Area residents interested in taking classes at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) during the 2024 summer session and/or fall semester can now browse through a list of courses online. The complete 2024 summer session/fall semester course listing can be found at WP.MissouriState.edu/Schedule. The schedule includes classes available at the West Plains campus, in … [Read more...] about Summer session, fall semester schedules now available online
Officials at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) today are mourning the passing of former chancellor Kent Thomas. Thomas, who served as chancellor from 2001 to 2007, passed away Friday, March 15, at the age of 71. Current Chancellor Dennis Lancaster said Thomas’ loss will be felt for years to come at MSU-WP. “Chancellor Thomas’ tenure at the West Plains campus came … [Read more...] about Former Chancellor Kent Thomas remembered at MSU-WP
You may have seen some of them in your grandparents’ or great-grandparents’ storage boxes – aged photographs or postcards showing people and places from long ago that reveal a bit about life from a bygone era. Local historian and collector Toney Aid recently donated nearly 1,500 such images from his personal collection to the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri … [Read more...] about Local collector donates historical postcards, photos to OHRC
To truly learn how to raise crops or care for livestock, individuals need to get their hands dirty and do the work involved. Thanks to one local resident, students at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) will have the opportunity to do just that. Linda Wulff-Risner, professor of agriculture at MSU-WP, recently donated her 40-acre farm, Risner Stables, just … [Read more...] about Risner Stables gifted to MSU-WP for agriculture programs
The response of Missouri college presidents to desegregation in 1950 will be the topic of a Black History Month presentation Feb. 27 hosted by the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP). The presentation by Larry Gragg, a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of history at Missouri University of Science and … [Read more...] about OHRC to host Black History Month presentation Feb. 27