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| CBA scholarship is again offered >> Education | staff |
| Applications are being sought for the tenth annual George Washington Carver Scholarship, according to an announcement by the Carver Birthplace Association (CBA) in conjunction with the George ...more |
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| Research mimics movements of butterflies >> Education | jhu-ps |
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To improve the next generation of insect-size flying machines, Johns Hopkins engineers have been aiming high-speed video cameras at some of the prettiest bugs on the planet. By figuring out how ...more |
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| Crowder expansion in Mac County is jump-started >> Education | c-brown |
| In support of Crowder College's plans for expansion in McDonald County, Missouri, First Community Bank has made a $50,000 pledge, according to Vance Keaton, the bank's Missouri Community ...more |
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| Neosho R5 sets enrollment screenings >> Education | bcook |
| The Neosho R5 School District would like to inform the public that Kindergarten and Preschool screenings will be offered in March and April. 2012. To ensure proper enrollment of children who are ...more |
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| New edition of OCSA newsletter is available >> Education | staff |
| SPRINGFIELD- Every three months, members of the Ozarks Country School Association (OCSA) receive a high quality 20-page newsletter full of information related to one-room schools in southwest ...more |
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| Crowder's MARET center is nearing completion >> Education | mariwinn |
| The MARET facility easily visible by passing motorists is an important addition to the Crowder College campus in Neosho.
Russ Hopper, executive director of the MARET center, consults blueprints in ...more |
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| Festival of Wreaths raises $55,018.50! >> Education | c-brown |
| The Crowder College Foundation's 9th Annual Festival of Wreaths and dinner was a huge success, according to foundation officials, raising $55,018.50 for scholarships.
The Elsie Plaster Community ...more |
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| Gilion honored by MCCA >> Education | c-brown |
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Millie Gilion, pictured, Crowder College PE/wellness instructor and athletic director, received the Missouri Community College Association's (MCCA) Senior Faculty Award at the annual convention ...more |
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| Candidates face community at MSSU >> Education | s-smith |
| The search committee at Missouri Southern State University- Joplin has announced that two finalists have been chosen for the position of vice president for university development and executive ...more |
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| Law enforcement academy registration is announced >> Education | s-smith |
| JOPLIN - Registration for the 600-hour state certified basic law enforcement academy at Missouri Southern State University is now underway. Beginning January 16, 2012, the day academy will meet 8 ...more |
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| Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School expands >> Education | mariwinn |
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Friends of Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School on Newman Road in Joplin mingle outside after a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Humphreys Arts and Student Life Complex.
The Thomas ...more |
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| Science Works on the Road program gets boost >> Education | ktippin |
| SPRINGFIELD - The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) today announced that a Springfield not-for-profit organization has been approved for state tax credits under the Neighborhood ...more |
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| MSSU center is awarded $100,000 >> Education | staff |
| JOPLIN – Missouri Southern State University's Resource Development Center is the recipient of a $100,000 Community Service grant after being one of two organizations to win the September 11th ...more |
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| Franklin Tech receives donation from UTI >> Education | l-nicita |
| Joplin - The Franklin Technology Center is still recovering from the area’s devastating tornado in late May. But, a donation from Universal Technical Institute (UTI) and the UTI Foundation will ...more |
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| AEYC state conference is Sept. 23-24 >> Education | s-wade |
| Springfield – The Association for Education of Young Children (AEYC) – MO will hold its state conference September 23-24, 2011, at the East Sunshine Church of Christ, 3721 E. Sunshine. ...more |
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| Crowder's HEP program ranks 6th in nation >> Education | c-brown |
| Neosho - The Crowder College High School Equivalency Program (HEP) was named one of the top 10 HEP projects in the nation. Crowder's HEP project ranked 6th overall in efficiency and tied for 6th ...more |
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| Head of KC School District resigns >> Education | mclark |
| Missouri Commissioner of Education Chris L. Nicastro expressed concern today that John Covington has resigned as superintendent of the Kansas City School District. He tendered his resignation to the ...more |
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| Boy Scouts to join recovery effort >> Education | staff |
| Over 900 Boy Scouts will gather in Joplin on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, to support recovery efforts from the May 22 tornado. Scouts are traveling here from Arkansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Wisconsin and ...more |
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| Construction continues on temporary R-8 classrooms >> Education | c_owens |
| Sixty-two percent of Joplin Schools’ students have been displaced due to the May 22 EF-5 tornado. Through partnerships with area architecture firms and construction companies, Joplin Schools will be ...more |
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| Year paid college tuition is offered >> Education | mbeahon |
| Paying for college could prove difficult for those affected by the devastating and destructive tornado that ripped through Joplin on May 22. Now William Woods University is offering a helping ...more |
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| School pre-enrollment information is announced >> Education | c_owens |
| Families displaced by the Joplin tornado planning to send children to a different school in the fall 2011 should attend one of two pre-enrollment sessions set for several school districts. The ...more |
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| Tina Smith joins Joplin Schools staff >> Education | c_owens |
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Joplin Schools has announced that Tina Smith, pictured, is the new director of human resources.
Prior to accepting the position with Joplin Schools, Smith worked as the human resource director ...more |
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| Springfield newspaper organizes school fundraising >> Education | staff |
| The Springfield News-Leader announced today its “School Supplies for Joplin Kids” fundraising campaign that will run until July 22, 2011. The campaign goal is to provide students with a complete, ...more |
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| Options are available for displaced students >> Education | c_owens |
| The May 22 tornado displaced 62 percent of Joplin Schoolsʼ students, and many of those students are being forced to find housing in surrounding communities. Superintendent Dr. CJ Huff announced ...more |
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| Humphreys challenge is met >> Education | c_owens |
| The Satterlee family of Joplin met the challenge of David and Debra Humphreys and donated $250,000 to the Joplin Schools. This means that the Humphreys who previously donated $250,000 will donate ...more |
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| Monetary aid sought for R-8 students >> Education | staff |
| The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is seeking monetary contributions to aid students in the Joplin public schools who continue to be severely affected by the tornado ...more |
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| JHS seniors are awarded record scholarship aid >> Education | c_owens |
| Joplin High School seniors have been awarded $3,084,600.00 in scholarships for the 2010-2011 school year. It is $255,208 more that what the 2009-2010 senior class earned.
“Every year our students ...more |
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| Censorship: Reading between the Lions (sic) >> Education | mariwinn |
| by Mari Winn Taylor
Supporters of Thom Hanrahan, instructor in communications at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, gather around the flagpole on the campus oval on May 6, ...more |
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| Gala Moss is R-8 Teacher of the Year >> Education | c_owens |
| Gala Moss has been named Joplin Schools’ Teacher of the Year for 2011. Moss was selected for this honor based on her passion for kids and her ability to connect with students to promote learning. She ...more |
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| Crowder's Senanayake receives Governor's Award >> Education | c-brown |
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Savi Senanayake, pictured, a biology instructor at Crowder College, received the Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award was presented on March 30, 2011, at a luncheon in Jefferson ...more |
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| Fullerton is new MSSU vice president >> Education | staff |
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Darren Fullerton, pictured, the year-long MSSU interim vice president, has been appoint vice president for student affairs at Missouri Southern State University-Joplin, according to an announcement ...more |
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| Crowder approves funding for MARET Center >> Education | c-brown |
| The Board of Trustees of Crowder College-Neosho unanimously accepted opening bids for on campus construction of the Missouri Alternative and Renewable Energy Technology Center (MARET) during a ...more |
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| JHS Constitution team becomes reigning state champ >> Education | staff |
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The Joplin Constitution Team under the direction of Joplin High School coach William Keczkemethy was honored by proclamation on February 23, 2011, by Mayor Mike Woolston. The ceremony that took ...more |
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| Money is pledged for MSSU sports facilities >> Education | s-smith |
| AERIAL VIEW OF FUTURE ROBERT W. PLASTER SPORTS COMPLEX
JOPLIN - The Robert W. Plaster Foundation has pledged two substantial seven-figure gifts to the Missouri Southern Foundation, it was ...more |
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| All we need is love...and money >> Education | r-surber |
| Missouri Southern State University-Joplin is maintaining its vision to develop many of its aging athletics facilities, University officials reported today.
Plans for improving MSSU’s athletic ...more |
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| Candidate discusses educational shortcomings >> Education | achubb |
| by Audrey Chubb
I was motivated to run for the Riverton USD 404 School Board after learning the plight of education in our country. Our educational system is in a state of crisis. Twenty years ago ...more |
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| Truancy court pilot program to be tested locally >> Education | staff |
| Joplin R-8 schools and The Jasper County Truancy Court will begin a pilot program for a weekly truancy court by the end of January 2011.
“The partnership began in an effort to improve our overall ...more |
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| RMSP to offer photography courses in Springfield >> Education | staff |
| The Rocky Mountain School of Photography of Missoula, MT has scheduled a two-day course in instruction for the first time in Springfield with courses tailored for the needs of beginner and ...more |
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| Committee submits long range plan to R-8 board >> Education | mariwinn |
| Responding to community suggestions made during the city of Joplin's long range planning process and based upon the results of a phone survey of patrons regarding elementary school concerns, for the ...more |
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| Parents are encouraged to recognize great teachers >> Education | katelyn |
| JOPLIN - Nominations for the 2010-2011 Golden Apple Awards are being accepted now through February 4, 2011. This is the 26th year for this popular program, which recognizes teaching excellence in our ...more |
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| Poll shows Americans' ignorance of basic rights >> Education | rachel-g |
| What would your answer be to where the quote "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" can be found? No googling allowed.
A recent online Harris Interactive national ...more |
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| Crowder's enrollment figures jump staggeringly >> Education | c-brown |
| Neosho, MO - Crowder College led the state in enrollment growth from fall 2007 to fall 2010 with a 52.4% increase in headcount, according to recently released figures from the Missouri Coordinating ...more |
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| Crowder names interim dean of instruction >> Education | c-brown |
| Neosho - Dr. Herb Schade has been named interim dean of instruction at Crowder College starting January 1, 2011. Assisting him until January 21 will be the current dean, Dr. Brad Tyndall who has ...more |
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| JACC group encourages student participation >> Education | staff |
| A program for senior high school students that hopes to convince them to become community leaders of tomorrow has been established by the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce. Tomorrow's Leaders Today ...more |
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| Three MSSU seniors to present honors theses >> Education | s-smith |
| JOPLIN - Three senior honors program students at Missouri Southern State University, Aryn Crawford of Joplin, Kevin Zimmerman from Olathe, KS and Joseph Hobbs from Raymore, MO are scheduled to give ...more |
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| Local teacher is honored >> Education | staff |
| Doug Logan, a social studies teacher at Carl Junction Junior High School, was one of five teachers honored this evening (November 15) as state finalists in the teacher of the year program conducted ...more |
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| FIRST Lego League forms in Springfield >> Education | d-burton |
| Thanks to a motivated volunteer leader in the Greene County 4-H Robotics project named Matt Krueger and his consulting company, Reliance Systems, there is now a FIRST Lego League (FLL) team in ...more |
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| Learn how to use the MOST 529 plan >> Education | staff |
| Clint Zweifel, treasurer of the state of Missouri, will be visiting parents and students in the first floor library at Cecil Floyd Elementary School, 2201 W. 24th St., Joplin. His aim is to promote ...more |
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| Kumbier receives 2010 Governor's Award >> Education | s-smith |
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JOPLIN - Dr. William Kumbier, pictured, professor of English at Missouri Southern State University, was named a recipient of the 2010 Governor's Award for Excellence in Education at MSSU. The ...more |
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| School in Galena offers diploma for adults >> Education | shorner |
| Cornerstone Learning Center in Galena, KS announces the opening of their Adult High School Diploma Program. The new program, accepting adults from all of the four-state area, allows the students to ...more |
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| Accounting students awarded scholarships >> Education | jw64870 |
| The Joplin Tri-State Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) is proud to announce the following scholarship awards at local universities.
Gavin McAllister has been awarded the IMA ...more |
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| Open enrollment at Christ's Discovery School >> Education | sboothe |
| Christ's Discovery School, 2700 E. 44th St., Joplin, is accepting enrollment for the 2010-11 school year. The school offers a half day kindergarten program and instruction for pre-schoolers, age 2 ...more |
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| 2010 Melanie Cox Award goes to business major >> Education | s-smith |
| JOPLIN - Ciara Lipsey, graduating senior marketing and management major from Wichita has received the Melanie Cox Award as 2010 Outstanding Honors Graduate at Missouri Southern State University. She ...more |
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| MSSU announces new choral director >> Education | staff |
| JOPLIN - The Music Department of Missouri Southern State University has announced that David L. Sharlow, Ph.D. will join the faculty in the fall as the director of choral activities.
"Dr. Sharlow ...more |
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| MSSU Fire Academy announces next training session >> Education | s-smith |
| JOPLIN - The Missouri Southern Fire Academy will hold training sessions from August 23 to Dec. 17, 2010, in Room 141 of the Criminal Justice Center on the Missouri Southern State University campus. ...more |
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| Local agency awards scholarships >> Education | staff |
| The Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri, an affiliate of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks has awarded four area students scholarships, according to an announcement by Michelle ...more |
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| Who will be the new VP at Missouri Southern? >> Education | mariwinn |
| Missouri Southern State University President Bruce W. Speck has announced the selection of Dr. A.J. Anglin as the new vice president for academic affairs at Missouri Southern State University. He ...more |
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| Carr of Neosho is named MSSU outstanding grad >> Education | s-smith |
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JOPLIN -John Robertson Carr of Neosho, pictured, has been named "outstanding graduate" by the Missouri Southern State University Alumni Association. The award will be formally announced at the ...more |
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| Motorcycle instruction is offered at Crowder >> Education | c-brown |
| A motorcycle rider program is being offered on the campus of Crowder College in Neosho. Certified instructors with the National Motorcycle Foundation will provide instruction in safe riding ...more |
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| The Chart rocks >> Education | s-smith |
| JOPLIN - Missouri Southern State University student journalists and their student newspaper adviser have brought home some major honors. Missouri Southern's student newspaper The Chart captured first ...more |
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| Pathway is created for advancing nursing education >> Education | s-smith |
| JOPLIN - In a response to a growing need for more nurses, Missouri Southern State University, Crowder College, the Joplin R-VII School District and Franklin Technology Center are combining forces to ...more |
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| SIDNE shows the perils of impaired driving >> Education | mariwinn |
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Victor Sly, a Joplin Police Department school resource officer at Joplin High School, tries his hand at negotiating a MoDOT test course with SIDNE, a vehicle that simulates an impaired driving ...more |
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| TJ to spend $12 million on expansion >> Education | rcarlson |
| THOMAS JEFFERSON INDEPENDENT DAY SCHOOL EXPANDS
JOPLIN - Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School recently announced that the school will break ground in June on a new arts and student life complex ...more |
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| MOCAP unites business and education >> Education | mariwinn |
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Dr. Bruce Speck, president of Missouri Southern State University, describes the university's role in the newly formed Missouri Center for Advance Power Systems Research (MOCAP) while standing in ...more |
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| Crowder's skidpad is open to teens this spring >> Education | tblack |
| Your son or daughter is a new driver and is coming home from the local grocery store. It's raining. Your child is almost home when the car starts to skid on the wet pavement. Will he or she know how ...more |
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| Crowder paramedic program challenges students >> Education | c-brown |
| Twelve of the 13 Crowder College paramedic students qualified to take the 2009 National Registry Examination scored a pass rate of 91% overwhelmingly topping the national pass rate average of 72%. ...more |
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| Webb City's super accepts state job >> Education | jmorris |
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Ron Lankford, pictured at left, superintendent of the Webb City School District, has been appointed deputy commissioner for fiscal and administrative services, according to an announcement by ...more |
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| Crowder excited over largest grant awarded ever >> Education | c-brown |
| Crowder College recently was the recipient of the single largest appropriation ever received. The Department of Labor on February 12, 2010 awarded the college a grant of $3,576,759.69 for three years ...more |
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| Foreign study is helped by new endowment >> Education | s-smith |
| JOPLIN - The Institute of International Studies at Missouri Southern State University has announced its first endowed award for study abroad. According to Dr. Chad Stebbins, director of the ...more |
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| KidsFirst offers free tutoring >> Education | staff |
| Free team tutoring is available for all Webb City area children in kindergarten through third grade, according to an announcement by Sara Bennett, executive director of the local chapter of ...more |
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| Crowder names Dickey for teaching excellence award >> Education | c-brown |
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J.P. Dickey, pictured left, is the 2009 Crowder College selection for The Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. A theatre and speech instructor since the fall of 2000, Dickey currently ...more |
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| At issue: the future of Crowder College >> Education | mariwinn |
| Creative ways to encourage donor generosity in today's economy was the subject of a discussion of the Crowder College Foundation yesterday at their regularly scheduled meeting on the main campus in ...more |
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| Funding is cut but tuition/fees stay the same >> Education | s-smith |
| JOPLIN - The Missouri Southern State University Board of Governors today unanimously voted to join with other universities and colleges in the state to hold the line on increases in tuition and ...more |
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| Lunch Buddies program seeks volunteers >> Education | staff |
| The Joplin R-8 school system together with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Jasper and Newton Counties (BBBSJN) have announced the need for volunteers for their Lunch Buddies mentoring program.
Acting ...more |
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| MSSU student organizes project to save the arts >> Education | staff |
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"Coexist," "I've Got the Beat" and "Monotony" are examples of how art may be used to symbolize words.
Melanie Curti, an art education major from Missouri Southern State University-Joplin, ...more |
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| Crowder commemorates TSAR feat >> Education | c-brown |
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Crowder College's TSAR was the first solar-powered vehicle to complete a trek across the US. The car was built with the ingenuity of Art Boyt, Steve Tipton, Chris Kalmbach, Greg Brockman and Doug ...more |
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| Crowder harvests water run-off >> Education | mariwinn |
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Tammy Holder, Crowder College agriculture division chair, points to a lichen-covered rock that students had brought back from one of their trips. It became part of the RainXchange™ System that is ...more |
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| Crowder to expand its nursing program >> Education | c-brown |
| Crowder College will be expanding its nursing program. Proposed during a meeting of the Missouri State Board of Nursing on June 2, 2009 in Jefferson City, the approval for an associate degree to be ...more |
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| MSSU tightens its belt; drops soccer program >> Education | s-smith |
| JOPLIN - The state of the economy dominates nearly every discussion in every corner of American society at this time, and Missouri Southern State University is no different.
Missouri's new ...more |
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| FSCC implements IPv6 protocol >> Education | kathleen |
| Fort Scott Community College has rolled out a new network service across their six major campuses. All student and public lab machines have full Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) connectivity to ...more |
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| Recognition of Code Talking is revived >> Education | allison8 |
| Reviving the subject of Native American Code Talkers and the role they played in World Wars I and II in a lecture recently was Dr. William C. Meadows, a professor of anthropology at Missouri State ...more |
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| MSSU's newspaper gains national recognition >> Education | s-smith |
| JOPLIN - The Chart, student newspaper of Missouri Southern State University, captured third place in the Best of Show competition at the Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Advisers national ...more |
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| College Girls learn self defense tactics >> Education | mesmith |
| Vulnerability, strength and force can turn women into fighters. Female Missouri State students learned self defense tactics recently after Erin Weed, 30, of Chicago, founder of the organization Girls ...more |
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| Community chorus revived by new Crowder instructor >> Education | c-brown |
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There is a new voice at Crowder College this year. Dr. Kierstin Bible, pictured at right, has joined the staff as choral music instructor and already has made her presence felt to students and ...more |
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| Crowder gets a name change >> Education | hfoster |
| Neosho's Crowder College is no longer designated a "junior college" because of legislation introduced by Rep. Kevin Wilson. House Bill 1869, signed by Gov. Matt Blunt today at Crowder, requires the ...more |
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| Missouri professionals encouraged to teach >> Education | staff |
| The Missouri National Educational Association unsuccessfully stopped a bill that provides experienced professionals an alternate route to second careers as secondary school teachers, and, according ...more |
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| P.J. O'Rourke speaks at TJ commencement >> Education | mariwinn |
| Some people might say that anyone with enough self-confidence to wear a pink tie could rule the world. That observation might get a laugh without too much forethought. It is said that something in a ...more |
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| Breaking the stereotype of business education >> Education | s-smith |
| Members of Missouri Southern State University's Robert W. Plaster School of Business are learning that it's not all about making money. A Threads of Hope social responsibility project co-ordinated by ...more |
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| WTI Joplin receives award >> Education | cskaff |
| WTI Joplin has been recognized as a 2006-2007 School of Distinction by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT). In a certificate awarded recently to WTI ...more |
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| Crowder instructor shares his expertise in Mexico >> Education | c-brown |
| Mike Jefferson, a member of Crowder College’s Environmental Resource Center, has returned from the south central highlands of Mexico where he led a three person environmental training task ...more |
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| Books offered enhance homeschool curricula >> Education | admin2 |
| Several books currently are available to help educate youngsters. One deals with learning about diesel engines and protecting the environment, another with the link between eliminating errors and the ...more |
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| What opting out should mean >> Education | admin2 |
| So-called “student directory information,” which includes things such as name, age and extracurricular activities, may be made publicly available under the Family Educational Rights and ...more |
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| Dr. Julio S. León announces his retirement >> Education | s-smith |
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JOPLIN - After serving 25 years as only the third President of Missouri Southern State University, Dr. Julio S. León, pictured, announced his retirement today (Friday, Aug. 17, 2007).
"I ...more |
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| McCaleb Initiative for Peace expands donations >> Education | s-smith |
| JOPLIN - Three student-faculty projects have been approved for grants from the McCaleb Initiative for Peace project at Missouri Southern State University.
In 1998, Kenneth and Margaret McCaleb of ...more |
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| Cindy Sheehan joins Drury panel discussion >> Education | mariwinn |
| All of the panelists participating in Drury University's convocation series on the topic of "Democracy and Dissent" on April 26, 2007 would have invited the dozen or so war supporters, waving their ...more |
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| Campus safety: the new reality >> Education | mariwinn |
| Stress, change and unpredictability are a apart of college life. Usually, that is a good thing. It is a time when students mature spiritually, intellectually and socially. But sometimes the ...more |
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| Alternative school turns trash into treasure >> Education | admin2 |
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Making paper at the Greenhouse School in Salem, MA is a hands-on job.
Amid the swarm of new ideas meant to capture the public's imagination in combatting global warming, kids, staff and parents ...more |
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| Crowder College presidency stays in-house >> Education | mariwinn |
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Myrna Marble stood amidst applause as the announcement of her son Alan as next Crowder College president was made. The in-house selection seemed to pleasantly surprise some of those assembled ...more |
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| Creating a nation of sheep >> Education | admin2 |
| "Putting Higher Ed Out of Reach," a provocative article by Howard Karger about Margaret Spellings, President Bush's secretary of education, has appeared in the February 20th issue of Harper's Weekly. ...more |
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| Old newspapers: holding history in your hands >> Education | s-smith |
| JOPLIN - Several students at Missouri Southern State University have held history in their hands over the last semester, thanks to a large collection of historic newspapers owned by Joplin history ...more |
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| Scholarship memorializes Barry County deputy >> Education | s-smith |
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DEPUTY CHRISTOPHER LEE CASTETTER
JOPLIN - The scope of the Christopher Lee Castetter Memorial Scholarship benefiting a criminal justice student at Missouri Southern State University has changed. ...more |
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| MoDOT conducts safety seminar >> Education | mariwinn |
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In an effort to help promote wreck less driving, Laszlo T. Laky, a public safety representative from Sitton Motor Lines, Inc., conducted a No-Zone demonstration. No-Zones are areas around trucks ...more |
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| Information for dealing with major storms >> Education | ma-earth |
| Websites devoted to providing links to information dealing with problems faced after a major storm have been set up by branches of the University of Missouri Extension. Topics run the gamut from ...more |
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| Pro Musica performance inspires JHS students >> Education | mariwinn |
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Several hundred students were present. Their complete attention was focused on the Joplin High School auditorium stage. Besides the music playing and the brief remarks about it from cellist Daniel ...more |
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| Will virtual school encroach upon homeschool? >> Education | e-emery |
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Virtual learningWhat spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?--James Madison
by ...more |
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| Researcher defines river rehabilitation >> Education | clr313 |
| Dr. Robert Jacobson watches over the Missouri River
Big rivers like the Missouri River cannot be restored but simply rehabilitated. That's the opinion of Dr. Robert Jacobson, a research ...more |
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| Hemenway's views on the evolution controversy >> Education | sltimme |
| Bob Hemenway, Chancellor at the University of Kansas, composed this message that he passed along to ...more |
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| MSSU gets crime-fighting tool >> Education | s-smith |
| JOPLIN (SNS) - The Criminal Justice Department at Missouri Southern State University recently purchased a LogiCube MD5 to enhance its Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) program.The MD5 is used by the ...more |
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| College--not always the next step for some >> Education | tallen |
| "I think everybody finds a different way around the barn to the pasture," said Mark Biggs, associate professor of media, journalism and film at Southwest Missouri State University. He was referring ...more |
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| Crowder College to add paramedic program >> Education | l-marble |
| The Board of Trustees of Crowder College unanimously have approved the addition of a paramedic science program to their curricula. An intensive 27-week certificate program (three 9-week courses) ...more |
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| Learning begins at birth >> Education | mariwinn |
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With two Dr. Seuss children's books in tow, Missouri Senator Kit Bond came to the Parents as Teachers (PAT) center in Neosho today to entertain a group of toddlers and as part of a statewide ...more |
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| Acquaintance rape becomes serious issue on campus >> Education | mariwinn |
| A group of young students, timidly hunkered down in the back of Taylor Auditorium on the campus of Missouri Southern State University- Joplin, were encouraged to move forward. Mostly freshmen, they ...more |
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| Begin 4-yr. teaching program at Crowder >> Education | l-marble |
| Crowder College recently signed an exciting teacher-education program articulation agreement with Southwest Missouri State University (SMSU), Ozarks Technical College, and SMSU at West Plains, ...more |
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| Russian theatre and philosophy of life >> Education | mariwinn |
| Constantin Stanislavsky might not be a household name in Joplin but to all those interested in theatre it represents a man who earned international acclaim as an actor, director and coach.
Stanley ...more |
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| Crowder opens literacy center >> Education | l-marble |
| Crowder College Even Start/AEL was awarded a special literacy grant to covert a former Even Start facility to a community literacy center. Although the grant also funds salaries for adult literacy ...more |
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| Burton reminisces about one-room schools >> Education | mariwinn |
| Today's air-conditioned schools are palaces compared to the one-room schools that once beckoned area students in the fall
Generations of Missourians, as those of many other states, who were ...more |
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| Grant money is excuse for latest scam >> Education | mariwinn |
| The best advice is not to give out any unsolicited information over the phone or internet, especially numbers relating to credit cards, bank accounts or social security.
The latest scam involves a ...more |
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| ALEC analyzes No Child Left Behind >> Education | e-emery |
| To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our ...more |
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| Are kids taught to think? >> Education | ggruber |
| Kids and Teachers and Schools
by Gary R. Gruber, Ph.D.
When schools began to be compulsory, the model following the Industrial Revolution was to make little workers of the students. They were to ...more |
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| Intelligent Design vs. science >> Education | mariwinn |
| MSSU's Black speaks out
No point of view should be stifled, according to Dr. Bill Black, assistant professor in the biology department of Missouri Southern State University and an instructor ...more |
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| Crowder's skidpad will prove invaluable >> Education | mariwinn |
| Speed can kill. Consider the driver gunning the engine to get up a steep wet hill but instead hydroplaning into a tree. Or, visualize another with pedal to the metal tearing along in the outside lane ...more |
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| Electronic age kids can't read >> Education | mariwinn |
| A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that young children, under the age of 6 spend as much or more time before a television or computer screen than they do playing outside and more ...more |
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| Bioinformatics degree now offered by MSSU >> Education | s-smith |
| JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - Missouri Southern State University now offers an undergraduate degree in Bioinformatics, a newly emerging interdisciplinary research area defined as the interface between ...more |
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| What's your tornado IQ? >> Education | mariwinn |
| Here's a little twister test supplied by the Southwest Region News Service of the University of Missouri Outreach and Extension:
True or false: Areas near rivers, lakes and mountains are safe ...more |
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| Aint me writin gud enuf? >> Education | anna |
| Is another bureaucracy poised to answer the question?
Too many American students struggle to put together a coherent sentence, much less prose. The 1998 National Assessment of Educational ...more |
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