WEST PLAINS, Mo.– Offices at Missouri State University-West Plains will be closed for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The last working day of 2011 for university employees will be Wednesday, Dec. 21.  Offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012.  Area residents and students who need to conduct business in person with university officials before Jan. 3, 2012, … [Read more...] about Missouri State-West Plains to close for the holidays