COAL Graduate Assistant Phillip George won the hand-stitched and hand-quilted, queen size quilt donated to the Ozarks Celebration Festival by Tri-Lakes Quilters of Branson.
Chances on the quilt were available throughout the Festival with the drawing held Friday, September 18. Nearly 200 chances were purchased this year.
George is a graduate student studying Professional and Technical Writing [...]
GA wins OCF quilt
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Deidre Goodwin
Be sure to check out Missouri State’s recent ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT. It shines on our very own Deidre Goodwin, a 1992 graduate of Theatre and Dance.
(Click the image below to visit the Alumni Spotlight page and play video.)
Artist-in-residence collaborates with students
American choreographer Robert Wechsler, Artistic Director of German-based Palindrome Inter.media Performance Group, is in residence at Missouri State University, April 21st to May 2nd. Wechsler is conducting workshops and lecture/demonstrations in Motion Capture (movement tracking) technology, focusing on applications to stage performance work, as well as Master Classes in modern dance technique. Workshops focus [...]
Communication professor selected as a faculty leader for Doctoral Honors Seminar
Dr. Randy Dillon, professor in the Department of Communication at Missouri State University has been selected as a faculty leader for the National Communication Association (NCA) Doctoral Honors Seminar for June 1-5 at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. The seminar topic is “Communication as Engaged Scholarship.” This year’s theme refers to the collaborative [...]
Trumpet professor elected to International Board of Directors
Missouri State Professor of Music Grant Peters, was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Trumpet Guild in the organization’s general election. He will serve a four year term beginning in October of 2009.
“The International Trumpet Guild was founded in 1974 to promote communications among trumpet players around the world and to improve [...]
Professor posts winning Relay for Life Auction Bids
Professor Kris Sutliff posted the winning bids for COAL’s Art with a Heart Relay for Life auction.
Dr. Sutliff won a fleece pullover Missouri State shirt and a basketball autographed by the Lady Bears!
Thank you, Dr. Sutliff!
Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.
Art students exhibit work at Capitol
Several Missouri State art students joined local area art supporters on a bus ride to the State Capitol on February 11th in celebration of Missouri Citizens For The Arts annual advocacy day.
At 2 p.m. that afternoon students witnessed the Missouri Arts Council present its 2009 Creative Community Award to the City of Springfield and the [...]
Bob Willenbrink named head of Theatre and Dance
Dr. Bob Willenbrink has been named head of the Missouri State University Department of Theatre and Dance effective July 1, 2009. Since 2002, he has been the Chair and Professor of Theatre in the Department of Communication and Theatre and in 2004 he was named the W. Paul and Lucille Caudill Little Endowed Chair of [...]
Expressions – Vol. 3, Issue 1 (Fall) Released
The Fall 2008 newsletter mailed out in early December. Highlights from the newsletter follow this post. A PDF copy of the newsletter is available for download: Download PDF (3MB)
Alumni Making a Global Impact
Featuring: Stephen Blake | Amelia Barker | Frank Williams | Cullun Culp | Patrick Mureithi
Stephen Blake
Stephen Blake is a 1975 graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Education in Music, with a concentration in Voice. He says that he greatly enjoyed singing in the choir, and calls his 1972 Concert Chorale tour a highlight of [...]