Jessi Donahoo submitted a design for a class project. After creating pages on pages of digital sketches, her professor looked at her and asked, “Why don’t you just hand draw it?” Now, her simple and bold hand-drawn design is a top three finalist in the 2020 Be A Bear T-shirt contest. The winner of the contest will have their design on the Be a Bear T-shirt and sold at the … [Read more...] about Jessi Donahoo: Dynamite comes in small packages
We met Jenna Kincy as one of three talented designers in the 2019 Be a Bear T-shirt contest. Now we know her as the winner. Kincy’s design won the popular vote and her T-shirt will be available to buy online on March 17 through the bookstore’s website or at Missouri State’s birthday party on March 19. Sharing the love Kincy didn’t expect her design to make it into the final … [Read more...] about Jenna Kincy: Winner of the 2019 Be a Bear T-shirt Contest
Creativity in a career has always been a necessity for senior graphic design student, Jordann Wheatley. But she didn’t know where that passion would lead her at Missouri State University. Wheatley knew she wanted to explore her own creativity and find where her skills best fit in. “At first, it was kind of a leap of faith,” Wheatley said. Apart from some art classes in … [Read more...] about Jordann Wheatley: Taking the leap
Alexis Stegner can attest to the fact opportunity comes at unexpected moments. A winning design can come from a day of hard-work and relying on the help of a few friends. Stegner's friends and family voted in the Be a Bear T-shirt Contest for her design during the week of February 19 – 23. Nearly 3,000 voters pushed Stegner’s design to a popular-vote victory. Her winning … [Read more...] about Alexis Stegner: Winner of the Be a Bear T-Shirt Contest 2018
Help others, expand your wardrobe and gain fame. It only takes a minute to be a Citizen Bear. Senior Aly Gatwood’s family lost their home in the St. Louis floods on December 30. They have been staying with her aunt and uncle for the past eight months. Gatwood moved to Jefferson City for a legislative internship in January. Because she had lost all of her clothes, her … [Read more...] about Be a Bear and be famous