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Missouri State News
Missouri State announces 2008 Community Caravan Highlighting the interdependence 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. The theme of the 2008 Caravan is “What the Public Affairs Mission Means to You.” University officials will work with local planning committees to plan a day-long event that will include these elements: one or more civic/economic impact events; school visits; media contacts; visits with individual donors and alumni; and an evening event for prospective students and their parents. Read more...

Missouri State students awarded national scholarshipTwo Missouri State University students were recently awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship in the amount of $5,000. The scholarship is awarded by the U.S. Department of State, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Institute of International Education. Read more…

Missouri State tops $5 million goal for JQH Arena constructionMore than $7.2 million in private gifts has now been donated or pledged to support the JQH Arena at Missouri State University. Included in that total is the $5 million in private funding the university committed to raise for construction of the facility above and beyond the $30 million lead gift from John Q. Hammons. Also included in the $7.2 million total is $2.2 million toward additional enhancements, such as a video scoreboard and home locker room facilities. Read more…

University to offer doctorate in physical therapyPhysical therapy degree is university’s second stand-alone doctorate degree
When Missouri State University students walk across the stage to accept their diplomas next spring, some of them will be the first Missouri State students to be granted a Doctor in Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from the university. The DPT will be the second stand-alone doctorate offered by Missouri State University. Read more…

Crowder, Missouri State sign educational partnership agreementCrowder College and Missouri State University have agreed to create an educational partnership in order to provide opportunities for current and potential students in the Neosho area by bringing additional course offerings from Missouri State University to Crowder College. Read more…

Missouri State’s College of Business Administration re-accreditedBoard of Directors of The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business – International (AACSB) announced that Missouri State University’s College of Business Administration (COBA) has achieved reaffirmation of accreditation of its business administration and accounting programs. There are currently only 169 business programs worldwide that have earned this prestigious level of accreditation from AACSB. COBA currently enrolls approximately 4,600 students, making it the largest AASCB accredited program in Missouri, as well as in the surrounding six-state region. Read more…

Campus ReLeaf UpdateThe anniversary of the January 2007 ice storm has recently passed. The Missouri State Campus still bears the marks from the damage, but generous alumni, friends, faculty and staff of the University made gifts to Campus ReLeaf to support reforestation. The historic quad in front of Carrington Hall is the initial focus of the reforestation project. By spring of 2008, plans are to have planted two Dawn Redwood and four London Planes. These trees were selected based on historical fit, formal shape, prominence and health and durability. This is one of the first plantings scheduled in a multi-year comprehensive landscape management plan.  Thank you to everyone who made a gift.  You can still help with Campus ReLeaf. Please make a gift today!  For more information contact the Missouri State University Foundation at 417-836-4143.

Missouri State to provide accelerated master’s option to SBU studentsMissouri State University and Southwest Baptist University (SBU) have agreed to collaborate for the purpose of making the Missouri State accelerated master’s in accountancy available to SBU students. A memorandum of understanding between the two universities was signed Jan. 17, 2008. Accelerated master’s options provide a transition that enables outstanding students to be admitted into graduate programs and to enroll for a limited amount of graduate course work in their junior or senior year. Read more…

Bank of America Charitable Foundation awards $125,000 grant to JVICUniversity officials also provide construction updates, detail new federal funding
Missouri State University’s Roy Blunt Jordan Valley Innovation Center (JVIC) has announced its first corporate gift, a $125,000 donation from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation. The grant will enhance the state-of-the-art JVIC by funding the construction of an electromagnetic device fabrication laboratory. Read more…

$1.775 million contributed to Missouri State in recent weeksNearly $1.8 million has been contributed or pledged to the Missouri State University Foundation in recent weeks. The total includes $675,000 for academic purposes and $1.1 million for intercollegiate athletics. Read more…

OPT presents vintage episodes from the ‘Ozark Jubilee’Ozarks Public Television will broadcast the premiere and final episodes from the historic Ozark Jubilee television series that originated from Springfield, Mo., from 1955 to 1960, and a special locally-produced documentary on the Ozark Jubilee during the month of February. Read more…

Alumni Association On The RoadAll Missouri State alumni and friends are invited to join us at the following events. Check your calendar and make plans to attend. We’d love to see you when we bring a bit of Missouri State to your town!

• February 28 – Naples, FL Alumni Gathering
• February 29 – Tampa, FL Alumni Gathering
• March 1 – Daytona Beach, FL Alumni Gathering
• March 6-9 – Men’s MVC Basketball Tournament & The Hangout at St. Louis Union Station
• March 13-16 – Women’s MVC Basketball Tournament in St. Charles, MO
• April TBA – Chicago Alumni Reception
• May 1 – Missouri State Night in West Plains, MO
• May 10 – Mountain Grove Alumni Scholarship Golf Tournament View the details of the above events.
• June 30 – Lebanon Scholarship Golf Tournament and Evening Event
• August 15 – Auction Benefiting Athletics
• October 10 & 11 – Homecoming 2008

Questions about these events?  Contact alumni@missouristate.edu.

Athletics News
Bears Compete in Razorback Invitational
The Missouri State track and field team concluded the Razorback Invitational Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark. Sophomore Leander Ernest turned in a stellar performance for the Bears, placing fourth overall in the 800-meter run in a time of 2:09.98. Her time in the 800-meter sets a new Missouri Valley Conference leading mark. Read more...

Swim Bears Splash Past Purple AcesWith wins in nearly every event, the Missouri State swimming and diving teams recorded a sweep over the Evansville Purple Aces on senior night Friday at Hammons Center Pool. The MSU women outscored the Purple Aces 126-96, and the men prevailed 126-100. Read more...

Shockers get away from Bears in overtime, 70-62
The final score was the biggest margin in the game for either team. Only once, through 40 minutes, did either team go ahead by as many as six points. The score was tied eight times, the lead changed hands 11 times, and most of the evening saw the home team nursing a margin between one and three points. Read more...

Indiana State sends Lady Bears to second straight loss
Indiana State shot just under 52 percent from the field to pull away with a 78-55 victory over the Missouri State Lady Bears in Missouri Valley Conference women’s basketball action. Read more...

Six set for induction into Missouri State Athletics Hall of Fame
Student-athletes who were four-year regulars in their respective sports and one of the longest-tenured coaches in school athletics history comprise the 2008 induction class into the Missouri State University Athletics Hall of Fame. The shrine will have its 34th annual induction ceremony on Saturday, February 16. Read more...

Listen to Bears Basketball 
Springfield station KTXR serves as flagship for the 14-station Bears Radio Network. The network carries live broadcasts of all Bears’ games, home and away, with KWTO sports director Art Hains describing the action. The broadcasts feature pre-game and post-game comments from Coach Barry Hinson and his staff. The Bears' radio broadcasts are available on the Internet at www.radiospringfield.com through facilities of KTXR. View a list of the 2007-08 network stations.

Listen to Lady Bears Basketball
For the 17th straight year, all Missouri State Lady Bear basketball contests are broadcast by Springfield radio station KTXR (101.3 FM). All games air live, with games airing on KWTO (560 AM) in case of conflict with Missouri State men’s games. KTXR will also air any Lady Bear post season contests. All Missouri State games can also be heard live over the internet at www.radiospringfield.com. This season marks the 22nd straight year that KTXR has aired Lady Bear basketball, with only road games broadcast the first six seasons.

Bears Basketball and Lady Bears Basketball upcoming televised games
Mediacom games are televised on Cable Channel 14, Springfield and on the Missouri State Basketball Television Network

• Lady Bears at Wichita State
  Saturday, February 2, 2:00 p.m.
• Bears at Bradley
  Wednesday, February 6, 7:05 p.m.
• Lady Bears at Southern Illinois      
  Friday, February 8, 7:05 p.m.
• Bears at Illinois State
  Wednesday, February 13, 7:05 p.m.
• Lady Bears at Indiana State
  Thursday, February 21, 6:00 p.m.
• Bears vs. Drake
  Tuesday, February 26, 7:05 p.m.

FSN, Comcast

• Bears vs. UNI
  Saturday, February 9, 7:35 p.m.

ESPNU

• Bears at Creighton
  Tuesday, February 19, 8:00 p.m.
• Bears in the O’Reilly ESPNU BracketBuster
  Friday, February 22 or Saturday, February 23
  Opponent and time TBA

*All times listed are Central Standard Time. Home games (bold) played in Hammons Student Center