Members of the Friends of the Garnett Library will gather for their first meeting of the new academic year from noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 8 in rooms 104 and 105 of the Lybyer Technology Center on the Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) campus. MSU-WP Chancellor Dennis Lancaster will give an update on university activities and accomplishments. Parking will be available … [Read more...] about All invited to Friends of the Garnett Library meeting Sept. 8
Archives for August 2023
Sixty years ago, on Sept. 16, 1963, 111 area residents walked into West Plains High School to embark on a new educational adventure, taking the first collegiate classes offered locally through the West Plains Residence Center of Southwest Missouri State College. The grassroots idea to establish a college campus locally, which was spearheaded in the state legislature by then … [Read more...] about MSU-WP will celebrate 60th anniversary Sept. 16 with Diamond Jubilee
Officials with Missouri State University (MSU) and Missouri State Outreach in Springfield have moved the Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (BSEd) degree program offered in West Plains to an all-evening program. Deanna Smith, regional outreach administrator with Missouri State Outreach, said the decision to offer all courses for the program during evening hours was … [Read more...] about MSU Outreach education program moved to all-evening classes
Sam Senf of Cabool was sworn in as this year’s president of the Student Government Association at Missouri State University-West Plains’s (MSU-WP) Shannon Hall campus in Mountain Grove. Senf was sworn in by Trent Stine, president of the SGA at MSU-WP’s West Plains campus. The ceremony took place following a back-to-school cookout Tuesday evening, Aug. 22, at Shannon Hall … [Read more...] about Sam Senf sworn in as SGA president at Shannon Hall in Mountain Grove
Area residents aged 62 and over who would like to take a class at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) during the 2023 fall semester can do so under the Senior Citizen Fee Waiver Program. Senior citizens can register beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, Aug. 18, at the registration and records office in Cass Hall, 515 Cass Ave., in West Plains. Fall semester classes begin … [Read more...] about Senior citizens can register for fall classes beginning Friday