March 2008 - Posts

• Missouri State University SIFE team wins regional competition

  The Missouri State University SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise) team returned to Springfield as regional champions after participating in the SIFE USA regional competition in Atlanta, Ga. on March 20. Read More... Posted Mar 27 2008, 04:23 AM by Missouri State University News RSS

• Missouri State Community Caravan kicks off March 31

  Highlighting the interdependence with local communities and saying “thank you” for past support are the two major goals for the first Missouri State University Community Caravan, which will focus on eight locations in the first three weeks of April. Read... Posted Mar 24 2008, 09:51 PM by Missouri State University News RSS

• Social work student withdraws claim against university

  Student Ronda Thompson-Beckman has withdrawn her age discrimination claim against the university and, specifically, the School of Social Work that she had filed with the U.S. Office of Civil Rights. Read More... Posted Mar 23 2008, 08:45 PM by Missouri State University News RSS

• Missouri State, Danforth Center collaborate on grape plant research

  Leaders from Missouri State University and the St. Louis-based Donald Danforth Plant Science Center have found ways to genetically enhance grape plants for resistance to fungal diseases and are unlocking the health benefits of the polyphenols found in... Posted Mar 23 2008, 08:41 PM by Missouri State University News RSS

• Open Library’s limitations outweigh benefits, says library expert

  Online book catalogs such as Open Library—the new and ambitious project of Aaron Schartz, 21-year-old innovator behind RSS, a popular blogging tool, and the web site Reddit—are attempting to put a new and alluring face on library technology. Read More... Posted Mar 18 2008, 08:37 PM by Missouri State University News RSS

• New sport management journal launched online, promotes open access

  Dr. Benjamin Goss, assistant professor of management at Missouri State University; and Dr. Colby Jubenville, associate professor of sport management at Middle Tennessee State University, founded and launched a new online, open-access resource – the Journal... Posted Mar 16 2008, 11:19 PM by Missouri State University News RSS

• Fee increase keeps university costs below national average

  The Missouri State University Board of Governors today (March 14) approved an increase in its basic fees (tuition) from $179 to $186 per credit hour for its undergraduate resident students, an amount consistent with the inflation rate. Read More... Posted Mar 14 2008, 06:49 AM by Missouri State University News RSS

• Fourth annual Public Affairs Conference focuses on finding solutions

  Seeking Solutions: Conflict, Violence and the Courage to Change.” Read More... Posted Mar 12 2008, 08:12 PM by Missouri State University News RSS

• Missouri State University to make basketball coaching change

  Missouri State University has made a change its men’s basketball coach. After nine years, Coach Barry Hinson and university officials have “reached an understanding” that the program needs to go in a different direction. Read More... Posted Mar 08 2008, 08:49 PM by Missouri State University News RSS

• Biology professor receives grant for migraine drug research

  Read More... Posted Mar 06 2008, 06:16 AM by Missouri State University News RSS

• Best-selling author Daniel Woodrell to speak at Missouri State

  Missouri State University’s College of Arts and Letters will host author and Ozarks native Daniel Woodrell at 8 p.m. March 14 in the Plaster Student Union (PSU) Theater as part of the COAL Lecture Series. Read More... Posted Mar 02 2008, 07:32 PM by Missouri State University News RSS