June 14-17, 19-24 Georg and Amalia are perfume shop clerks in 1930s Budapest. At work, the two bicker and spar incessantly. Georg sees Amalia as stuck-up and aloof; Amalia sees Georg as arrogant and mean. The only thing these clashing coworkers have in common is that both have responded to a lonely-hearts ad in the newspaper. As romance blooms with their anonymous pen pals, … [Read more...] about Get your tickets now for Tent Theatre
When he was a child in North Carolina, Winston McDonald Haythe, '63, resigned himself to being picked last for sports teams. “On the ball field, my stock was zero,” he said. But just an hour later, when it was time to choose people for the spelling match, “oh, did my stock rise.” He decided early on: “I don’t plan to survive in life by my brawn or strength. I think it’s … [Read more...] about D.C. attorney, educator has held prestigious positions
The Lady Bears, one of 64 teams in the nation invited to the tournament, earned a No. 13 seed. They fell in the first round to fourth-seeded and 18th-ranked Texas A&M in a game held in College Station, Texas. This ended a seven-game winning streak. Before heading to the tournament, the Lady Bears captured their 10th Missouri Valley Conference Tournament … [Read more...] about Lady Bears return to NCAA tournament
“In our household was a jar of water at the table. In it was an old Czar Russian silver ruble at the bottom — a pure silver coin. That silver leeching slowly out in the solution provided pretty good sterilization of water.” The antimicrobial property of silver is one key to a current research project Gerasimchuk is conducting 30 years after receiving his first doctorate … [Read more...] about Metals move front and center to target cancer
Two Missouri State alumni were the recipients of the 2016 Big Brother and Big Sister of the Year Award from Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks, a nonprofit which matches children facing adversity with “big brothers” or “big sisters” from the community who serve as friends and mentors. These awards go to individuals who exemplify service through mentoring and work that … [Read more...] about Two alumni honored as Big Brothers/Big Sisters