The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly changed life as we know it. At Missouri State University, students will not return to campus for spring 2020. Instead, they will complete the semester online. While this situation offers the campus community opportunities to use new and creative learning methods, it also presents its set of challenges. “To help us get through this time … [Read more...] about Give to support your Bear family
Missouri State University celebrates women in March with events highlighting women’s history, or HerStory. The celebrations provide an opportunity for the campus community and city of Springfield to learn about the rich cultural history of diverse women. You can also engage in dialogue about the contributions women have made across the globe. Keynote presentation Tarana Burke, … [Read more...] about Sharing HerStory at Missouri State
Balazs Faa, has brought his admiration and infectious excitement for usability, computer programming, and fine art all the way from Hungary to the Art + Design Department here at Missouri State. The current Artist-in-Residence began as a graphic artist and fine artist, then entered the world of programing via mathematics. Balazs Faa takes a break during his web design class. At … [Read more...] about Art + Design New Faculty Feature: Balazs Faa
Missouri State University conferred 1,589 degrees to students at its fall 2019 commencement Dec. 13 at JQH Arena. Crunching the numbers Students earned a total of 1,192 bachelor’s degrees, 380 master’s degrees, 12 doctorate degrees and five specialist degrees. Past the standard expectations, the university recognized 22 students for their work with a more rigorous curriculum in … [Read more...] about Missouri State releases fall 2019 graduation list
During a family tree project in fifth grade, Emalee Flatness discovered her great-great-great grandfather was a Union soldier in the Civil War. His story inspired her to write a song. In 2019, that song, alongside five others, won the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge. A musical theater native Flatness, a freshman history major at … [Read more...] about Student wins national contest with original song