Dear Student Affairs Team:
Congratulations on wrapping up another Fall semester! As we near the holiday season, I hope that you are able to get some much needed and deserved rest and relaxation. I hope you are also able to spend time with family and friends as we celebrate the start of a new year! Thank you for your hard work, dedication, and enthusiasm for supporting our students as they learn and grow here at MSU! You all make MSU a great place for our students and for all of us! Happy Holidays!~Dee Siscoe, Vice President-Student Affairs
1. President’s Holiday Open House – Join President Smart for his annual Holiday Open House on Monday, December 11th, 3-5pm, Plaster Student Union. Open to faculty and staff. https://calendar.missouristate.edu/home/event/122483 Questions? Contact Rhonda Williams at RhondaWilliams@missouristate.edu.
2. President’s Late Night Breakfast – The President’s Late Night Breakfast, an annual tradition for students during exam week, will take place tonight from 9pm-11pm in Blair-Shannon Dining Center. There will be great food served by President Smart and his Administrative Council, games and prizes. It’s a great way for our students to take a break from studying and enjoy some down time! Encourage the students you work with to attend this fun event.
3. Winter Grad Finale – This event is on Thursday, December 14th from 6-8 PM at Ebbet’s Field Sports Bar and Patio. It is a smaller Grad Bash-like event intended to celebrate winter ’23 graduates. There will be free food, trivia, prizes, a photobooth, and more! Graduates will also receive ONE free drink ticket and Government IDs will be checked at the door. This is also an event intended to launch the ’24 Senior Class Gift campaign! Once students make their gift of $20.24, anywhere on campus, they will receive a commemorative light-up mug and Grad Cord. Here is the link for event registration/SCG: https://maroonation.missouristate.edu/s/1691/start.aspx?sid=1691&gid=2&pgid=3431&content_id=3085
4. Fall Commencement – Fall Commencement will take place on Friday, December 15th at Great Southern Bank Arena. The first event is at 10am and the second event is at 1:30pm. Please email Commencement@MissouriState.edu with any questions about the ceremony. Visit https://www.missouristate.edu/Commencement/fall-2023-commencement.htm for more information.
5. Board of Governors Meeting – The Missouri State Board of Governors will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, December 14th from 1pm-5pm, in PSU 313. The agenda can be found here. Open to public, current students, faculty, staff. If you have questions, reach out to Rowena Stone at rowenastone@missouristate.edu.
The Board of Governors will hold its committee meetings on Thursday, December 14th from 8:30am-11:45am in PSU Ballroom East. Open to public, current students, faculty, staff. Agendas for upcoming committee meetings can be found here. If you have questions, reach out to Rowena Stone at rowenastone@missouristate.edu.
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