WEST PLAINS, Mo.– Offices at Missouri State University-West Plains will be closed for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The last working day of 2011 for university employees will be Wednesday, Dec. 21. Offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. Area residents and students who need to conduct business in person with university officials before Jan. 3, 2012, should visit the campus before 5 p.m. Dec. 21. For more information about the university’s holiday closings, call 417-255-7255.