COAL has established new Student Achievement Funding Awards to assist students who want their scholarly and creative work to be recognized or disseminated. “The purpose is to help our students get their work out beyond the campus,” Dean Carey Adams says. “(The awards) provide assistance for students going to competitions, contests and conferences, as well as for submitting … [Read more...] about New COAL awards ease financial burden for student scholars
MSU production in N.Y. held at ‘elite venue for musical performances’ Musical theatre faculty and 24 students traveled to New York City for Spring Break. The University program celebrated its first 15 years with a sold-out evening of cabaret held March 6 at Joe’s Pub in Manhattan. The evening featured performances by alumni and current students. The pub, which is run by The … [Read more...] about New York, L.A. trips serve as dress rehearsals for future performers
The College of Arts and Letters recently made its final selection in the search to fill the position of associate dean. Dr. Madeleine Hooper, currently the head of the modern and classical languages department, accepted the position effective July 1. Hooper will gradually assume the duties associated with her new position and overlap with Dr. Roger Stoner, current associate … [Read more...] about Department head named new associate dean
In an effort to bring a quality discussion on ethics in media and journalism to Missouri State, two media, journalism and film professors are hosting a variety of panelists to converse about a recent controversy, WikiLeaks. Dr. Mary Jane Pardue and Dr. Andy Cline, both from the media, journalism and film department, will host this conversation on media ethics in … [Read more...] about Panel to discuss WikiLeaks March 28
How far can one random act of kindness go? One College of Arts and Letters organization spent the first week of March trying to find out how far by spreading its own random acts of kindness. The Missouri State Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) chapter entered a national campaign competition through the national PRSSA chapter for the organization, Random … [Read more...] about Student PRSSA Chapter tries Random Acts of Kindness