For Mother’s Day, Kentucky Life meets some of the certified nurse midwives who care for Kentucky mothers. This episode of Kentucky Life also features the films by Morehead State University communications students: first, “Small Town Sports Radio,” a segment about the impact of local sports radio in Rowan County, and second, “Garden Roller Rink,” a look at the roller skating rink in Ashland.
Midwives
While physician-attended childbirth may be the most common way to deliver a baby, midwives have attended at least 10 percent of all vaginal births in the United States since 2005, according to the American College of Nurse-Midwives.
In Kentucky, Frontier University in Hyden offers a graduate program for registered nurses to become midwives. “I think there are a lot of misconceptions about what midwifery actually is, here in the United States,” said Dr. Susan Stone, president of the university. “And there are many different types of midwives. I happen to be a certified nurse midwife.”
Read more about midwifery in Kentucky and watch the video.
Morehead State Media Productions
Morehead State University has been offering its media arts students in-depth, hands-on training for several years. Jeffrey Hill, professor of media production, who has been at Morehead since 2002, said students work on multiple projects.
“Their first semester here, they’re doing the deal, they’re doing the production work,” he said. “So by the time they get to their third or fourth year, they’re doing projects that are getting picked up by film festivals. They’re doing documentary projects that are being picked up by KET. So it’s a really great opportunity for the students.”
Learn more about Morehead State University’s Media Productions and watch the video.
