Missouri State University-West Plains is starting its first endowed professorship. At Friday’s Missouri State University Board of Governors meeting in Springfield, Missouri State-West Plains Chancellor Drew Bennett will announce that university officials have received the minimum amount needed in donations and pledges, $250,000, to create the Donna Jones Endowed Professorship of Nursing.
Deborah Wehrman believes in giving back to her roots. Her strong attachment to her hometown of West Plains, Mo., and her family’s history with Missouri State University-West Plains prompted her to recently establish the Deborah and David Wehrman Leadership Scholarship, which will be awarded for the first time in fall 2012 to an incoming freshman […]
Two West Plains couples with strong ties to agriculture and the local Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter have joined forces to establish a new scholarship at Missouri State University-West Plains. Harry and Betty Tarter and Tom and June Thompson recently donated funds and signed an endowment agreement with the Missouri State University Foundation to create the Tarter-Thompson Endowed Scholarship.
WEST PLAINS, Mo.– A local couple’s desire to help students from Ozark County has led to a new endowed scholarship at Missouri State University-West Plains. Jack and Inez Pahlmann, West Plains, recently established the Pahlmann Family Endowed Scholarship to help students from Ozark County pursue their educational goals. “My wife, Inez, is originally from Ozark […]
WEST PLAINS, Mo.- A West Plains woman’s desire to honor her former husband and grandson while helping others better themselves and their community has led to the establishment of a new endowed scholarship at Missouri State University-West Plains. Virginia Riley-Guilliams recently established the Cecil Riley and Greg Prevett Memorial Scholarship to honor her former husband […]