A total of 1,288 items were collected by members of the Student Government Association (SGA), Student Nurses Association (SNA) and Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) student business organization at Missouri State University-West Plains during their food drive for Samaritan Outreach Center, the local homeless shelter. Among the goods collected were ramen noodles and canned soups, … [Read more...] about Student organizations collect more than 1,200 items for Samaritan Outreach Center
Archives for December 2019
Four students from Missouri State University-West Plains will spend the 2020 spring semester studying at the university’s branch campus at Liaoning Normal University (LNU) in Dalian, China. They include Kidane Howell, Sarah Green and Zachary King, all of West Plains, and Morgan Breidt, Springfield. The trip is part of the university's China Semester Study Away … [Read more...] about 4 students to participate in China study away program in spring 2020
Three West Plains residents won giveaways at the Friends of the Garnett Library’s annual fall fashion show fundraiser Friday, Nov. 8, at the West Plains Country Club. The event was hosted by The Kloz Klozet and Cleea’s At Home Market. Shirley Lawler received a Pandora tote bag and matching gloves, apple cider mix and a snowglobe ornament from Cleea’s At Home … [Read more...] about 3 local residents win giveaways at fashion show fundraiser
Students, faculty and staff celebrated Geography Awareness Week Nov. 11-15 by participating in several campus activities. Dr. Brooks Blevins, the Noel Boyd Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri State University in Springfield, examined the Ozark dialect and explained the historical and geographical origins of the dialect during his presentation, “How to Speak Ozark in … [Read more...] about Students, faculty, staff celebrate Geography Awareness Week
Offices at Missouri State University-West Plains will be closed between the 2019 fall and 2020 spring semesters for winter break. The last working day of 2019 for university employees will be Friday, Dec. 20. Offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. Area residents and students who need to conduct business in person with university officials before Jan. 6, 2020, … [Read more...] about Campus will close Dec. 20 for winter break