The day after Thanksgiving 2022, Amy Beth Sutton pondered what she’d give her adult daughter for the holidays. “What the heck am I going to do for her for Christmas that is not a present? Because she doesn’t really need anything. We can tell our kids we love them, but how do we really show that we love and honor who they’ve become as a person?” Sutton said. And then it came … [Read more...] about MOM ESTABLISHES ARTS SCHOLARSHIP IN HER DAUGHTER’S NAME
For 37 years, the late Donna Hayes gave students in the Richards R-V School District the educational tools they needed to learn and grow. She and her late husband, Michael, have now given the school’s graduates the financial support they need to pursue a college education at Missouri State University-West Plains or Missouri State University in Springfield. The Missouri … [Read more...] about NEW SCHOLARSHIP WILL BENEFIT RICHARDS R-V SCHOOL DISTRICT
When Bill Noonan’s granddaughters get a little older, he plans to bring them to Missouri State to show them around campus. He hopes one of them will want to attend when the time comes. But more importantly, Noonan wants to show them the university where he established the Bill, Khloe and Tinsley Noonan Scholarship in their honor. Khloe is 13 and Tinsley Rose is 7. They live … [Read more...] about ALUMNUS CREATES SCHOLARSHIPS IN HONOR OF GRANDDAUGHTERS AND LEAVES LEGACY AT MSU
If you would’ve asked Al Corley what his future would look like when he was a freshman at Missouri State, a life in theatre wouldn’t have made it on the list. “Missouri State was the beginning of everything for me. I hadn’t even seen a single play before coming here. Who would I be if I hadn’t come to MSU?” He went on to star in the 1980s hit “Dynasty,” which led to a career … [Read more...] about Successful acting alumnus creates a scholarship for theatre students
Leo and Carolyn Johnson met while cutting down a Christmas tree when they were students at what was then-Southwest Missouri State University. Decades later, the Johnsons are nurturing a future for generations of Bears and giving them the gift of education. In 2019, they established the Leo and Carolyn Mirts Johnson Scholarship Fund. The fund creates full scholarships for … [Read more...] about Creating Opportunities For COB Students From Two Rural Missouri Counties