Community also extends into the surrounding Springfield community.  In the picture below, you will see some residents and staff of Freddy who beautified and maroonified their adopted street in Springfield by picking up trash.  It just another example of Bears giving back….

• We participate yearly in Recyclemania , a national recycling campaign to increase awareness of
  recycling needs.
• Lead the campus in recycling efforts.
• Changed old shower heads with low-flow shower heads.
• Composted over 360,000 pounds of waste material from our Dining Services operation.
• Going “trayless” in the dining centers saves over 500,000 gallons of water
• Sponsoring the Green Games each year.
• Publications printed to FSC standards

Follow this link for a tour with Jen Cox our Assistant Director of Facilities and Operations to get a glimspe of our sustainability efforts.

“I think our project shows what the team spirit can do in a very limited time,” said Doug Sampson, university architect and director of planning, design and construction. “We did not have an option to extend the completion date. Our students were coming, and we had to be ready for them.

In only 66 working days, dedicated contractors, designers, construction workers, painters and more renovated seven residence halls and removed two buildings to update and refresh the facilities.

Renovations in the residence halls included:
•Painting of more than 1,000,000 square feet of wall with over 3,000 gallons of paint
•Installing more than 12 miles of vinyl base
•Installing more than four acres of carpet
•Replacing more than 1,050 doors
•Removing and replacing more than 490 windows
•Installing almost five miles of fire suppression piping
•Installing 1,950 sprinkler heads
•Installing more than 1,100 smoke detectors

“This project necessitated a project team that would work together. Each worked hard at making this a successful project,” said Sampson. “All this work was accomplished with more than 13,000 guests, or residents, living in these facilities during the construction period.”

The project team included Malone Finkle Eckhardt & Collins, Butler, Rosenbury & Partners, John McWilliams Architecture, LLC, Structural Engineering Associates, DeWitt & Associates and Missouri State University.

This system test is the first of its kind designed to broadcast a nationwide message to the American public. In the history of the country, nothing like it has been conducted on such a level. There have been tests in the past, but not of this magnitude encompassing all regions of the Nation simultaneously. The three (3) minute test will run simultaneously on all radio and TV band stations exceeding the previous messages broadcast which were anywhere from a 30 second to 1 minute message.

There is concern in local police and emergency management circles about undue public anxiety over this test. The test message on TV might not indicate that it is just a test. The fear is that the lack of an explanation regarding the message might create panic.

Please share this information with your family, friends and colleagues so they are aware of the upcoming test.
Below are a few websites that will provide more information:
http://blog.fema.gov/2011/10/help-us-spread-word-on-november-9-this.html

https://nationaldialogue-emergencyalertsystem.ideascale.com/

Missouri State has an active Parent’s Association called University Parent Connection.  We would encourage all parents and guardians to join this community here in blogdom and on Facebook!

The University has a whole page on our website dedicated to Parents and Family. It can be found at: www.missouristate.edu/parents/ The link to University Parent Connection can be found on the Parent and Family page or you can go to it directly at: www.universityparent.com/missouristate

Each month during the academic year you will find a new Newsletter. This newsletter covers a wide-range of topics and hopefully covers everything an inquiring parent would like to know! All you need is an e-mail address to get this newsletter sent to you automatically each month. An archive of past editions can be found at: www.universityparent.com/missouristate/newsletter/archive

The Office of Admissions has a Facebook App for any student who is thinking about attending Missouri State or who is already admitted to Missouri State.  It’s easy to add the App to your Facebook account:

1. Sign into your Facebook account
2. Search for the App.  In the search box type missouri state future students app
3. Sign up!

 It will look something like this… 

Once you are signed up, you will be able to interact with other people looking to come to Missouri State or who are already here!  You will also receive information on upcoming events and exciting times ahead at Missouri State….and various faculty, staff and students currently at Missouri State will pop in from time to time to add new content to the Community or just hang out and answer your questions or concerns!

Speaking of questions and concerns, the Res Life Department will now be able to answer any questions you may have about living on-campus for a future semester!

What are you waiting for…sign up now!!

Every resident that a faculty and staff talks to is eligible for many door prizes….the top prize is a new iPad2!!  So make sure you are in your room beginning at 6:00 PM…you never can tell, you may get a nice prize!