for the scholarship, students must pursue a degree in convergent media and maintain a 2.5 or higher GPA. The University Scholarship Committee and MSPR General Manager Paul Hitchcock (Class of 1998) chose the scholarship recipients.

“I congratulate these students on their success and dedication to the mission of Morehead State Public Radio,” Hitchcock said. “Support to the MSPR Enhancement Fund directly supports our student work-studies, providing hands-on opportunities in a professional and educational environment. We value the hard work of our student staff and their commitment to our listeners.”

The MSPR Fund will also assist in paying for equipment repairs/upgrades and operational costs and help pay for licensing fees for NPR-produced programming.

MSPR serves more than 20 counties throughout eastern Kentucky from the campus of Morehead State University. Listeners can listen to WMKY at 90.3 FM, online, by app or smart speaker (“Play WMKY”) or visit wmky.org

If you’re interested in establishing your own scholarship or making a planned gift commitment, contact MSU’s Office of Alumni Relations and Development at 606-783-2033, email giving@moreheadstate.edu, or visit alumni.moreheadstate.edu