Sections Options Links Classifieds InteractiveMissouri State University, along with many other higher education institutions, has already been improving its sustainability throughout the years. But with the popularity of green technology on the rise, Missouri State seems to be taking more steps to improving its environmental practices.
Borneo, Belarus, Belize and Bali are just some of the exotic locales offered by a new volunteering organization that caters to those who want to volunteer, but are turned off by the price. Ecoteer is a volunteer organization that covers the cost of accommodations and food when volunteering in another country.
Students expecting to read free issues of three different newspapers during the month of February will have to do without a source for local news. The Springfield News-Leader has pulled out of Student Government Association's trial run of the Collegiate Readership Program, which is intended to provide students with free copies of three papers, including The New York Times and USA Today, from Feb.
Students Hui Sheng, Bing Hu and Yunhan Zhang all agree leaving Missouri State University's branch campus in China behind for the main campus in Springfield has given them more opportunities both academically and culturally. This may contradict exactly what one study focused on foreign institutions in China had warned against.
Students, faculty and administrators are currently developing an international center that that will benefit both Missouri State and the city of Springfield in their foreign relations studies. "The goal is to include, pursue and develop as many outreach activities as possible and become a useful resource center for international endeavors within and outside the university," Madeleine Kernen, head of the Modern and Classical Languages Department, said.
The Springfield Regional Opera will show the operatic musical "A Little Night Music" this weekend at the Gillioz Theatre in downtown Springfield. "A Little Night Music" follows the romantic lives of three couples in Sweden at the turn of the 20th century.