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Medical Plan Town Hall

September 24, 2018 by Clif Smart

Nurse with patient

Missouri State University will be making changes to the university’s group medical plan for 2019.

President Smart and Vice President for Administrative Services Matt Morris will discuss upcoming changes and potential options. Join them for a town hall at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, in the Plaster Student Union theater. It follows the State of the University address

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Supplemental resources

  • Download the handout
  • Access the slides

Asking questions

During the event, you may ask questions in person and online:

  • Tweet with hashtag #MSUChat
  • Chat on the YouTube livestream

Filed Under: 2018, Financial Outlook, Smart Tagged With: health insurance

2018 State of the University address

August 31, 2018 by Clif Smart

Clif Smart and Frank Einhellig answer questions at the 2017 address

Clif Smart and Frank Einhellig will present the State of the University address at 12:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, in the Plaster Student Union theater. The Medical Plan Town Hall will follow the address.

Supplemental resources

  • Presentation slides
  • Action Plan for 2018-19
  • Full speech text

Asking questions

During the speech, President Smart and Provost Einhellig will accept questions in person and online:

  • Tweet with hashtag #MSUChat

Broadcast information

For those who cannot attend in person, the speech will air at 7 p.m. Oct. 1 on KSMU and 8 p.m. Oct. 4 on Ozarks Public Television.

Filed Under: 2018, Presentations, Smart Tagged With: Einhellig, Smart, State of the University Address

Clif’s Notes for July 17, 2018

July 17, 2018 by Clif Smart

Fountain in spring

In closed session at the June Board of Governors meeting, I presented my self-assessment to the board. As part of that presentation, I submitted the university’s end-of-year report to the board. I also used a series of slides to highlight some of the university’s accomplishments outlined in the report.

I would encourage you to review the report and slides at your convenience. Highlights include:

  • We hit yet another enrollment record
  • Legislation was signed into law that eliminates MSU’s statutory degree limitations and replaces them with a statewide program approval framework
  • We reduced our graduation requirement from 125 to 120 hours and rolled out four other critical affordability initiatives for our students
  • We awarded over 5,000 degrees and certificates (the long-range plan goal was 4,900)
  • We eliminated geographic restrictions on our collaborative engineering programs, priming those programs for growth
  • We increased our percentage of faculty and staff on the Springfield campus who are international or underrepresented to 14.1 (the long range plan goal was 14 percent)
  • We enrolled more than 3,100 underrepresented students on the Springfield campus
  • We received the MVC All-Sports Trophy, had seven conference championships, and had exceptional student athlete academic marks, all while cutting over $1 million from the athletics budget

We accomplished a lot in really difficult circumstances this year. While I had the privilege of reporting our many accomplishments to the board, these are not only mine. They are the result of all of our hard work. Please join me in celebrating a successful past year as we prepare for what next year holds.

Thanks for all you do for Missouri State!

Filed Under: 2018, Annual Goals Reports, Clif's Notes, Presentations, Smart Tagged With: Board of Governors, end-of-year report, self-assessment

Making Missouri State more affordable for students

January 18, 2018 by Clif Smart

Students studying

On Jan. 18, 2018, Governor Carrie Tergin and President Clif Smart announced several new affordability initiatives.

Access slides from the announcement

Filed Under: 2018, Smart

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