麻花导航

MURRAY, Ky. 鈥� The latest 麻花导航 Racer Report includes student, faculty, staff and alumni accomplishments, announcements, upcoming campus events and more for the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 1.

 

 

 

 

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Two 麻花导航 students earned top honors at the Kentucky Chapter Student auditions for the National Association of Teachers of Singing that was held at Asbury University on Oct. 4-5. This is a voice competition with more than 100 students from across the state of Kentucky.

Natalie Sims, of Mayfield, Kentucky, won first place in the Freshman Treble Classical Category. Jessie Leal, of Madisonville, Kentucky, won first place in the Freshman/Sophomore Tenor/Baritone Musical Theatre Category and the Gina Scaggs Epifano Award for best overall performance. Both Sims and Leal are students of Dr. Maribeth Crawford, director of musical theater at 麻花导航.

 

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麻花导航鈥檚 National Public Radio station, WKMS, took home two awards last month in Excellence in Broadcasting from the Kentucky Broadcasters Association, including Radio Reporter of the Year for News Director Derek Operle. 

The WKMS student news team took home Best Overall Digital Presence in the College Radio category, and Assistant News Director Hannah Saad was runner-up for Rookie of the Year, having made a strong entrance into the radio news scene since her start in March of 2023.

Station Manager Asia Burnett says, 鈥淎s a station, one of our most important missions is training the next generation of journalists. Getting top recognition for not only our full-time staff, but the students who train under them, is a wonderful reminder of how powerful good news leadership can be. We鈥檙e proud of the WKMS news team and grateful to the community that supports and relies on this work every day. Every news story and new journalist trained is a reflection of listeners鈥� support of this non-profit news source.鈥�