Revitalizing Facilities

Last year, MSU began renovation activities for its football facility with the addition of a new artificial surface. With the expansion of the men’s and women’s track program, a new track surface was also added. Jayne Stadium is also undergoing exterior painting and branding along with updating the stadium press boxes. Further enhancements to the football stadium are also planned.

Private donations are funding facility upgrades for the softball and baseball programs. These upgrades include a new scoreboard, fence screen, Big Blue Wall, new turf project, batting cages, field equipment, re-play systems, and new field tarps.

Meanwhile, the Academic-Athletic Center is undergoing a large branding project on the front of the facility.

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The Camden-Carroll Library is currently undergoing a $1.15 million renovation. Completed projects include replacing both levels of the roof and the building’s chiller and installing a fire suppression system for the collections area.

The first floor will have new finishes, flooring, ceilings, lighting and paint. Plans also include 16 new offices for academic advisors on the first floor. These improvements are scheduled for completion by August 2024.

There are also plans for future renovations to additional floors of the library.

The Craft Academy, led by donations from the Craft family, will be expanding in the Fall 2024. Alumni Tower went through extensive ground floor and partial upper floor renovation to accommodate the academy moving into the tower for future growth. The Craft Family has provided MSU with millions of dollars in generous contributions and the academy continues to lead the way as a top school in the U.S. In the Fall 2023, Alumni Tower became the home of the Craft Academy and its 200 students.

Ginger Hall is currently undergoing a $1.75 million renovation, including new lighting, ceilings, flooring, and paint on all floors, as well as installation of a new chiller and completing a full exterior building cleaning.

The first phase of this phased project started in the fall of 2023 and included the dean’s suite for the Volegenau College of Education on the first floor, the registrar’s office on the second floor, additional office space and classrooms. The ninth floor is near completion and will also include more offices. This is being done so the renovated building will accommodate the staff and faculty from the Department of Mathematics from Lappin Hall before it is razed.

The Kentucky General Assembly also approved significant asset preservation funds for MSU. The University has already used these funds to replace roofs and HVAC units for various buildings, upgrade facilities, renovate space and internal repairs.

Renovation is underway on the first floor of the Educational Services Building on E. Main Street to create a new space for the MSU Police Department. The MSUPD will be relocated from Laughlin Health Building in May.

MSU's Space Science Center has received $2.5 million in state funding to build the Morehead Deep Space Array. This project will help the Center improve its services to NASA and other commercial lunar ventures by allowing the tracking and command of lunar spacecraft.