SPRINGFIELD – Starting next January, up to ten young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities will attend Missouri State University. They will have the full college experience – living on campus and attending classes. Bear POWER (Promoting Opportunities for Work, Education and Resilience) is a 2 1/2 year inclusive college program for students with intellectual … [Read more...]
MSU President Clif Smart (center), major donors and Greenwood Lab School's parents and students break ground on Phase I of the school's expansion project. Greenwood Laboratory School will be celebrating its 110-year anniversary in 2018. The building, which turned 50 years old this year, is undergoing a multi-million dollar expansion project to upgrade its … [Read more...]
“I was stunned by the conditions that people in poverty endured” Driving down her street in Kansas City, Missouri, Helen (Brewer) Hurst takes the time to really look at the houses. These are houses for low- to moderate-income families. Hurst helped secure funding for many of these houses. “A great number of the housing developments I worked on are here in Kansas City,” said … [Read more...]
Beckman and Ortman are special education teachers in the Ozark (Mo.) R-VI School District. They earned their bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Missouri State University and were frequent classmates in the College of Education, quickly bonding over a common interest in special education studies. “We were both like-minded, always wanting to know what the best practices are, … [Read more...]
More than $20 million in grants and contracts received during Fiscal Year 2017 enabled Missouri State University faculty and staff to pursue research, education and service projects. From improving the teaching of English to supporting the Northwest Project and more, faculty and staff addressed the needs of communities, schools and businesses in southwest Missouri and … [Read more...]