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Rob Freeman was no ordinary Missouri State student when he began attending in 2003. He was a non-traditional student going to college after retiring from an 18 year career in the United States Army; the last 12 of which he spent in the Army Special Forces as a Green Beret. During his time at Missouri [...]

Who knew a bowl of chili could make such a difference?  On February 9, 2012, Brewer Science, a technology company headquartered in Rolla, Mo., held its Annual Chili/Soup Luncheon for the 8th time.  Don’t let the name “Luncheon” deceive you; the event, open to the hundreds of Brewer employees in Central Missouri, is a fierce [...]

  An F5 tornado that, at times, stretched a mile wide hit Joplin, Mo. on May 22, 2011, killing 160 residents and destroying nearly a third of the town.  Of the many thousands impacted by the storm, over 100 are Missouri State University students. Two Missouri State students, sophomore Sam Maher and freshman Parker Maher, [...]

Anyone that has been to the Missouri State University campus in Springfield in the past five decades has probably stumbled upon the name Pummill somewhere along the way.  A building erected south of Carrington Hall in 1957, which was first known as the New Classroom Building, was renamed Pummill Hall 44 years ago.  The facility [...]

Ruo Zhang, who is known by her friends as “Zoe”, grew up hoping that she would someday visit the United States of America, which she had read and seen so much about on television, in movies, books, and magazines. Zoe explained to the audience at the Missouri State University 2011 Endowed Scholarship Dinner, that she had no idea the wish would eventually come true and she would be living and receiving an education in the United States because of the generosity of a stranger.

Raised and educated at Missouri State University, Mr. Dana Edwards had no idea of the on-going impact and legacy he and his family would create and leave at Missouri State.

With friends and alumni of Missouri State University funding over 135 endowed non-departmental scholarship funds that provided 266 awards in the 2010-2011 academic year, there certainly was reason to celebrate. On April 4, 2011 over 150 donors, students, family, faculty, and staff attended the Endowed Scholarship Appreciation Dinner at the Plaster Student Union.

When you ask Daniel Wisner, a senior in the William H. Darr School of Agriculture, what his plans are for his future he quickly lists off, “Operating and expanding my family farm, serving as a loan officer at my community bank, starting a few small businesses, getting my pilot’s license, running with the bulls in Spain…oh, [...]

Deborah Wehrman believes in giving back to her roots. Her strong attachment to her hometown of West Plains, Mo., and her family’s history with Missouri State University-West Plains prompted her to recently establish the Deborah and David Wehrman Leadership Scholarship, which will be awarded for the first time in fall 2012 to an incoming freshman [...]

Dr. Brian Weaver, Assistant Professor of Biology, knows how important research is to a successful program at any institution. As a relative newcomer to Missouri State University, Dr. Weaver says he chose this institution for many reasons; an important one, he said, was “that the University and the Biology department provide an excellent environment to [...]