For our Friday Favorites today, we are celebrating the new month of December. The Morning Thing hosts share their favorite things to do in December!
Click HERE to hear from Marcy, Wesley and Allison.
MVNU’s President, Dr. Henry Spaulding, talked with The Morning Thing for his monthly Presidential Update.
Dr. Spaulding shared his thoughts on the last month of the year. He shared an update from MVNU’s Leadership Team including some openings for new positions that have been created by the new strategic investment initiatives.
He shared his biggest goals for the month of December and a highlight of MVNU’s calendar.
Dr. Spaulding also shared special messages for MVNU students, faculty, and staff as they get ready to celebrate Christmas.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation.
Click HERE to stay up to date with MVNU.
WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart has a conversation with Carol Grubaugh of the Knox County Chamber of Commerce and Knox County Convention and Visitors Bureau about the Service Club Challenge to benefit Food For The Hungry.
Click HERE to listen to their conversation.
They discuss:
What got Carol and her husband interested in Food For The Hungry
Details about the 3rd year of the Service Club Challenge
The importance of giving
What the slogan of Food For The Hungry, “Working Together to Care for our Neighbors” means to her.
For more information about all the ways you can be involved with Food For The Hungry, go to foodforthehungrycares.org
The Morning Thing Friday Favorites 11/25/22
For our Friday Favorites this week, The Morning Thing hosts shared their favorite family activities to do during the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend.
We are ready for some fun! How about you?
Click HERE to hear from Marcy, Allison and Wesley.
Mount Vernon Mayor Matt Starr shared updates on the City with The Morning Thing on Friday, 11/25/22.
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Topics included:
To stay in touch with the City, go to:
Tim Stickle, the Chairman of Revive Ohio: Knox County, shares details of their upcoming outreach event this Saturday. He gives us insight about why events like these are important, and how churches can host one.
Join them on Saturday, November 26th, at 8:30am as they go out and pray with people in our community – loving, listening, and sharing the Good News.
The meeting will be held at the First Church of God at 10 Pine St, Mt. Vernon Ohio in the gymnasium (the last building)
8:30- 9:00 training
9:30 outreach
11:30 testimonies
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The Morning Thing’s Marcy Rinehart talked with Scott Burgess of We Run MV about this year’s Turkey Trot.
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The event will be held Thanksgiving morning on the campus of Mount Vernon Nazarene University.
Registration is at 8am. The race starts at 9am.
You are asked to bring a donation for Food For The Hungry as your registration fee.
Over the past 11 years, We Run MV has collected over 6,442 food items and $10,609 in donations!
Scott shares the group’s passion behind this event and how each dollar makes a huge difference.
On average each year, this event has 166 participants and raises $965 and 586 food items.
The members of We Run MV hope to beat that average this year.
If you are like us, you are finalizing all of your plans for Thanksgiving! It is coming next week!
The Morning Thing is here to help. This morning (11/18), we shared some Thanksgiving activities for the whole family. These fun ideas from imom.com will help you get the laughter flowing along with the holiday cheer. You can also make some memories and start some meaningful family traditions.
Check out the full list HERE.
Click HERE to see the Thanksgiving FUN ideas that we shared.
Click HERE to see and download the Thanksgiving Lunchbox Notes.
Click HERE to see and download the Holiday Helper Cards.
We also had some FUN sharing Thanksgiving Brain Teasers.
Click HERE to get the full list and start the laughter at your family gathering.
Click HERE to hear from the Big Blue Crew! 🙂
MVNU’s President, Dr. Henry Spaulding, talked with The Morning Thing for his monthly Presidential Update.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation.
Dr. Spaulding shared his thoughts as the fall semester of 2022 is winding down.
He shares an update from the recent Board of Trustees meeting including the election of officers. They approved a tentative budget for 2023-2024, which includes a 3% raise for faculty and staff.
Dr. Spaulding also shared that the Board of Trustees gave unanimous approval of the Strategic Investment Initiatives. These initiatives will include some new programs, and new positions and enhance MVNU’s enrollment.
Dr. Spaulding talks about how these plans are strategic to move the university to a higher standing in the region at a level of a doctoral-granting institution. He also shares some examples of the new programs coming with this board approval. There will be a focus on programs dealing with Mental Health.
Dr. Spaulding shares his highest priorities for the month of November, an overview of the 2022 Homecoming Schedule, and how he wants to see the Men’s Basketball team beat Olivet Nazarene University!
Dr. Spaulding also shares an overview of MVNU’s calendar throughout the month of November.
Dr. Spaulding shares special messages for students, faculty, and staff as they get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving. He also tells us how we can pray for the campus and his family throughout the month of November.
Today for our Friday Favorites, we celebrate Homecoming at Mount Vernon Nazarene University.
The Morning Thing hosts share some of their favorite memories from their time at MVNU. Enjoy!
Click HERE to hear from Marcy, Wesley and Allison.
WNZR welcomes all alumni home to campus this weekend!
Rise and Shine 