Seven weeks left in the Fall semester! Can you believe it? The weather is getting colder and before long, your student will be home for the Thanksgiving holiday. I wanted to share some upcoming dates for the rest of 2017 and 2018 with you so you can plan accordingly and share them with your student. We invite you to join us for our theatre and dance productions, recitals hosted by the Music Department, Spring Family Day and exhibits located in Brick City, the Student Exhibition Center, Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts and the Meyer Library.
October 27th – January 19, 2018 – Native Art of the Americas: Exhibit
October 27-Novemver 14 – Brick City Exhibition – Todd Gray: Pop Geometry (pop sculpture and painting)
October 30th – Traditions Council presents Volleyball Fall Fest
October 30th – Student Composers Concert
October 31st – Spring 2018 Early Registration begins -Encourage your student to set an appointment with their advisor, if they haven’t already. Registration is sequenced and your student can check their my.missouristate.edu account to find out when they will register for classes.
November – Native American Heritage Month; Panamanian Independence Month
November 1st – SOAR Leader Applications due
November 1st – Scholarship Application Opens
November 1st – Scholarship Workshop hosted by MSU: I’m First – 5-6:30pm – Craig Hall 316
November 2nd – Scholarship Workshop hosted by MSU: I’m First – 4-5:30pm – Craig Hall 316
November 2nd – Public Affairs Convocation Lecture
November 3rd – First Friday Art Walk in Downtown Springfield
November 3rd – Tour of the Globe
November 4th – SOAR Leader Carousel
November 5th – A Musical Salute to our Veterans
November 6th – STEM Exploratory Career Fair
November 7th – Etiquette Dinner hosted by the Career Center
November 10th – Veterans Day Activities including the Tap Project
November 22nd-26th – Thanksgiving Holidays (no classes/offices closed)
November 27th – December 9th – Brick City Gallery – BFA Senior Exhibitions
November 30th – December 3rd – TWELFTH NIGHT, or What You Will presented by the MSU Theatre and Dance Department
December 1st – First Friday Art Walk in Downtown Springfield
December 1st – The Missouri State Percussion Ensemble and Island Breeze Steel Band Fall Concert
December 7th – Fall 2017 classes end
December 8th – Study Day
December 9th-14th – Final Exams
December 10th – MSU:I’m First Study Hall – 6-9pm – Plaster Student Union 400 (the Union Club)
December 11th – President’s Late Night Breakfast – A tradition and a great break from studying for exams
December 15th – Fall Commencement
January 11th – SOAR One Day Session for Incoming Students starting classes Spring 2018
January 11th – Chorale Winter Tour Concert at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
January 12th – SOAR One Day Session for Incoming Students starting classes Spring 2018
January 13th – Residence Halls open for the Spring semester
January 15th – Martin Luther King Holiday
January 16th – First day of Spring 2018 classes
January 21st – MSU Chorale and Wind Ensemble Concert
January 23rd – February 21st – Brick City Exhibition – Dick Lehman and Keaton Wynn (ceramics)
January 25th – Payment Plan Installment Due (if applicable)
February 19th – Presidents’ Day (no classes/offices closed)
February 22nd – 25th, February 27-March 4, March 6-7 – THE CRUCIBLE presented by the MSU Theatre and Dance Department
February 25th – Payment Plan Installment Due (if applicable)
March 2nd – April 18th – Brick City Exhibition – Randy Bacon: The Road I Call Home (Photography)
March 4th – Chorale Concert
March 6th – Men’s Chorus and Women’s Chorus Concert
March 10th – March 18th – Spring Break (no classes/offices open)
March 25th – Payment Plan Installment Due (if applicable)
March 29th – April 1st – Spring Holiday (no classes/Offices open 3/29, closed 3/30)
April 5th – 8th – HEATHERS, THE MUSICAL presented by the MSU Theatre and Dance Department
April 10-12th – Public Affairs Conference
April 21st – Spring Family Day
April 29th – President’s Concert
April 30th – May 12 – Brick City Exhibition – BFA Senior Exhibition
May 3rd – 6th – Spring Dance Concert: PARTS OF THE WHOLE presented by the MSU Theatre and Dance Department
You can find more information about events at Missouri State on the Master Calendar. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if I can help with anything. I can be reached at pchildress@missouristate.edu or (417) 836-3060.
~Priscilla