Did you know that the Mark Twain National Forest was established in the Missouri Ozarks in 1933? Or there is a Bushwacker Museum in Bronaugh, Missouri? You would if you subscribed to “OzarksWatch” magazine, bringing the history and culture of the Ozarks to the page since 1987. Missouri State graduate student Vicke Kepling manages “OzarksWatch,” an 88-page, ad-free … [Read more...] about Grad student fights to keep Ozarks culture alive
Missouri State's first Undergraduate Literary Conference, to be held this weekend in Plaster Student Union, will feature 16 undergraduates and a keynote address. Student presentations Students will present on topics ranging from Marxism in "Harry Potter," gender issues in Hemingway, the cartoon "Archer" and "Jane Eyre," bathroom ghost rituals and more. Keynote … [Read more...] about Undergrads present research at MSU’s first-ever Undergraduate Literary Conference
English graduate student Rachel Schober has been awarded an exclusive teaching assistantship in the Czech Republic. Schober, who has her bachelor’s in English education from Missouri State, was named as one of 10 Fulbright English teaching assistants and will work in Vyškov, Czech Republic, for the 2015-16 school year. About the assistantship Schober will work about 20 … [Read more...] about OWP graduate student awarded prestigious assistantship
Author and Springfield native Steve Yates will be reading passages and talking about his Moon City Press book "The Teeth of Souls" next week. He'll be at the Springfield-Greene County Library Center on March 26 and Barnes & Noble bookstore on March 28. About 'Teeth of Souls' The 480-page novel is a sequel to Yates' 2013 book, "Morkan's Quarry." Based in post-Civil War … [Read more...] about Springfield native comes back to Ozarks for book tour
The English department is co-sponsoring this week's Workshop for Teachers of Technical Writing with the student chapter of Society for Technical Communication and the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (FCTL). The event will be March 20 in Plaster Student Union, room 315. It is free and open to the public, but participants are asked to RSVP by email. A continental … [Read more...] about Workshop for Teachers of Technical Writing to be held March 20