Hotel Nikko’s Manager In Training program, or MIT, was set up by an alumna just for MSU students. It offers a scholarship, job shadowing and housing at the property in San Francisco. MIT molds Bears into professionals who have a grasp on all areas of hotel administration. It’s likely the only hotel in the country with such a program. In April 2021, Tyler Armer was a month … [Read more...] about Scholarship and leadership program at luxury hotel puts many Bears ON THE PATH TO MANAGEMENT
Your gifts make it possible for Bears to thrive. These future scientists, health care providers, business leaders and more say "THANK YOU" “Thank you for making a difference in my life and in the lives of many other students who benefit from your scholarship program.” - Mark, computer science and software development major with a minor in mathematics Pete Sanderson … [Read more...] about Notes of Gratitude
The day after Thanksgiving 2022, Amy Beth Sutton pondered what she’d give her adult daughter for the holidays. “What the heck am I going to do for her for Christmas that is not a present? Because she doesn’t really need anything. We can tell our kids we love them, but how do we really show that we love and honor who they’ve become as a person?” Sutton said. And then it came … [Read more...] about MOM ESTABLISHES ARTS SCHOLARSHIP IN HER DAUGHTER’S NAME
For 37 years, the late Donna Hayes gave students in the Richards R-V School District the educational tools they needed to learn and grow. She and her late husband, Michael, have now given the school’s graduates the financial support they need to pursue a college education at Missouri State University-West Plains or Missouri State University in Springfield. The Missouri … [Read more...] about NEW SCHOLARSHIP WILL BENEFIT RICHARDS R-V SCHOOL DISTRICT
If you would’ve asked Al Corley what his future would look like when he was a freshman at Missouri State, a life in theatre wouldn’t have made it on the list. “Missouri State was the beginning of everything for me. I hadn’t even seen a single play before coming here. Who would I be if I hadn’t come to MSU?” He went on to star in the 1980s hit “Dynasty,” which led to a career … [Read more...] about Successful acting alumnus creates a scholarship for theatre students