MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. – Rachel Pedraza is a worker. Home health care giver, convenience store clerk, housekeeper. Neighborhood of 80 hours a week at times. Pays the bills. “I don’t sleep much,” she said. Pedraza now owns another identity – college graduate. The Mountain Grove resident is receiving the Associate of Arts in General Studies degree May 20 from Missouri State … [Read more...] about Busy, working-world student discovers ‘community’ at Mountain Grove campus
MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. – Longtime educator Pam Tate, Mountain Grove, is the new coordinator of the Missouri State University-West Plains Mountain Grove campus, 401 E. 17th St., just west of the First Baptist Church. Tate replaces Lu Adams, Cabool, who retired in mid-March. In addition, Ralph Jenkins, Mountain Grove, is the campus’ new assistant coordinator. Tate spent 29 … [Read more...] about New coordinator named for Missouri State-West Plains’ Mountain Grove campus
MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. – The chemistry lab microscopes at Missouri State University-West Plains’ campus in Mountain Grove received a heavy-duty workout for a couple of hours Dec. 8 when 35 students from China took an up-close look at grapevine buds provided by Missouri State’s nearby Fruit Experiment Station. The students are from an agricultural region in north-central China – … [Read more...] about Chinese students visit Mountain Grove campus
MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. – High schoolers approaching graduation and adults in the workforce can expect individual attention and plenty of help if they choose to attend college classes or job training at Missouri State University-West Plains’ campuses in Mountain Grove and West Plains. That was the message university leaders gave to approximately 35 members of the Mountain Grove … [Read more...] about Personal service is hallmark of Mountain Grove, West Plains campuses
MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. – When Missouri State University-West Plains opened its extended campus in Mountain Grove in 1995, officials hoped to provide area residents with the opportunity to pursue a higher education while staying close to home. For two former students of the campus, Elizabeth Schwertfeger and Del Davis, that hope is becoming a reality this fall as they both … [Read more...] about Mountain Grove campus graduates achieve their career goals