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Dignitaries line up outside to cut the ribbon for the Hass-Darr Hall grand opening.
Front row from left are Andrea (Myers) and Elliot Neph and children Lucy and Ezra; Missouri State-West Plains Student Government Association President Lyndsey Parker; Missouri State-West Plains Chancellor Shirley Lawler; former Missouri State-West Plains Chancellor Drew Bennett; William and Virginia Darr; Mary Hass Sheid and Jeff Schrag; Jeanne and Judge William R. Hass; Missouri State University Board of Governors member Carol Silvey; Missouri State University President Clif Smart; Missy (Hass) and Tim Myers; and Judge William T. Hass. Back row: Eric Gibson; Emily (Drago) Gibson (hidden behind Sheid); Richard Silvey; Charles and Pam Drago (behind William R. Hass); and Christena Silvey Coleman. (Missouri State-West Plains Photo)

Dedication, ribbon cutting officially opens Hass-Darr Hall

2018 September 27 by University Communications

West Plains, Mo. – With the snip of 11 pairs of scissors, members of the Judge William R. Hass family, William and Virginia Darr, and representatives from Missouri State University officially opened Hass-Darr Hall Wednesday, Sept. 26, at Missouri State University-West Plains.

An estimated 250 students, faculty, staff, government representatives and area residents attended the dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony, seeing for the first time the latest addition to the campus.

The 18,000-square-foot facility, which once served as the West Plains Post Office, will become the “heart of the campus” with the variety of services it houses, Missouri State-West Plains Chancellor Shirley Lawler said.

These include the Darr Honors Program, Carol Silvey Student Union, Drago College Store, Admissions Welcome Center, Veterans Center, student life and development office, tutoring services and other much needed classroom and administrative space.

The facility is named Hass-Darr Hall in recognition of significant gifts from two families who are long-time university supporters, Mary Hass Sheid, the William R. Hass family and William and Virginia Darr.

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