Virtually Assured

Donor funding used to create VR simulation lab for Nursing Department The hospital room isn’t terribly big, with not a lot a lot of space for senior nursing student Sadie Ferguson to move around. Her patient is lying on the hospital bed waiting for an examination....

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‘We were all just kids then’

‘We were all just kids then’

Early Missouri Southern grads have been reuniting for three decades It’s a loaded question, for sure: Who here is the best golfer? “Oh, here we go,” someone sighs as several different names are thrown out. “Are you getting paid overtime to have to listen to this?”...

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The Next Generation

The Next Generation

Chilean student follows in her mom’s footsteps at Missouri Southern When Carolina Contreras arrived on the Missouri Southern campus in 2002, the exchange student from Chile wasn’t sure what to expect. What she found were new friends and the benefits of becoming...

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Staying in the Moment

Staying in the Moment

Heath Holt, ’96, caddying for player on the LIV Golf tour Having stopped in the pro shop to pick up keys for a golf cart, Heath Holt is heading for the door when he’s stopped by another member of the Millwood Golf and Racket Club in Ozark, Mo. “I just saw you on TV...

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One Step at a Time

One Step at a Time

Director hopes to grow ACACIA Center services to area families By Amantha Davis, Senior, English major   Having planted the seeds to provide applied behavior analysis (ABA) to the community, the ACACIA Center at Missouri Southern will eventually branch out even...

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‘Taking the 30,000-foot view”

‘Taking the 30,000-foot view”

JPD Capt. Nick Jimenez graduates from intensive Administrative Officers Course Capt. Nick Jimenez leads the way through the Joplin Police Department, taking several turns until reaching his office. Today, he serves as the head of the department’s investigations...

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