Art Student’s Work Selected for National Competition
Sydney Pierce, a senior studio art candidate from Joplin, recently had an oil painting selected...
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Category: Press Releases
Social Work Students go back to Elementary School; National Accreditation for Program
Five Missouri Southern students who are scheduled to graduate in May with a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work (BSW) are spending part of their senior years at local elementary schools. The students are at Irving (Jordan Dinyer),...
Read MoreWelcome Back meeting set for Friday
Just a reminder – you won’t want to miss out on the All-Employee Welcome Back meeting starting at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 17, in Taylor Performing Arts Center. It’s a chance to hear from Dr. Alan Marble and members of the...
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Former Chair of MSSU Board of Governors Passes Away
A memorial service for Dwight Douglas will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1, at the Neosho...
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AAUW to host candidate forum at MSSU
The Joplin Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will host a candidate...
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Longtime Physical Plant Employee Passes Away
Bob Kemp, a longtime member of the MSSU family, passed away on Tuesday, July 24. Kemp had worked...
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Donor-funded videoboard at MSSU’s Fred Hughes Stadium to be one of the largest in Div. II
The action on the turf at Missouri Southern’s Fred G. Hughes Stadium will soon be larger...
Read More‘Newsmakers’ to focus on future of Joplin nature center
Future plans for the nature center in Joplin’s Wildcat Park are discussed in theNewsmakers program airing the first week of July on KGCS-TV. The Missouri Department of Conservation is taking over operations of the center, after...
Read MoreGilbert-Saunders receives 2018 Excellence in Education award
Dr. Lynell Gilbert-Saunders, an associate professor of chemistry at Missouri Southern State University, was the recipient of the 2018 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education. The award is presented to an outstanding faculty...
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MSSU names Michael Sanders as Dean of Admissions
The Admissions Department at Missouri Southern will be under new leadership with the hiring of...
Read MoreMSSU Board of Governors elects officers for 2018-19
The election of officers for the 2018-19 year was among the agenda items for the Missouri Southern State University Board of Governors meeting on June 14. Glenn McCumber, who was appointed to the board in 2013, spoke about his...
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Festival to give Shakespeare a country western spin
One of the Bard’s classic comedies will get a dash of Nashville when the Missouri Shakespeare...
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