This mission influences almost everything we do, from curriculum choices to extracurricular events. Put in its most basic terms, the mission means all members of the Missouri State community are encouraged to contribute to society. This is the first in a series of essays meant to give alumni and friends of the University a deeper understanding of the mission and why it enhances … [Read more...] about Public affairs essay
With the support of the University’s New York Study Fund, Kent, a professor and the department chair of finance and general business, escorted 15 University business students through the New York City financial world in May. As a part of the summer intercession course, “Financial Markets Study Tour,” the students rubbed elbows with company representatives, including several … [Read more...] about 1980s Spotlight
In a College of Business Administration commencement speech at Missouri State University in May, Fulp said, “Reflecting back on my life, it was this University and a complete stranger to me who paid attention. If this person had not…I would clearly not be here today and my life would have taken a very different path.” Fulp, who graduated from Missouri State in 1979 with a BS … [Read more...] about 1979 Spotlight
Janet and Dennis O’Hagan met in the library. No, really, they did. The Sugar Bear and the football player, who were likely at many of the same sporting events during their time on campus in the late 1970s and early 80s, were instead introduced by friends among stacks of books. He was a senior; she was a junior. They got married a few months after her graduation in … [Read more...] about Family has made Missouri State its Home Field
That indeed may be, but if Allen had taken college chemistry with a couple of us back when Siceluff Hall was the plain old Science Building, he might have changed his tune. Not that Wayne Reed and I missed class or gave it less than our best. Irene Cloud, our teacher, gave it the old college try, too. But it was a summer-long struggle, to say the least. Like Wayne said at … [Read more...] about Payton Place