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At the last Senate meeting of the Fall 2009 semester, the Student Government Association voted to support the republication of the Ozarko. The Ozarko was the University yearbook that was in publication from 1909 until 1992. After 1992, publication ceased. By reinstating a yearbook, history will be recorded, school pride will be boosted, and memories will be treasured for years to come.
The Student Affairs Committee is currently overseeing this project, and the Office of Web and New Media has agreed to help with the logistics of the project. The yearbook will be in an online format, and campus members can submit feature stories and pictures online that will be compiled and formatted by an editorial board. The goal is to have an issue out by the end of next semester, which would mark 101 years since its first publication.
If you have ideas on what should be included in the new Ozarko, please take the public opinion poll or contact Jon Stubblefield at stubblefield129@live.missouristate.edu.
On December 07, 2009. Unity Council held another great meeting. At this meeting we discussed steryotyping and how we can make the campus more unified. Of particular importance was Greeks and Non-Greeks supporting eachother. By the end of the meeting, students were discussing creating a kind of “street team” that would work soley to help student organizations publicize their events to a larger range of people outside of a particular organization’s reach. If you have any questions or are intrested in this “street team” please feel free to contact me via e-mail.
Unity Council had their first meeting Monday November 02, 2009. We discussed discrimination in Missouri, Springfield, MO, and Missouri State University. We had snacks played an activity and had open and honest discussion. The response we received from the council is that they do not believe discrimination is a problem on campus. But, they do believe that there is room for improvement in Springfield. So, they proposed an idea for a “Unity Rally.” This rally would serve the purpose to expose Springfield to different cultures by MSU students standing together to say, “We are a diverse community and we like it that way. We embrace different people and cultures.” This event would have music, games, food and much more. What do you all think?
On another note, I feel that most cultures were under represented. I cannot express to you how important it is for you to come to these meetings. Unity Council is about change for the better. But, we cannot make the correct change without knowing what students want. Our next meeting will be held on Dec. 6, 2009. Check back for more information soon.
The Research and Development has been hard at work at bringing new projects and ideas to Missouri State. The current projects we’re working on include: Bearline GPS tracking, improving the Missouri State website, a campus wide yard sale, joining the Tree Campus USA program, and working to get weekly polls out for the Public Opinion Poll.
Tree Campus USA
- The Tree Campus USA program would bring additional trees to campus that were lost during the great ice storm of 2007.
- We’re currently researching the requirements of the program and are in talks with various university organizations.
Campus Wide Yard Sale
- This program would allow all students to setup a table on campus towards the end of the year to sell any excess items they would like to get rid of.
- We’re looking at doing this event towards the end of April or beginning of May.
Improving MissouriState.edu
- We have begun researching our current website and will focus on how we can improve this site in various ways.
- We would like this site to be as attractive and useful to both current Missouri State and perspective students, as well as faculty and staff.
If you have any questions about the projects that R&D is working on or have a super awesome idea you can stop by our committee meetings on Tuesday’s at 4:45pm in PSU 310 or shoot me an email at thomas007@live.missouristate.edu