Auditorium Ceremony

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 5, 2009

Missouri Southern Foundation
(417) 625-9396

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - One of Missouri Southern State University's busiest auditoriums will have a new moniker officially bestowed on it tomorrow.

 

The auditorium in Webster Hall will officially be named William Robert Corley Auditorium, in recognition of a major gift to MSSU made by Corley, a longtime Joplin resident.

 

The ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6 in Corley Auditorium.

 

The Missouri Southern Board of Governors announced the acceptance of a major gift to the University at its meeting in August. The auditorium’s new name has been used on an unofficial basis since that time.

 

William Robert Corley, a longtime Joplin resident, provided what MSSU Board of Governors Chair H. Dwight Douglas described as a “seven figure” amount for endowment of unrestricted scholarships for students.

For more information, contact the Missouri Southern Foundation at (417) 625-9396.

 

 

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