Charles W. Hedrick, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Missouri State University, has recently published a book on the parables of Jesus. The title is Parabolic Figures or Narrative Fictions. Seminal Essays on the Stories of Jesus (Cascade, 2016). Hedrick contends that parables do not teach moral and religious lessons; they are not, in … [Read more...] about Charles Hedrick Publishes New Parables Book
Erin Smither, a former history master’s student at MSU and currently an archivist at the State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Springfield (in the Meyer Library), has an article in the July 2016 issue of the Missouri Historical Review. The article is called "A Nice Cottage Where We Always Stop: The Branson Lodging Postcards Collection and Ozarks Tourism." It … [Read more...] about Article Published by History Graduate
Keith Seeley, a senior majoring in History, has been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship from the Department of State. Keith will travel to Suzhou, China later this summer to complete an intensive program of linguistic and cultural study. The CLS program is among the most competitive national scholarship programs with an applicant success rate of approximately … [Read more...] about History Student Receives Critical Language Scholarship
This year the FCTL Production crew; Mike Fisher and Eric Taylor, worked with Dr. Eric Nelson, History, Dr. Lora Hobbs, Religion, and Jennifer Pursley, Mathematics who have had great success using Mediasite to improve learning outcomes and to transform both their online and blended classes. They produced a video to be submitted for Sonic Foundry’s Enterprise Video Award (EVA) … [Read more...] about FCTL Production Team 2016 EVA Recipients
David Gutzke and Jeremy Neely have both won awards for their teaching and service in the honors college. David has been awarded the 2016 Marcia Morriset Award for Outstanding Service to Honors Education and Jeremy has been awarded the 2016 Curtis P. Lawrence Master Teacher Award. It is rare that for two members in the same department to receive awards in the same … [Read more...] about History Professors receive Awards