Board accepts bid on health sciences building
After 10 years the health sciences building is one step closer to completion.
The Missouri Southern Board of Governors unanimously voted to award the contract to the lowest bidder, Dalton-Killinger Construction.
The multimillion dollar health sciences building will house Southern's nursing, radiology, dental hygiene, repertory therapy and other health-related programs in 84,000 square feet, roughly the size of Webster Hall, built on the site of parking lot 14.…
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Rep. Marilyn Ruestman (R-Joplin) and Rep. Ron Richard (R-Joplin) pose with members of Joplin city leaders in the Capitol. |
POLITICAL ARENA OPEN DESPITE GENDER OR AGERuestman: 'I've been promoted by men I felt were very strong & secure'
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - It's a good thing her office is so close to the House chamber.
As the majority caucus secretary, Rep. Marilyn Ruestman (R-Joplin) keeps a busy schedule, often running back and forth between meetings in her office and voting when the House is in session.…
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Senate Vice President, Matt Day, and President, Tim Fisher, contemplate changes to the senate leadership structure. Fisher was one of the recipients of the Glenn D. Dolence Leadership/Service Award. Twenty-four students received the award. |
24 students take honors as Dolence Award winnersRecipients represent 3 nations
Twenty-four students at Missouri Southern State University were recognized yesterday at the 17th annual Glenn D. Dolence Leadership/Service Recognition Assembly in Room 310 of the Billingsly Student Center.
The students listed below (see graphic) were honored.…
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Patty Vavra is talks to members of her Cross Country team during the 2007 NCAA Divsion II Cross Country Championships. The team finished 13th and Vavra was named MIAA Coach of the Year. |
Athletes praise Vavra's dedicationCoach on her way to winning all three Coach of the Year awards as women's team looks for triple crown
Patty Vavra rises out of bed every morning and ties her shoes the same way everyone else does. The only difference is she laces her green Asics at 4:50 a.m. to prepare for early morning practice as women's head track and field and cross country coach at Missouri Southern.…
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Campus Security Reports
4/7/08 Theft Young Gym A water bottle and spout were taken from the men's track team locker room. Campus security was notified. 4/7/08 Information Spiva Library A report came in that said a student overheard another student saying that the student was curious what it was like to kill a person.…
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Nick Kyle, head of the department of art, has worked at Missouri Southern since 1997 and is retiring and the end of this academic year. |
Kyle retirement allows time for his dreamsArt department head looks to become more involved with galleries
When Nick Kyle was in fourth grade, one of his teachers wrote on his report card that "he draws and daydreams too much."
"Some of my earliest memories are of making things," he said. "My mom was always missing her clothespins - I'd glue them into little airplanes and paint them.…
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Money is everything?Our Opinions
"Running a litttle LOW on reserves? Money is the root of all building projects.
If there is no cash, there is no building. This is well understood by the members of the Board of Governors and before approving the bid on the new health sciences building they questioned the funding.
"If something terrible happens, we'll have to find the money," vice chairwoman Jane Wyman said
The building fund comes from the sale of Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA) assets and Missouri Southern is not the only school in the state lining up for funding.
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Campus campaign eyes athleticsThe planning process has been reinitiated for upgrading athletic facilities on the east side of Duquesne.
"What the Board did [April 18] was authorize me to raise funds for the new athletics facilities and particularly to raise half a million dollars for the architectural drawings that we will need to know exactly how much that facility will cost," Speck said.
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Burn Effect's only effect is to put listeners to sleep
Waxsaw Records in Cleveland, Miss. could go out of business due to the release of its first album, Linwood's Burn Effect.
This company just started, and is looking for "big things to come" according to Joe Meek, director of A&R for Waxsaw Records. Meek may have gotten his wish had Waxsaw signed a band that wouldn't plan to put its audiences to sleep.
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Not sitting beside the road anymoreIn Perspective
Hallie Hocker - Staff Writer First of all, I'd like to say I got tricked.
When Dr. Moorman recruited me for the department of communication, he sealed the deal by mentioning The Chart's annual softball game with KGCS. I really wanted to play ball, and I wanted to write, and T.J. was persuasive, so I ended up working on The Chart.
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Representative goes to bat for family rights, volunteer fire fighters, pool safetyJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Of the number of bills she's had a hand in this session, Rep. Marilyn Ruestman (R-Joplin) said she's concentrated on four.
When she took office she'd planned to stay away from family issues to concentrate on small business legislation, however some of her primary bills focus on family rights and swimming pool liability.
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Lewis takes his leave at 9 years at MSSUAfter nine years at Missouri Southern, Dr. John Lewis, associate professor of international marketing, has put the classroom behind him.
According to Lewis, seeing the progress in his students has been the most rewarding part of the job.
"[I liked] to see students gaining a new perspective on life and to understand possibilities that were out there for them and the hard work there was ahead to achieve it," he said.
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Something new, something blue
Hallie Hocker - Staff Writer There's been a lot of hype about the Kansas City Royals surprising start this season. As most Cardinals fans and blood-bound fans of the Royals know, the Kansas City club has struggled to reach .500 for more than a decade.
Looking for a fresh start, the franchise wants to revive the glory of the old days.
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MIAA Logo finally changes overLearning, balance, resourcefulness, sportsmanship, passion and service. These are the six defining attributes of the NCAA Division II athlete. And now they are the motivation for the new logo for the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.
Back in January, MIAA Commissioner Jim Johnson unveiled the new logo and the logo was first "officially" used at March's MIAA Basketball Tournament.
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Bullard heads back to Irish roots
Ashley Bullard, junior biology major, will attend the National University of Ireland in Galway for 10 weeks in June. In seventh grade, Ashley Bullard's class did reports on foreign countries. She eagerly chose Ireland, knowing that her grandmother had been an Irish immigrant.
"I still have the three-way poster that I made," Bullard recalls. "And now I'm going there."
Beginning June 3, the junior biology major will spend 10 weeks conducting research at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
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EDUCATIONAL SUMMIT
Rob O'Brian, president of the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce, looks on as Gov. Matt Blunt takes question from the audience during an April 18 roundtable discussion in Connor Ballroom in Billingsly Student Center. Educators discussed Missouri's progress in METS (math, engineering, technology and science) areas. |
Carnine keeps busy scheuleJunior juggles class work with choir, band, KXMSA singer in choir, instrumentalist in marching/concert band, and radio announcer at KXMS classical music station doesn't have much time on his hands.
Junior David Carnine, vocal performance major, does all of these things, yet still has time to be involved in two musical projects outside of Missouri Southern.
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PICK A NUMBER
Hannah Grace Triplett holds a basket for competitors in the Missouri Southern International Piano Competition. The participants drew numbers Sunday to determine their order of performance. The MSIPC runs through Saturday. |
God speed, HallieIt is a funny thing about The Chart. It is a beast and it does tend to consume its editors at times. Those of us who toil here and have toiled here sometimes curse the beast. But it is also a family.
In a few short weeks, we will have to say goodbye and good luck to a beloved member of that family.
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Senate changes fail in last meetingProposed changes to the Student Senate constitution failed this week during the last business meeting of the year.
A measure put forward by Senate President Tim Fisher would have rolled together Senate with the Campus Activities Board to create one body in charge of student funds and changed the name to Student Government Association.
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Griffin says goodby after 30 years of service in class, administrationWhen Dr. Betsy Griffin came to Missouri Southern as an assistant professor of psychology in 1978, she didn't plan to stay long.
"I thought, 'I should stay here three years so I look stable,'" she said. "So my three years stretched to 30. You know, you don't want to look like you're job hopping.
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THIRD IN THE MIAA
Sophomore David Eddy executes a shot during the Kansas City Intercollegiate Tournament on April 7. Southern's golf team finished third in the MIAA Golf Championships on Tuesday. Eddy finished 17th in the tournament. |
Selby-Tallman does it againShank, Eckard break school records, team to host meet todayThe Missouri Southern women's track and field team will enter today's home meet, the Bob Laptad/Bill Williams Invitational, boasting another MIAA Track and Field Athlete of the Week honor from senior Jessica Selby-Tallman.
"Jessica is just continuing to improve," said Patty Vavra, women's track and field coach.
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CBHE approves new degree optionBachelor of science in communication seeks to recapture lost BGS majorsCommunication majors will be offered more variety in the fall semester.
The Coordinating Board of Higher Education approved a proposal for a bachelor of science degree in communication at its April 10 meeting.
Previously, the department of communication offered only two options, a bachelor of arts in communication and a Bachelor of Science in Education.
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TV, radio instructor calling it a careerAfter 24 years of service at Missouri Southern, Dr. Robert Clark is retiring.
Webster Hall did not exist when Clark started working for Southern in July 1984, and Southern lacked the radio and television stations that its students now enjoy.
"When I came here, I trained the students how to operate all of the equipment in the television studio, which used to be across campus," Clark said.
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Nummela breaks school record, earns MIAA Athlete of the WeekThe Missouri Southern men's track and field team will host today's Bob Laptad /Bill Williams Invitational. Field Events are scheduled to begin today at 2 p.m., while running events start at 4 p.m..
"The meet may be switched to tomorrow, if there is bad weather," said Tom Rutledge, men's track and field head coach.
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Engineered ArtComputer aided manufacturing class builds 15-foot model for German semester
Siripong "Pump" Teerathamrong, Don Schultz, Eric Ostendorf, Matt Lee and Josh Huffman lower part of the structure for the Brandenburg Gate during on April 19. A small class of dedicated engineering students create internationally themed art for Missouri Southern.
Last year, they built the Eiffel Tower. This semester ,students are constructing a 15-foot long and 6-foot tall version of the Brandenburg Gate.
"It's much more complex than a box on top of a box," said Eric Ostendorf, industrial engineering and technology major and computer assisted manufacturing major.
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Retention system to help in first yearTo increase retention at Missouri Southern, a program called "Early-Alert" is underway.
The program is headed by Advising, Counseling and Testing Services, formerly the Student Support Center, and is aimed at preventing students from dropping out. Though the bulk of the program is focused on the first-year experience, it is intended for all students.
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