"Raven" about today's Halloween fare!

88.7KXMS is getting ghoulish for All Hallows' Even.

Jeff Skibbe, KXMS, invites listeners to get into the "spirit" of Halloween with Julie Ensor today from 1-5 p.m. as she presents an afternoon full of ghosts, gnomes, hobgoblins, witches, spectres, and music from 1941's Universal classic, The Wolf Man.

Southern Serenade, at 5 p.m., will feature Basil Rathbone's reading of "The Raven," along with a Poe story read by Vincent Price and music from classic horror films.

Music will feature works by Hector Berlioz, Ottorino Respighi, Alfred Reed, Antonin Dvorak and Antonio Bazzini. For details, visit http://www.mssu.edu/kxms/october.htm#31.

Safe Halloween 2008

McCormick Hall, on the campus of Missouri Southern, will open its doors once again for Safe Halloween. Bring the family and experience a safe trick-or-treating experience indoors!

The fun starts on Friday, Oct. 31 and lasts from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. All area youth (6th grade and under) are invited to come and join in the fun!

For questions, contact McCormick Hall Office at 659-4190.

Safe Halloween is sponsored by the Residence Hall Association, Student Activities, Sodexho Food Management and the MSSU Student Senate.

Memorandum signed with Haitian University

Claude Elisma of UniQ (left) and Dr. Bruce Speck of MSSU

Missouri Southern State University recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Université Quisquéya (UniQ), Port-au-Prince Haiti.

Claude Elisma, dean and professor of the Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences at UniQ, and Jean-Bruner Clotaire, coordinator and professor of the Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences of the Haitian university, arrived at Missouri Southern State University on Oct, 21 to begin faculty development related to a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) partnership and to sign the MOU.

The Robert W. Plaster School of Business Administration’s partnership with UniQ is part of the U.S.-Haiti Higher Education Partnership Program, which is designed to increase Haiti’s higher education capacity.

Between Dec. 2007 and July 2008, USAID through Higher Education for Development (HED) awarded a total $1.7 million, for three years, to four US based higher education institutions to establish partnerships with higher education institutions in Haiti.

They seek to increase the capacity of the Haitian institutions to respond to the country’s human resources and economic development needs. The partnerships will enhance the US institutions’ international programs.

A component of the MSSU/UniQ partnership allows for 7 students to complete the baccalaureate degree in accounting at MSSU. The students were selected in August, with preference given to women and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. They are slated to begin courses in Jan, 2009.

Elisma and Clotaire met with university officials, including Bruce Speck, MSSU President, and Brad Kleindl, Dean of the Robert W. Plaster School of Business and other members of the MSSU faculty and administration. The Haitian team toured the MSSU campus and related facilities as well as Joplin and the surrounding area.

More information is available at http://www.mssu.edu/news/2008/haitian_agreement08.html.

KOZJ Wine Feast slated

The KOZJ (Ozarks Public Television) Wine Feast 2008 will be held on Sunday, Nov. 2 at Hammons Convention Center in Joplin. Advance purchase Wine Feast tickets are $25 ($35 at the door).

This event will be held from 2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Over 60 different wines can be sampled along with food from some of Joplin's finest restaurants.

The "Spotlight on Reserve Wine" tickets are $60. This includes a sit down presentation with reserved wine served along with foods prepared by the Holiday Inn's executive chef Scott Teal. This event starts at 12:15 p.m. and includes early entrance to the Wine Feast. Jeremy Hollingshead, co-author of A Tour of Missouri Wines will be the special guest. Spotlight tickets must be purchased in advance.

Anyone interested in purchasing tickets can contact Brad Kleindl, Robert W. Plaster School of Business, at 625-3120 or e-mail kleindl-b@mssu.edu.

McGrane,Stadler among "40 Under 40"

Winners of the 2008 40 Under 40 competition have been announced by the Joplin Business Journal. The group of 40 professional business men and women were chosen from a group of more than 60 individuals nominated by their colleagues in the Tri-State area.

Among the list were Wendy McGrane, Library, and Al Stadler, Information Services.

The selections were made by an independent group of judges came from the 2007 group of 40 Under 40 honorees.

Phil Graham, Joplin Business Journal, says the publication received more than 60 nominations from the 21 counties in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. The nominees come from a large number of widely-varying professions. Six are corporate presidents. There were also many VPs and others in director or managerial positions. Graham says the youngest nominee was 23 years of age, while the median age is just over 34.

Nearly all of the nominees volunteer many hours each year serving their communities or charitable organizations. The winning nominees were honored at an awards banquet on October 21. Biographical background and photographs were published in the Joplin Business Journal Oct. 20 issue.

AAUW Holiday Auction scheduled

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) invites the community to its Holiday Auction, scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 15 at the First Community Church, 15th & Murphy Blvd. in Joplin. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. with the auction beginning at 2 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the group's scholarship fund for MSSU.

Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments also will be available.

A wide variety of items will be sold including food items, themed baskets, Christmas items including ornaments dolls and Bearington and Boyd bears, as well as a rattan rocking chair, crystal candle sticks, Martin trombone and case, Life Style Heart Exercise Machine and other miscellaneous items. A complete Dickens Village already has a $500 bid but higher bids will be accepted.

Mary Parker, Student Support Center, says new members are always welcome. . For information, call Mary at ext. 9363.

Chocolate Festival planned for mid-November

The P.E.O. Chapter GQ, of which Doris Walters and Charline Lewis, English, are members, will have its second annual Chocolate Festival this year at First Presbyterian Church, 6th & Byers in Joplin, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15. Doris and Charline have tickets for sale. Tickets are $5 each; children under 12 get in free.

With your ticket, you receive a very delicious salad lunch and admittance to the Festival. Several different chocolate items will be for sale: pies, cakes, cookies, brownies, fudge and more. These are all made by members of the P.E.O. There will be things for the children to create (made of chocolate, of course!) and a cake walk. They also will have a chocolate pie contest and Bruce Speck, MSSU President, has graciously accepted being one of the judges.

The monies from the Chocolate Festival will go toward college scholarships for women who otherwise might not be able to afford to go. Donations are accepted if one wishes to donate and cannot come to the festival. To place an order, call Charline at ext. 9377.

Nomination forms available

Julie Vestal, Academic Affairs, says the nomination forms for Outstanding Teacher and Outstanding International Education Teacher Awards for this academic year are now available on LioNet and also on the Academic Affairs website under "Forms".

Millennium Tennis and Fitness Club, located at 1227 N. Range Line Road in Joplin, is offering a morning filled with fun at the Millennium tennis courts just for MSSU faculty/staff. A free clinic and match play will take place from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Nov. 15 at the club's indoor tennis courts. For more information, contact Marianella Padron at (417) 206-0202.

Scholastic Book Fair

MSSU's chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, an international honor society in education, will sponsor a Scholastic Book Fair from November 3 through Nov. 7. Elizabeth Betebenner, Teacher Education, says the book fair features a wide selection of quality authors and titles for children of all ages, and Scholastic has available many of the Newberry and Caldecott award-winning titles.

The sale will be set up at the north end of the first floor of Taylor Hall.

For the first time, the Book Fair will feature a private sale for all faculty and staff from 3 - 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 7. Show your MSSU faculty/staff ID and receive a 10% discount on all purchases that day. You just can't beat an offer like this!

Warning!!!  A “bandit” will be on campus on Friday, Oct. 31st from 9 - 11 a.m.  This “bandit” will be looking for any loose change that you might want to donate to MSSU’s Relay for Life team.  ALL donations will go directly to the American Cancer Society in support of cancer research

Gardasil Clinic slated for Nov. 17-18

A free Gardasil Clinic will be held from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 17-18 at the MSSU Student Health Center in Kuhn Hall on the Missouri Southern campus. No appointment is necessary.

Held in cooperation with the Economic Security Corporation of Southwest Missouri, the Student Health Center will conduct the free Gardasil Clinic. Gardasil protects young women from 70 percent of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) strains that cause cervical cancer and 90 percent of the strains of HPV that cause genital warts.

The Gardasil Clinic is open to all local females between the ages of 18 and 26. All young women who attend the Gardasil Clinic at MSSU and begin their 3-shot series in 2008 are guaranteed to get the two remaining vaccinations for free in 2009.

For more information, contact the Student Health Center at (417) 625-9323.

Flu shots still available

The Student Health Center says individuals who still have not received flu shots can do so by appointment. Shots cost $10 for students and $15 for faculty/staff and anyone else that is affiliated with the university (spouse, retirees, significant others, etc).

Pam Hosp, Student Health Center, says anyone interested in getting a flu shot should call 625-9323 and make an appointment. The Student Health Center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Area students to gather for Media Showcase Day

More than 300 high school students from around the region will gather at Missouri Southern on Thursday, Nov. 6 for the annual Southern Media Showcase Day. The program involves students interested in print and video, featuring competition among area schools. This is the 12th year for the event to be held on campus.

The day will feature presentation of the finalists in the print and video competitions and announcement of winners. Breakout sessions will focus on specific topics of interest for print and video students. The sessions conclude with lunch for all students in attendance.

Competition categories for video include comedy/drama, news format, PSA/commercials, music videos and long format videos. Newspaper students compete in categories including news writing, feature writing, sports writing, columns, news photography, feature photography, sports photography, page one design, best overall newspaper and sweepstakes.

Media Showcase Day is made possible thanks to the generous support of corporate donors and foundations. These include the Ruth I. Kolpin foundation, Missouri Broadcasters Association, Eagle Picher, Southwest Missouri Bank, Sodexho, and the MSSU Admissions

Banner or LioNet refresher available

With registration for spring just around the corner, some may want a refresher on the process in Banner or LioNet. Sandi Gieson, Banner User Services, says written tutorials are available for those who may not have been able to attend the recent training. These are posted on the Banner Resources Site.

The following handbooks containing registration materials are posted:

* LioNet Student Information Menu for Faculty and Advisors
* LioNet Faculty Menu
* INB for Faculty and Advisors

There is also a document entitled "Student Self-Registration Through LioNet" that will be helpful to you when advising students about the process. This document will also be posted on the home page of Lionet.

There are many other helpful documents on this site. Sandi encourages everyone to go to the site and see what is there and help spread the word about this valuable site to your colleagues who may also have questions. Documents are regularly updated and the most recent version will always be available on this site. Just check the "Last Updated" date on any you may print or download with the date on the site.

The Banner Resources web site can be accessed from the link on the MSSU home page or enter this link in the address bar of your browser: http://204.185.19.124.

As always, feel free to contact Sandi with Banner/LioNet related questions by calling (417) 625-9815.

Cuban film next in Contemporary Film Series

Viva Cuba (Cuba, 2005) will be the next film in the Contemporary Film Series. The film will be shown as part of the Continuing Education “Foreign Film” class.

The film will be shown at approximately 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7 in Cornell Auditorium, Plaster Hall. (The movie was originally slated for Nov. 21 but had to be rescheduled).

Those who want to attend this and upcoming films will be asked to register and pay a $10 course fee to offset the cost of purchasing the films on DVD.

In Viva Cuba, Director Juan Carlos Cremata tackles localized Cuban problems, this time from the literal point of view of the country’s children. In 2005, it became the first Cuban film to be awarded the "Grand Prix Écrans Juniors" for children’s cinema at the Cannes Film Festival.

A brief discussion will follow the film. For more information on the films and the class, please contact Bill Kumbier, English, by e-mailing kumbier-w@mssu.edu.

Frizzell to speak on Germans’ contributions

Robert Frizzell, Director of Libraries at Northwest Missouri State University, will speak on the contributions of Germans to the State of Missouri and the nation in two presentations Monday, Nov. 3. The presentations are free and open to the public.

• Frizzell will present “Germans in the Making of Our Nation” at 10 a.m., Monday, Nov. 3 in W. Robert Corley Auditorium in Webster Hall at Missouri Southern State University.

• “Germans in the Making of Missouri” will be presented at 12 noon the same day in W. Robert Corley Auditorium.

By the early years of the 20th century, some five million German speakers had come to the United States from central Europe. As the new nation grew, Germans not only brought much of the agricultural land of the central United States into production but also became a major segment of the skilled craftsmen and professionals in many American cities.

Frizzell has a master’s degree in European History and librarianship from the University of Illinois. He has published numerous book reviews and articles in half a dozen historical journals. His book, Independent Immigrants: A Settlement of Hanoverian Germans in Western Missouri, was published in Oct. 2007 by the University of Missouri Press.

Debaters participate at Double-Up

The MSSU Speech and Debate Squad competed at the Creighton University Invitation Double-Up Debate Tournament Oct. 24-26 in Omaha, Neb. A total of 12 colleges and universities represented eight states with 30 debaters in the Lincoln-Douglas (LD) debate divisions.

At the tournament in debate, Whitney Hart, senior Political Science/Communications from Lamar, qualified for elimination rounds. Hart went all the way to the final were she defeated the 2007 National champion from Creighton University.

Hart also won an individual speaker award finishing in second place. For the season, this is Hart’s third straight final round and second straight tournament win. Rayce Lashley, freshman Communication major from Carthage, went 4-2 in preliminary rounds and just barely missed qualifying for elimination rounds falling short by one speaker point

Kelly Larson, Forensics, says the squad is now off until the first week of December when it travels to Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio.

MSSU trees subject of program

An upcoming edition of the KGCS program Newmakers will focus on the Missouri Southern State University Sustainability Committee and the development of a comprehensive tree plan for campus.

Host Judy Stiles, KGCS, will interview four guests regarding follow-up to last December’s ice storm and the damage to trees on campus.

Stiles will talk to Dorothy Bay and Scott Wells of the MSSU Biology Department, Bob Harrington of the University's Physical Plant and Lee Elliff Pound of the Missouri Southern Alumni Association. They will explain how state foresters helped develop a plan for trees to be added to campus. They also will talk about how the tree replacement project is being made possible through funding provided by FEMA.

The show will air on KGCS at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 10. It will air again at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11 and at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 12. The show also will air at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8 on KOAM-TV.

KGCS airs on UHF digital channel 22, Cable One channel 7 and Mediacom channel 77.

Wind Ensemble concert November 6

The Music Department is pleased to announce the MSSU Wind Ensemble in Concert will be held at 7:30 p.m., Thursday Nov. 6 in the Taylor Performing Arts Center.

Rusty Raymond, Music, says the ensemble will present its fall concert this year featuring primarily German music. The music of Brahms, Dostal, Wagner, and Mendelssohn will be featured as well as a piece written in memory of the 1945 fire-bombing of the German city of Dresden.

As always, the concert is free to the public.

FACULTY/STAFF

Trina Scott and Richard Spencer, Criminal Justice, attended the Missouri Juvenile Justice Conference in Lake Ozark, Mo. Oct. 22-24.

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Home Needed: Gino, a four year old declawed and neutered grey tuxedo cat is looking for a loving family. He can no longer stay in current home due to allergies. Gino is a very sweet, beautiful indoor cat. Contact Claudia (417) 621-1866 (cell phone).

Help Wanted: Individual, 16 - 66+ to do basic yard work, raking and using a leaf-blower, periodically for the next 30 days. Call ext. 9646 on campus or 781-5637.

For Sale: Blue Tweed Couch, $75; 2 blue tweed chairs in good condition $60 each. Walnut coffee table 2' x 6' $50.Beautiful wood! Also have a 2004 2 x 2 Toyota Tacoma, 81,000 miles, automatic, white, cloth seats, good condition. $13,600 or best offer. Contact Becky at (417) 540-3423 or office (417) 659-5425.

For Sale: 20' pontoon boat, 90 HP Nissan motor, 1994/1996 models; runs great; upholstery in good condition. This is "Sea Ark" boat and it is made to fish out of also; Canvass roof cover is blue; upholstery is blue/white; carpet is blue. Tandem axle trailer with new tires; $5500. Kabota 18 hp, 60" mower deck, $2395. Contact Becky at (417) 540-3423 or office (417) 659-5425.

For Sale: Range Rover 1996 ($3000), Pioneer Stereo Receiver ($25), JVC CD Player ($15), KLH Subwoofer and KLH Center Speaker ($35 for both), Sony VCR ($10). Contact information vazquez-j@mssu.edu or 625-9540.

For Sale: Electric clothes dryer; 2002 Hotpoint 7-cycle, large capacity with 220 power cord; $75. Also have hunter green sofa with small burgundy/beige floral pattern; traditional style; nice condition; $75. Call (417) 434-0674.

Free to Good Home: Male kitten; 4 months old; playful and affectionate; has had vaccinations; free to good home. Call (417) 434-0674.

Want to Buy: A good, portable dog pen for a large breed dog, reasonably priced. Call Jan at ext. 9558.