by Ashley Eriksen | Jun 14, 2016 | Archive Spring 2016
For students in Dr. Brian Nichols’ Portfolio Management course, the classroom experience couldn’t get any more hands-on. “I run the class as a money management firm,” said Nichols, professor of business administration. “I’m the portfolio manager. Each student is an...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jun 14, 2016 | Archive Spring 2016
Callieann Jackson, Neosho, who graduated last May with a bachelor’s in psychology, investigated video gaming in her senior research thesis, “The Relationship Between Video Game Type and Eyewitness Memory.” She says her research seems to show that gamers with a more...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jun 14, 2016 | Archive Spring 2016
For Kathy Nicodemus, a fourth-grade teacher at Joplin’s Irving Elementary School, her job is not just about sharing knowledge. It’s about students learning why that knowledge matters. After her children entered school, Nicodemus worked as a substitute teacher in...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jun 14, 2016 | Archive Spring 2016
Gina Schultz, a first-grade teacher in Webb City, says she and the late Dr. Al Cade of the School of Education had an ongoing joke: He would ask if she had her master’s yet and she would reply she would start as soon as she could work on it at MSSU. “He let me know on...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jun 14, 2016 | Archive Spring 2016
Missouri Southern State University achieved a perfect score and tied for first place with Washington University in St. Louis – a traditional powerhouse in the competition, having won 13 of the last 21 contests – during the 21st annual Missouri Collegiate...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jun 14, 2016 | Archive Spring 2016
Five students were inducted earlier this semester into the newly formed Sigma Pi Sigma chapter – a first for the university. An organization of the American Institute of Physics, Sigma Pi Sigma exists to honor outstanding scholarship and encourage interest in...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jun 14, 2016 | Archive Spring 2016
When Chris Dukes began a basic archeological survey of the five-acre site near the intersection of Peace Church and Fountain roads north of Joplin, it was intended as an exercise in how the process is done. “I wanted to go about it in a very systematic manner to prove...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jun 14, 2016 | Archive Spring 2016
For the second straight year, students from the Plaster School of Business at Missouri Southern State University have claimed the title in the NASBITE International Student Case Competition. The five-member team completed a 20-page analysis that involves the...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jun 11, 2016 | Archive Spring 2016
Dillon Walker, who graduated in May with his master’s in accountancy, successfully defended his title and won his second straight Collegiate Delta Epsilon Chi (C-DECA) International Accounting Competition title at the 55th annual International Career Development...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jun 11, 2016 | Archive Spring 2016
Missouri Southern will celebrate the Great Britain Semester in Fall 2016 – our 20th themed semester since the program began in 1997 with the China Semester. As was the case with our Fall 2015 Spain Semester, MSSU faculty again will make several presentations. They...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jun 11, 2016 | Archive Spring 2016
The Missouri Southern men’s and women’s basketball teams once again made it to the MIAA Tournament, where the men fell in the semifinals and the women in the quarters. Senior guard Taévaunn Prince was a unanimous first-team AllMIAA pick, while also earning first-team...
by Ashley Eriksen | Jun 11, 2016 | Archive Spring 2016
Organizers raising funds for Missouri Shakespeare Festival A new fundraising push is underway to help support the annual Missouri Shakespeare Festival at Missouri Southern. Organizers hope to raise $25,000 in order to provide a stipend for company members, plus...
