Morehead State University
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| Motto | Lux |
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Motto in English
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Light |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1887 |
| Endowment | $22.5M |
| President | Wayne D. Andrews |
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Academic staff
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438 |
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Administrative staff
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930 |
| Students | 10,748 (Fall 2016) |
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Morehead, Kentucky, U.S. 38°11′20″N 83°25′52″W / 38.189°N 83.431°WCoordinates: 38°11′20″N 83°25′52″W / 38.189°N 83.431°W |
| Campus | Rural 700 acres (2 km²) |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Athletics |
NCAA Division I FCS OVC, Pioneer Football League |
| Nickname | Eagles |
| Mascot | Beaker |
| Website | www |
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Morehead State University
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| Location | Bounded by University Blvd., Battson Ave. and Ward Oates Dr., Morehead, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 38°11′12″N 83°26′03″W / 38.1867°N 83.4341°W |
| Area | 12 acres (4.9 ha) |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other, Collegiate Gothic |
| NRHP Reference # | 94001381 |
| Added to NRHP | November 25, 1994 |
Morehead State University (MSU) is a public, co-educational university located in Morehead, Kentucky, United States, in the foothills of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Rowan County, midway between Lexington, Kentucky, and Huntington, West Virginia. The 2017 edition of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S. News & World Report named MSU one of the top 25 public universities in the South, the 13th consecutive year it has been so recognized. MSU was recognized in 2013 by The Daily Beast as a top underrated school. In 2013, G.I. Jobs magazine ranked Morehead State in the top 20 percent of veteran-friendly colleges, universities and trade schools in the nation, for the fifth straight year. The campus is ranked among the safest in the nation.
The university began as Morehead Normal School, which opened its doors in 1887. One student appeared on the first day of class in October 1887, in a little, rented cottage where the Adron Doran University Center now stands. The private school closed in the spring of 1922 when the Kentucky General Assembly established Morehead State Normal School. The state institution accepted its first students in the fall of 1923 and graduated its first class in 1927. Name changes occurred in 1926 when "and Teachers College" was added, again in 1930 when it was shortened to Morehead State Teachers College, again in 1948 when "Teachers" was dropped and, finally, to university status in 1966. Thirteen men, starting with Frank C. Button, have served as president. Dr. Wayne D. Andrews assumed office as the 13th president on January 1, 2005.
Morehead State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. 214 degree programs are available on the two-year, four-year and graduate levels through four colleges (Caudill College of Humanities, College of Business and Public Affairs, College of Education, and College of Science and Technology). The university offers a Doctoral degree in Education. More than half of the faculty hold doctoral degrees. The average class size is 18. The student body represents 109 Kentucky counties, 42 states and 32 foreign countries. MSU supports its missions of teaching, applied research and public service through an annual budget of more than $157 million. Grants and contracts from external sources for research, service and academic/student support projects generate more than $17 million each year. Annual private gifts to the university average $3 million annually. It was the first institution in Kentucky to offer a complete degree program online, the Master of Business Administration (MBA). MSU is 1 of 5 institutions in the U.S. with a bachelor's degree in space science. The university has erected a space tracking system in partnership with NASA. The second component of the Space Science Center opened in 2009—a $16.6 million instruction and research support facility. MSU claims the state's best computer-student ratio in its computer laboratories, as well as offering students a program to lease university owned laptops while enrolled. 64,000 persons have received degrees from MSU.
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