Forty Kappa Alpha fraternity brothers from the classes of 1959-68 attended a weekend reunion event held April 27-29 in Springfield.
Susan LaBarr, ’04 and ’07, spends her days making music, a love she discovered as a student at Missouri State University.
When Courtney Wendel, ’10 and ’11, was on campus, she was just the kind of student you root for. Unless, of course, you can’t stand overachievers. If that’s the case, you probably should skip this story.
As I think about it, the first advisor I had as a student at then-SMS was a young lady named Cora.
In the 100-plus year history of Missouri State athletics, the story that has transcended the decades and drawn more acclaim than anything else has been the accomplishments of two basketball teams more than half a century ago.




