Missouri Southern State University would like to thank the volunteers who helped bring the holiday spirit into the Ralph L. Gray Alumni Center—better known as “The Mansion”—by decorating the historic home for Christmas.
Missouri Southern State University’s Registrar has released the names of students who earned spots on the Dean’s list for the fall 2024 semester. Students listed on the Dean’s List earned grade-point averages between 3.75 - 4.0 and completed a minimum of 12 credit hours.
The world needs more creators, and Joplin native Brenna Jones is one of them. Jones is a quadruple threat, graduating as an Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation major with an illustration certificate.
The Missouri Southern Board of Governors today approved a $2.189 million allocation from university reserve funds for a comprehensive overhaul of the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.
Missouri Southern State University’s Department of Nursing is proud to announce the approval of its Nursing Education Incentive Program proposal, aimed at addressing the critical shortage of registered nurses (RNs) and nursing faculty in the greater Joplin area and surrounding rural counties
Another changemaker will be out in the world when Brian Cowles, Sr. graduates with his degree in international and political affairs this Saturday. Although a St. Louis native, his heart and home reside in Joplin.
Another leader is out in the world as Allison Tillman graduated today. Although a distance education student, Tillman still found a way to make an impact on her hometown of Joplin from her current home in Johnson City, Tenn.
Missouri Southern State University will award degrees to 244 students at the 83rd commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 10 a.m. The event, located in Leggett and Platt Athletic Center, will celebrate the conferring of master’s, bachelor’s, and associate degrees to the students.
The Missouri Southern State University community is spreading holiday cheer this season with the much-anticipated Holiday Happenings. On Saturday, Dec. 2, 2024, from 2-8 p.m. on the MSSU campus at 3950 E. Newman Road in Joplin, MSSU will host a day filled with festive activities, live entertainment, and family-friendly fun on campus. All are invited to join in the seasonal celebrations.
The MSSU Cragin Art Gallery is pleased to host the 2024 Senior Art Showcase! This showcase, “Interwoven Selves”, features the work of artists Bethany Vore, Clara Buck, and Joi Houston. The showcase will be held from December 2 – 6, 2024.
The MSSU Cragin Art Gallery is pleased to host the second in a series of in-person, end-of-the-year exhibitions featuring works by graduating Fine Arts-Design (BFA) majors. This exhibit titled “Evolve” is hosted by seniors Keon Holloway, Kathryn Roush and Tijorn Skelton.
Missouri Southern Police Department is hosting Compassion in Action, a gift drive for Lafayette House, from now until Dec. 9.
Missouri Southern will host the fourth annual Thanksgiving Luncheon for international students on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. in the Ron Richard Athletic Center.
The Biology Department at Missouri Southern State University (MSSU) is excited to announce the arrival of several rare and endangered animals, bringing unique learning opportunities to students and faculty alike.
A collection of business and visual arts professionals will present a morning of expert insight into the business side of professional art careers, Wednesday, November 13.
The annual MSSU Artful Medicine Symposium explores the relationship of art and humanities with medicine, investigating how the active experience of the arts improves health care delivery and patient outcomes.
Missouri Southern invites students, employees, and community members to join us in celebrating Veterans Day with events dedicated to honoring those who have served our country during the week of November 9-15.
Missouri Southern Police Department is hosting Compassion in Action, a gift drive for Lafayette House, from now until Dec. 9. Lafayette House is a non-profit organization offering support for those experiencing domestic violence and addiction, aiming to provide a haven for men, women, and children.
MSSU Cragin Gallery invites you to attend “On the Run”, a group exhibition by artists Amber Hansen and Reyna Hernandez from November 4- November 21, 2024. There will be an artist talk in Corley Auditorium (and on Zoom) on November 21 @ 6 pm with a reception to follow.
Missouri Southern’s Plaster School of Business will host the third annual Business Gateway–a free business competition and workshop event for area high-school students–on Thursday, Nov. 7, at Missouri Southern State University.
On display through Oct. 31, ‘Little Blue Books With New Looks' works by MSSU design students featured at the Post Art Library inside of Joplin Public Library. This event is free and open to the public.
The MSSU Cragin Gallery is pleased to host a solo exhibition by artist Neal Harrington titled, "Potent Parables - Woodcuts by Neal Harrington," October 7 - 30, 2024.
June 2021, Dr. Melvyn and Mrs. Donna Mosher collection donated 17 Inuit carved pieces and two African art carvings to the Department of Art & Design. Then, in April 2024, Dr. Richard and Mrs. Debbie Reed donated 5 Inuit carved pieces. In conjunction with the 2024 Canada Themed Semester, the Department of Art & Design is setting up a permanent display near the Department of Social Sciences.
On South Neosho Boulevard stands Mitchell’s Drug Store where pharmacist Lacy Epperson works as director of pharmacy clinical services. One day she can be found giving vaccinations and dispensing medications; the next, setting up for a community outreach vaccination clinic, or maybe she'll be teaching the store’s diabetes education program classes for people to learn how to self-manage their diabetes alongside other conditions—a program she established; or even overseeing the on-site pharmacogenomics testing. Her day-to-day responsibilities are always different and fulfilling.
The Messicks have established an endowment for the program, providing a current gift and including MSSU in their estate plans. The endowment will offer ongoing financial support, ensuring students have access to modern equipment and resources.
Joplin residents David and Debra Humphreys will continue their robust scholarship program at Missouri Southern into the next decade, contributing $1 million that will directly benefit students.
Missouri Southern will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of women’s athletics at the university with a year-long series of events, stories, and the return of many storied Lion athletes who have participated at MSSU during the past five decades.
The Department of Art & Design invites you to attend an artist lecture with Michael Aurbach, Wednesday, September 18, at 6:00 pm in Corley Auditorium.
n recognition of the profound impact Missouri Southern had on his life, Russ, along with his wife Suzy, has made a generous six-figure commitment to fund several Russ & Suzy Alcorn Scholarships. Alcorn’s gifts are a combination of current and estate gift commitments.
Missouri Southern will host an Artist Talk via Zoom with award-winning Canadian photographer Paul Zizka on Thursday, Sept. 5 at 6 p.m. in Webster Hall’s Corley Auditorium.
Crossland Construction, a supporter of Missouri Southern State University for more than three decades, has made a $250,000 leadership gift to the university’s Lions Forward Campaign. The gift aligns with Crossland’s commitment to education and their belief in the transformative power of learning, company officials said.
Today we recognize a Kansas City-area accounting graduate and their spouse who took a unique approach to their support for MSSU. “We included MSSU in our estate plans with an intent to fund a scholarship. But we also wanted to do something that provided a more immediate benefit to a student.
Missouri Southern State University would like to recognize Deron Burr for his generous and transformational gift to the Lions Forward campaign. His major gift includes a current and estate gift which will support the success of students.
Missouri Southern State University would like to recognize Brad and Anita Oplotnik for their generous and transformational gift to the Lions Forward Campaign. Their $150,000 gift will go towards women’s basketball and the MSSU athletics department.
Freeman Health System has given $1 million to support Missouri Southern’s new Roy Blunt Health Science Innovation Center, providing significant investment in a facility being created to educate the region’s next generation of healthcare providers. The gift to the Missouri Southern Foundation also supports the university’s Lions Forward campaign which seeks to raise $42.7 million for seven key priorities.
“We are excited to welcome all our students to their new homes on campus,” said Madyson Fox, director of Residence Life and Student Conduct at MSSU. “I've looked forward to meeting new students and families, helping everyone settle in, and seeing the campus come alive as the new academic year begins.”
Missouri Southern’s growing kinesiology program is proud to announce that two new academic programs—a bachelor’s in food science and nutrition and a master’s in sports management—will be implemented in Fall 2024.
This summer, two recent Missouri Southern graduates—April Black and Emily Studer ‘24—were awarded the inaugural Missouri State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management (MO-SHRM) Conference Scholarship. They are the only students in the state to receive this award.
As the 3 a.m. sun rises above Mullsjö Folkhögskola, Missouri Southern art students photograph the rays reflecting amber hues off the water, the perfect scene to capture during their summer abroad trip in Sweden.
Missouri Southern’s Adult Degree Completion program (ADC) celebrates its third year this fall. Established in the Fall 2022, the program is designed to support adult learners who want to graduate from college. Whether they were unable to finish their degree because of life circumstances or responsibilities, ADC aims to help adults earn their degree in an accelerated, affordable, and accessible way.
This spring, junior English major Melody Reed traveled to Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo for the International Congress of Medieval Studies, an annual conference for medieval scholars from around the world. Reed was one of only six undergraduates in the country selected to present at the Congress.
You are invited to a reception this Thursday, July 27th from NOON- 1:00 PM for an opening reception of small display exhibits created by this summer's African Art class.
Missouri Southern’s kinesiology department held the 28th annual Children’s Lifetime Sports Academy from June 3-6 in MSSU’s Young Gym and Leggett and Platt Athletic Center.
Eryn Wagoner will continue to explore the beauty of science after graduating from Missouri Southern this past Saturday as the Outstanding Honors Student. The child of alumni, Wagoner fell in love with the university at a young age.
Missouri Southern State University conferred degrees upon more than 500 students Saturday during two ceremonies inside the university’s Leggett and Platt Athletic Center. In all, Missouri Southern celebrated the accomplishments of 523 students who earned degrees.
While helping others move and improve the quality of their lives, Hayden Kisling himself is moving in the right direction as he graduates from Missouri Southern with his kinesiology degree in health promotion and wellness.
Maya Greenquist will continue making her mark on the world when she graduates from Missouri Southern this Saturday with her bachelor's in biomedical sciences with a pre-medical emphasis.
Another problem solver is in the world—Ashley Dean will be graduating from Missouri Southern with her Bachelor of Science in Mathematics this May, and she’s been named the Outstanding Graduate this semester.
Down the first floor of Webster under an “ON AIR” sign is the KGCS-TV studio. Inside on the left is a room full of monitors playing an old ‘70s show, a computer that holds all the stations tracks rolling the episode. But it’s not the show nor the computer itself that has everyone’s attention—it’s the two brand new studios just past the main room.
Surrounded by illustrated animal diagrams and many jars, beakers, and microscopes, it’s difficult not to be inspired to embark on one’s own research project. In Karisa Boyer’s classroom, her Science Research students do exactly that.
Missouri Southern is known for its themed semesters, beginning with the China themed semester in 1997. This experience gives students the opportunity to bridge gaps and interact with people from different cultures, becoming global students as MSSU encourages. Immersing ourselves in different ways of life sets us on a fulfilling, lifelong journey, and it begins here on campus.
Whitney Fair’s art was displayed at the Graduate Student Showcase as a love letter, and a goodbye. Born in Joplin and raised in Carthage, Fair became an artist in middle school by buying canvasses and cheap acrylic paint, but he found his true passion when he enrolled at Missouri Southern in 2005, taking sculpting classes from professors Frank Pishkur and Scott Murray.
On July 12, Missouri Southern celebrated 20 years since former Missouri Governor Bob Holden signed Senate Bill 55, elevating the institution from college to university status.
Throughout her exceptional accomplishments at Missouri Southern, Maya Dally’s love for English literature and writing has grown with her experience. Surrounded by books helping students as a student worker at Spiva Library, she is constantly reminded of why she chose to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in English, Literary Studies and a minor in Creative Writing.
A Missouri Southern biology professor with more than two decades of experience at the Joplin university will become the new dean of MSSU’s College of Health, Life Sciences and Education.
Healthcare experts, professionals, and students from across the country gathered at Missouri Southern to commemorate the inaugural Willcoxon Innovation in Health Sciences Summit on Thursday, April 11. Taylor Performing Arts Center hosted sessions where experts described the bright possibilities for the future of healthcare in the region.
Missouri Southern honored high-performing students at the 48th annual Academic Achievement Recognition Ceremony on Wednesday, April 24, in MSSU’s Corley Auditorium.
Michelle Ramirez is giving back to the sport that gave so much to her. Having competed on the Missouri Southern Track and Field and Cross Country teams for three years, she wanted to support current and future student athletes by donating to the Winged Foot Club, an alumni-driven fund that provides competition needs such as equipment and travel.
In just a few years, pre-med students will study anatomy in a brand-new cadaver lab, nursing students will experience real-life scenarios in a simulation hospital, and potential students will enter the Welcome Center to see their future at Missouri Southern.
The 9th Annual World Music and Cuisine Festival will take place from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Missouri Southern’s Young Gymnasium. Students and community members will serve international dishes while a variety of musical groups perform. For $15 guests receive a wristband to access unlimited food samples while supplies last. Thirty countries are expected to represent their cuisine including offerings from local restaurants Thai Time, Magic Noodle, and Taste of Italy.
Missouri Southern State University will host its first Willcoxon Innovation in Healthcare Summit on April 11-12, an event featuring speakers and provoking discussion about technology enhancements and innovative practices in healthcare.
Senator Roy Blunt will be the special guest during a public groundbreaking ceremony at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, for the new Roy Blunt Health Science Innovation Center at Missouri Southern State University. Due to weather the ceremony will now be held in the Taylor Performing Arts Center.
The MSSU Spiva Gallery is pleased to present ArtDEfacs a collaborative exhibition of works presented by the MSSU Art & Design Faculty. The show will run from April 1- April 24, 2024.
To celebrate International Women’s Month, Missouri Southern’s Social Work department and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) will present the Women’s Panel—Powerhouse Hour on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, from 6-8 p.m. at MSSU’s Ron Richard Athletic Center.
From the rafters of Bud Walton Black Box Theatre, Nick Carraway observes the guests in modern formal wear joining Jay Gatsby’s party. Carraway and his companions immerse the audience in their memories, letting them witness their tragic fates.
The recently established Sports & Recreation Management department kicked off the first Rod Anderson Sports & Recreation Management Symposium on Feb. 23, 2024, in Corley Auditorium. The goal of the event is to bring global and local expertise in the sports industry to Missouri Southern students and help them understand the power of sports in the region.
The 35th annual Missouri Southern Regional Science Fair will be held Tuesday, March 26, in Billingsly Student Center’s Connor Ballroom. The competition for high-school and middle-school students is affiliated with the Society for Science and the Public.
issouri Southern State University’s Board of Governors approved the creation of a new Food Science and Nutrition program Friday, which will allow for students to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science and Nutrition at the university.
Joplin, Mo – The Missouri Southern Campus Activities Board presents Plain White T’s at 7 PM on Friday, May 3, inside Fred G. Hughes Stadium.
The two-year anniversary of the war on Ukraine is approaching. February 24, 2022, changed many people's lives, and Dr. Chris Moos, professor emeritus at Missouri Southern, was inspired to help Ukrainian students whose families may not have the means to fully support their students. This scholarship would help fund opportunities for these students to attend college in America.
Six Missouri Southern students will be honored at the regional ADDY Awards on Saturday, March 2 at Downstream Casino located at 69300 E. Nee Road in Quapaw, Oklahoma.
The Disney College Program is an internship program that allows college students to earn on-the-job experience in different roles within Disney Parks. From January to June 2023, Woodruff was placed in Epcot during both the International Festival of Arts and the Flower and Garden festival, cycling through the 13 different kiosks during the events. Outside of festival season, she worked at Typhoon Lagoon Waterpark or ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
Missouri Southern will host Lion Pride Visit Days on Friday, March 8 and Saturday, April 13 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Guests can learn about Missouri Southern, meet faculty and current students, and participate in a campus tour. They can also visit the Lion Mall to learn about various academic programs and student resources, such as Financial Aid and Student Life.
Please join the MSSU Spiva Gallery for a solo exhibit by author, designer, and nationally recognized speaker Nikki Villagomez, “How Culture Affects Typography”. The exhibit will run from February 26 - March 20, 2024. There will be an artist talk at 6 pm on Thursday, March 14 in Corley Auditorium, with a reception to follow.
In addition to their scholarship, Delores and Jim have generously contributed to the Lions Forward Campaign. Recognizing the enduring impact of private donations, Delores stresses, "As members of the Foundation Board, we bear the responsibility to support and advance the university's mission. Our community advocacy plays a crucial role in conveying both our current status and future direction."
Missouri Southern, in collaboration with Missouri Biotechnology Association and Missouri Western State University, has been awarded a $2.3 million state appropriation known as Missouri Science to Jobs. The funds will be used to increase collaboration and educational opportunities via industry partnerships in the precision health and agricultural science fields.
In collaboration with the local NAACP chapter, Missouri Southern will host the city’s 24th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration on Monday, Feb. 5 from 6-8 p.m. in the Ron Richard Athletic Center, formerly the North End Zone.
Missouri Southern’s Student Success Center hosted a workshop covering the Disney College Program on Thursday, Jan. 25 in Billingsly Student Center’s Room 309. Opened to any interested MSSU student, the event included a presentation detailing the Disney College Program and its application process.
Students surround the tables lining the second-floor hallway in Billingsly Student Center, eager to learn about each club offered on campus. From Greek Life to printmaking, from academic honor societies to esports, there are many organizations and clubs for students to join.
Due to icy road conditions, the Missouri Southern campus will be closed on Monday, January 22, 2024. MSSU will pivot to an online learning and telework model.
Missouri Southern State University’s Board of Governors unanimously approved a request to name its soon-to-be-constructed Health Science Innovation Center in honor of Former U.S. Senator Roy Blunt. Ground is expected to be broken on the new facility this spring.
“In We Buy Houses” JSTN CLMN presents an ongoing body of work titled Raised Here; Razed Here, that investigates housing insecurity and issues of gentrification through a selective assessment of material and visual language of a neighborhood in transition, in economic flux and tension of decline and development. In assessing the environment, Clmn asks, “How can the material and aesthetic effects of looking at crumbling buildings and homes in disrepair be translated into ceramic material and vessel form?
Due to inclement weather and challenging road conditions, the Missouri Southern campus will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 16. MSSU will pivot to an online learning and telework model. Students, please check Blackboard for communications from your professors.
In collaboration with the local NAACP chapter, Missouri Southern will host the city’s 24th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration on Monday, Jan. 15 at 6 p.m. in the Ron Richard Athletic Center, formerly the North End Zone.
