Morehead State Volgenau College of Education

09/07/2026

🇺🇸 Happy Labor Day from the Volgenau College of Education! 🇺🇸

Today, we recognize and celebrate the dedication, hard work, and contributions of workers across our communities and beyond.

We are especially grateful for the educators, school professionals, and future educators who work each day to make a difference in the lives of others. 💙💛

Wishing our Eagle family a safe, relaxing, and well-deserved Labor Day!

09/06/2026

✨🦅Advancing to Official Doctoral Candidacy🦅✨

Please join the Volgenau College of Education in congratulating Christopher Salyers on successfully passing his qualifying examination and presenting his capstone proposal, which was accepted by his doctoral committee!

Christopher’s capstone proposal, “Defining the standard of care: Designing a collaborative bidirectional transition system for comprehensive A1 schools and A5 alternative programs”, represents meaningful and impactful work within the field.

On behalf of his committee chair, Dr. Michael Kessinger, and committee members, we are pleased to advance Mr. Salyers on to the final leg of this significant academic journey as he is officially named a doctoral candidate. Congratulations! 🍎

09/06/2026

✨🦅Advancing to Official Doctoral Candidacy🦅✨

Please join the Volgenau College of Education in congratulating Gabrielle Johnson & Amanda Lewis on successfully passing their qualifying examinations and presenting their joint capstone proposal, which was accepted by their doctoral committee!

Gabrielle & Amanda’s capstone proposal, “A comprehensive performance-based training program for staff who supervise minors in a residential setting.”, represents meaningful and impactful work within the field.

On behalf of their committee chair, Dr. Chris Miller and committee members, we are pleased to advance Ms. Johnson and Ms. Lewis on to the final leg of this significant academic journey as they are officially named doctoral candidates. Congratulations, ladies🍎

09/03/2026

✨🦅Advancing to Official Doctoral Candidacy🦅✨

Please join the Volgenau College of Education in congratulating Erik Kouns on successfully passing his qualifying examination and presenting his capstone proposal, which was accepted by his doctoral committee!

Erik’s capstone proposal, “Impact of chronic absenteeism on academic achievement in a rural Kentucky high school”, represents meaningful and impactful work within the field.

On behalf of his committee chair, Dr. Michael Kessinger, and committee members, we are pleased to advance Mr. Kouns on to the final leg of this significant academic journey as he is officially named a doctoral candidate. Congratulations! 🍎

09/03/2026

✨🦅Advancing to Official Doctoral Candidacy🦅✨

Please join the Volgenau College of Education in congratulating Jessica Thompson on successfully passing her qualifying examination and presenting her capstone proposal, which was accepted by her doctoral committee!

Jessica’s capstone proposal, “Empowering future leaders: A comprehensive guidebook for Kentucky FBLA advisors.”, represents meaningful and impactful work within the field.

On behalf of her committee chair, Dr. Michael Kessinger, and committee members, we are pleased to advance Ms. Thompson on to the final leg of this significant academic journey as she is officially named a doctoral candidate. Congratulations! 🍎

09/03/2026

✨🦅Advancing to Official Doctoral Candidacy🦅✨

Please join the Volgenau College of Education in congratulating Bonnie Orme on successfully passing her qualifying examination and presenting her capstone proposal, which was accepted by her doctoral committee!

Bonnie’s capstone proposal, “HEALTH SCIENCE GUIDEBOOK: IMPLEMENTING ESL SUPPORT IN THE CLASSROOM”, represents meaningful and impactful work within the field.

On behalf of her committee chair, Dr. Joyce Stubbs, and committee members, we are pleased to advance Ms. Orme on to the final leg of this significant academic journey as she is officially named a doctoral candidate. Congratulations! 🍎

09/02/2026

✨🦅Advancing to Official Doctoral Candidacy🦅✨

Please join the Volgenau College of Education in congratulating Gabriel Cody Hammonds on successfully passing his qualifying examination and presenting his capstone proposal, which was accepted by his doctoral committee!

Gabriel Cody’s capstone proposal, “A study for using Artificial Intelligence in the classroom”, represents meaningful and impactful work within the field.

On behalf of his committee chair, Dr. Jeannie Justice, and committee members, we are pleased to advance Mr. Hammonds on to the final leg of this significant academic journey as he is officially named a doctoral candidate. Congratulations! 🍎

09/01/2026

✨🦅Advancing to Official Doctoral Candidacy🦅✨

Please join the Volgenau College of Education in congratulating Jacquline Fugate on successfully passing her qualifying examination and presenting her capstone proposal, which was accepted by her doctoral committee!

Jacquline’s capstone proposal, “A Needs Analysis of Onboarding Practices for Dual Credit High School Teachers”, represents meaningful and impactful work within the field.

On behalf of her committee chair, Dr. Joel Pace, and committee members, we are pleased to advance Ms. Fugate on to the final leg of this significant academic journey as she is officially named a doctoral candidate. Congratulations! 🍎

08/26/2026

Our Ag Ed students doing what they love! 🍎🚜

08/21/2026

✨VCOE Spotlight: Preparing Excellent Communicators ✨

Excellent educators are more than experts in their content, they are excellent communicators. 💬📚

At the Volgenau College of Education, our students learn to communicate with purpose: to explain ideas clearly, listen thoughtfully, build meaningful relationships, collaborate with others, and connect with learners in ways that make a lasting difference.

For our future English educators, communication is at the heart of everything they do. It is how they bring literature to life, encourage students to find their own voices, create spaces for meaningful dialogue, and help young people develop the confidence to share their ideas with the world.

In this video, VCOE Dean, Dr. Nicola Mason and student, Gwen Akers from English Education share more about the intentional preparation happening throughout VCOE, preparation that helps our Eagles become confident, thoughtful, and effective communicators long before they enter their own classrooms. 🦅💙💛

Because great teaching isn’t simply about what you know. It’s about your ability to connect, communicate, and inspire.

That’s how VCOE prepares educators who are ready to make an impact.

🎥 Watch here:

🦅 Effective communication starts with listening.Students, faculty...