by Jordan Coleman | Dec 18, 2020 | Featured, Winter 2020
The idea came to Christine Ibeagi this past spring, a time many people were spending in isolation. “It was the feeling of being shut in and not knowing what the next steps were … I felt some mental fogginess and I knew other people felt that way too,” says Ibeagi, a...
by Jordan Coleman | Dec 18, 2020 | Featured, Winter 2020
More than 30 years after leaving Missouri Southern, David Goad is getting a do-over on his college career. Goad remembers driving home from Kansas along West Seventh Street during a severe storm back in 1984, but what happened next is a blank. From those who...
by Jordan Coleman | Dec 18, 2020 | Featured, Winter 2020
Like many schools around the country, Colorado State University swiftly made the pivot to online learning in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Buildings at the Fort Collins, Colo., campus were closed to all but those performing essential duties. Dr. Chuck...
by Jordan Coleman | Dec 18, 2020 | Featured, Winter 2020
In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, Melodee ColbertKean had thoughts she wanted to express. Joined by her cousin, Doniqua, they used a phone and Facebook Live to have a discussion about race, justice and other issues that became part of the national conversation...
by Jordan Coleman | Dec 18, 2020 | Featured, Winter 2020
As a newly-minted Ph.D. stuck at home during the pandemic, Dr. Hassan Butt found that it was the perfect opportunity for research relevant to his field. An assistant professor of financial economics who joined the Missouri Southern faculty this fall, he was among the...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jul 22, 2020 | Featured, Spring 2020
So, what’s it like going to college at the same time as your two older brothers? D.J. Painter pauses for a moment, but doesn’t get the chance to answer before the door opens and his brothers – Jake and Joshua – spill into the room and grab seats. They waste no time in...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jul 22, 2020 | Featured, Spring 2020
Nick Edwards apologizes to visitors for a meeting that ran longer than expected, but there’s no need. It’s his third day on the job as Joplin’s new city manager and he clearly has a lot on his plate. Just hours later, cityofficials will announce an emergency ordinance...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jul 22, 2020 | Featured, Spring 2020
Film series creates partnership with indie theater For as long as he can remember, Dr. Chad Stebbins has heard people wish that Joplin would have its own independent cinema. “Finally we have one in Bookhouse Cinema,” said Stebbins, director of Missouri Southern’s...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jul 21, 2020 | Featured, Spring 2020
It was the Beatles’ 1962 debut single; a song penned a few years earlier by Paul McCartney that would get a songwriting assist from John Lennon. A chord change and harmonica licks from Lennon gave “Love Me Do” a bit of a bluesy feel, says Miranda Morse, as students...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jun 16, 2020 | Featured, Spring 2020
Mock courtroom creates an immersive experience for students As the proceedings begin, the courtroom is relatively empty, save for a few spectators in the gallery and members of the media. At the prosecution table, Marady Anderson rises to introduce herself and...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jun 16, 2020 | Featured, Spring 2020
Course takes students far beyond the classroom While the Joplin area was ringing in 2020 with cold temperatures, a group of Missouri Southern faculty members and students were soaking up sun and culture as they traveled across the continent of Australia. Eleven...
by Megan Vest | May 17, 2020 | Fall 2019, Featured
As he compiled the entries for his latest book, there were certain criteria Dr. Michael Howarth wanted films to meet in order to be included in “Movies to See Before You Graduate from High School.” “I was looking for films that respect what it means to be a young...
