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