When Summer Months Mean Empty Bellies: Area Programs Offer Help for Food...
During the school year, over half of the students in Springfield Public Schools are on free or reduced lunch. To combat childhood hunger when school lets out for the summer, SPS along with Ozarks Food...
View ArticleProfessor Focuses on Cybersecurity, Cyberwarfare
In a world that is constantly connected to the Internet, an increasingly large number of cyberattacks happen daily. These hacks can cause great damage, from personal identity theft to shutting down a...
View ArticleNew Book Sings the Breakup Blues
Breakups: Everybody has been through one, or multiple ones, and each split is a little different.
View ArticleCommon Core Standards and Springfield Public Schools
Debbie Good talks with Allison Pilley, director of curriculum, instruction and assessment for Springfield Public Schools, about Common Core Standards. According to Pilley, the Common Core Standards...
View ArticleDrury Professor Sheds Light on NASA’s Images of Pluto
This week NASA revealed some detailed images of one the farthest objects in the solar system, Pluto. The views came after one of the agency’s space crafts that was launched in January 2006 finally...
View ArticleSmart Says MSU Still Trying to “Catch up” Employee Compensation, but Pleased...
Missouri State University President Clif Smart says the top priority in the recently passed budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year was giving the school’s employees a raise.“We had a three year period...
View ArticleProfessor Helps Nigerian Women Gain Greater Access to Indigenous Science...
How do education and culture interact? It’s a question with many factors and answers depending on the environment being studied. Dr. Jamaine Abidogun, professor of history the new diversity fellow at...
View ArticleMSU Expanding Awareness of Cultural Diversity Through Campus Landmarks
As part of its public affairs mission, Missouri State University is asking campus and community members to take part in its annual diversity landmarks initiative. KSMU’s Theresa Bettmann has...
View ArticleGround Breaking For MSU’s Glass Hall Expansion This Fall
Officials will break ground Oct. 15 to begin renovations to Glass Hall on the Missouri State University campus. In June, the Board of Governors authorized the issuance of bonds to construct the planned...
View ArticleBoard of Governors Adds Incentive Clause to MSU President Smart's Contract
The Missouri State University Board of Governors has renewed the contract of President Clif Smart, adding an incentive clause that will pay him $50,000 annually as deferred compensation through the...
View ArticleImmunization Clinics Offered at SPS High Schools this Week
Free immunization clinics are continuing this week at Springfield public schools. Clinics are being held from 9 am to 12:30 pm at SPS high schools and will continue through Thursday (8/6). They’re...
View ArticleEnvirothon Brings Students from Across North America to Springfield
An event that ended Sunday in Springfield tested high school students knowledge about the natural world. KSMU’s Michele Skalicky has more.The 2015 NCS Envirothon wrapped up Sunday on the Missouri...
View ArticleNCA Hires Two New Administrators Amid Growing Enrollment
As enrollment climbs at New Covenant Academy, the private Christian school in Springfield says it is welcoming a new principal and guidance counselor.Don Tuck will become principal of grades 5-8, and...
View ArticleFrom Rescue Annie to Real-World Simulation
When Rescue Annie was introduced in 1960, it was the beginning of a new era of simulation in medical procedures which allowed practitioners, students and clinicians the opportunity to practice and...
View ArticleHow to Safely Navigate the Back to School Traffic
With classes resuming this week around the region, school safety officials are asking drivers to prepare for an increase in pedestrian and vehicle traffic.School zones can be dangerous places, says...
View ArticleNew School Year Begins in the Springfield School District
The new school year is underway in Springfield—the R-12 School District resumed class this morning after summer break. KSMU’s Michele Skalicky was at the new Sherwood Elementary as the doors opened to...
View ArticleExperience Beyond the Classroom-Touring College Campuses
Classes at several area college and university campuses begin next week. For many attendees, their first impression of the school where they are now enrolled was through a campus tour. KSMU’s Theresa...
View ArticleFinding the Intersection of Speaking, Spelling and Reading
Speech, spelling, reading and phonics: They are all interrelated and essential to academic success. Dr. Julie Masterson, dean of the Graduate College at Missouri State University, is an internationally...
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