On Campus
Certificate Designed To Help Business Owners Get Back On Their Feet
The Center for Entrepreneurship at Missouri Southern offered an Entrepreneurial Planning and Management Certificate entirely online for the Fall 2020 semester. The certificate is designed to prepare individuals to create a business plan for the purpose of starting and...
Radiology Students Allowed to Finish Clinicals During Pandemic
With every major, there are certain criteria that must be met in order to be eligible to graduate. For the 10 seniors in Missouri Southern’s radiologic technology program last spring, that included completing their clinical rotations and competencies through area...
New Archery & Air Rifle Course Teaches Students The Basics Of The Sports
“You’re going to take your first shot today,” Sarah Trout tells the nine students gathered at the back of the gymnasium. Before them are two racks of air rifles, and a shooting range and backdrop that were assembled at the beginning of class. Trout issues two short...
Alumni
Pride & Purpose 2020
In February, the third annual Pride & Purpose Day recognized two individuals for their outstanding contributions to Missouri Southern. This year’s honorees were Derrick Good, ’97, recipient of the Spirit of Service Award; and Debbie Thompson, recipient of the...
KC-Area Alumni and Friends Gather for Annual Event
Nearly 50 Missouri Southern alumni and friends were on hand for the annual Kansas City After Hours event on March 3. Held at Boulevard Brewery, it was an evening of food, fun and campus updates, said Lee Elliff Pound, director of alumni and constituent relations....
‘Joplin is my home’: Nick Edwards, ’07, returns to serve as new city manager
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 (on March 18), city officials will announce an...
Athletics
Golf Program Creating New Indoor Practice Facility
The men’s and women’s golf programs at Missouri Southern are receiving a major upgrade, in the form of an indoor training facility. The former football locker room in Young Gymnasium is being transformed into a new practice space for the teams through the $90,000...
Cross Country Teams Successful at MIAA, NCAA Championships
After repeating as team and individual champions at the MIAA Cross Country Championships at the Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course on Oct. 26, the Missouri Southern men, and sophomore Gidieon Kimutai, followed suit on Nov. 9 during the NCAA Division II Central Region...
Four Individuals/Two Teams Inducted into MSSU Athletics Hall of Fame
Jon Lantz (football), Matt Cambpell (men’s track and field), Kyle Rutledge (men’s track and field) and Chris Turner (men’s track and field/ football), as well as the 1981-82 women’s basketball team and 1999- 00 men’s basketball team were all inducted into Missouri...