Officials with the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) will host a presentation on "The Great Tornado of 1925" at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, at OHRC, which is located inside MSU-WP’s Garnett Library, 304 W. Trish Knight St., in West Plains. The presentation will be given by Steve Wiegenstein, retired university and … [Read more...] about OHRC to host presentation on “The Great Tornado of 1925” Feb. 24
The November meeting of the Friends of the Garnett Library will be held on Friday, November 14, from noon to 1 p.m. This meeting will be at the Historic Post Office located at 204 E. Main, West Plains, Missouri. Kathleen Morrissey, president of the West Plains Council on the Arts, and Dr. Jason McCollom, associate professor of history at MSU-WP, will present the program … [Read more...] about Semiquincentennial grant topic of Nov. 14 Friends of the Garnett Library meeting
“Conflict and Consensus” is the theme of the 18th annual Ozarks Studies Symposium set for Sept. 18-20 at the West Plains Civic Center. Hosted by Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP), the event celebrates various aspects of Ozarks culture and history through a variety of presentations and performances. Support is provided by the West Plains Council on the Arts … [Read more...] about Ozarks Studies Symposium will focus on ‘Conflict and Consensus in the Ozarks’
WEST PLAINS, Mo. – Missouri State University-West Plains will receive $1.1 million over the next five years in renewed funding from the federal TRiO Program to continue providing comprehensive academic support services to low income, first generation and disabled college students in an effort to increase their postsecondary educational success. Officials with the U.S. … [Read more...] about Missouri State-West Plains receives 5-year renewal grant through federal TRiO Program
WEST PLAINS, Mo. – Officials at Missouri State University-West Plains announced today they have raised the minimum $250,000 needed in donations and pledges to endow the University's third professorship, the Endowed Professorship of Business. Chancellor Drew Bennett said the professorship will provide the money needed to support the salary of the chair of the Division of … [Read more...] about Missouri State-West Plains has 3rd endowed professorship