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Missouri State News
Missouri State conferred 2,104 degrees during spring commencement
Nancy Brown Dornan and Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh receive honorary doctorates
Missouri State University conferred 2,104 degrees to students during three commencement ceremonies held May 16 at Hammons Student Center. Nancy Brown Dornan received the Doctor of Public Affairs, and Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh received the Doctor of Science. Read more...

Missouri State offers four new programs to assist returning students
Missouri State University has launched four new programs to assist students who want to continue their educations. All four programs begin this fall. Three of the new incentive programs assist students who have either “stopped out” of a degree program, or who have graduated from college and now would like to sample a graduate course. Read more…

University awards first Public Affairs Professorship
Missouri State University has awarded its first Public Affairs Professorship to Dr. Sandra Byrd, professor of accountancy. Read more…

Ozarks Writing Project to offer youth summer camp at Carthage
Missouri State University’s Ozarks Writing Project (OWP) will offer a youth writing camp in Carthage May 29-June 11. Tiger Writer’s Camp is an annual summer camp for young aspiring writers, who will read, write and illustrate their own pieces of writing during the first weeks of summer school at Carthage R-9 School District. Read more…

Board of Governors announces 2008 Wall of Fame induction class
Five former Missouri State University faculty and staff members will be recognized for their combined 149 years of full-time dedicated service with plaques on the university’s Wall of Fame located in Plaster Student Union. Read more…

Tent Theatre becomes region’s first equity company
New season features poetry, peanuts and porter
The department of theatre and dance at Missouri State University has signed a contract with Actor’s Equity for this summer’s Tent Theatre productions, making Tent Theatre the first equity company in southwest Missouri. The contract gives students greater professional opportunities and allows more professional actors to be in Tent Theatre productions. Read more…

Board extends contract, awards endowed chair to President Nietzel
In recognition of his “exemplary performance,” Missouri State University President Michael T. Nietzel has had his contract extended another year by the Missouri State Board of Governors. In addition, the Board of Governors announced that it has established the endowed Missouri State University Leadership Chair, which was a joint project of the current, past and student members of the Board of Governors/Board of Regents. Read more…

Dean of Missouri’s largest business college to retire
Dr. Ronald R. Bottin, dean of Missouri State University’s College of Business Administration (COBA), has announced his plans to retire in January 2009. He has headed the state’s largest business school since 1990. Read more…

Dennis Kear named College of Education dean
Dr. Dennis J. Kear, long-time faculty member and administrator at Wichita State University, has been named the new dean of the College of Education (COE) at Missouri State University. Read more…

Enhance their college experience and impact the world
Why is alumni giving important?
When you attended Missouri State University, private gifts helped to support and enhance your education. Some gifts supported the buildings where you attended classes and the equipment you used. Other gifts provided funds for professors, organizations and your participation in degree programs or activities. These gifts helped shape your Missouri State experience, and now you can help current students. Private support from Missouri State alumni continues to enable the University to provide students with an outstanding educational experience. We invite you to visit www.missouristate.edu/giving/ where you can make a gift to any area of the University. No matter the size, your gift will make a difference! Giving to Missouri State demonstrates your pride and strengthens the institution.  A stronger Missouri State adds value to your degree and enhances our future as students prepare to make their own mark. Please make a gift today that will enhance students’ college experiences and impact the world. 

Alumni Association On The Road
All 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!

• June 4 – Washington DC Area Alumni attend Cardinals vs. Nationals Baseball Game
  
• June 18 – Northwest Arkansas Alumni Reception
  
• June 28 – Dallas Alumni Reception
  
• June 30 – Lebanon Scholarship Golf Tournament and Evening Event
• August 15 – Auction Benefiting Athletics
• September 12 – Tulsa Alumni Reception
• October 10 & 11 – Homecoming 2008
  Golden Anniversary for Class of 1958

View the details of the above events. Questions about these events?  Contact alumni@missouristate.edu.

Homecoming Weekend 2008
Save the date! Make plans to return to campus for Missouri State Homecoming 2008 scheduled for October 10th & 11th. This traditional weekend will be one to remember…and it just won’t be the same without you. All of the traditional events are planned beginning with the Alumni Dinner and Awards Ceremony on Friday night, the Saturday morning parade, followed by BearFest Village and concluding with the football game. Call your friends to start planning your tailgate party now!

50 Year Reunion slated for Class of 1958
Remember the laughter, the stories and the best times of your life? Plan to join your fellow classmates in celebration of your Golden Anniversary at Missouri State. You’ll hear new stories, rekindle friendships and revisit the best times of your life at Homecoming 2008. Events are being planned for Homecoming Weekend, October 10-11, and the details will be announced this summer.

Athletics News
Clubb named Pitcher of the Year; eight Bears on all-MVC squads
Missouri State sophomore righty Tim Clubb and has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year and is one of eight Bears represented on the all-MVC baseball teams. Read more...

Softball Bears fall to Drake in MVC championship
Drake’s Kristin Birocci delivered a two-out, three-run home run in the top of the third inning to propel the fourth-seeded Bulldogs to a 7-2 win over the Missouri State softball team on May 10 in the championship game of the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in Carbondale, Illinois. Read more...

Baseball Bears top Creighton in MVC Tourney opener, 9-5
The Missouri State baseball team scored eight unanswered runs in the fourth and fifth innings to turn a 3-1 deficit into a 9-3 lead and moved on to a 9-5 win over Creighton in its State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament opener at Eck Stadium in Wichita, Kansas.  Read more...

Bears Finish Sixth at MVC Outdoor Championship
The Missouri State women’s track and field team concluded the 2008 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championship Sunday May 18, in Carbondale, Illinois. Read more...

Keith Guttin named MVC Coach of the Year
Missouri State head baseball coach Keith Guttin has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year in a vote of the league’s coaches, sports information directors and media representatives.  Read more...