Missouri State University

For her outstanding performance as an official, Missouri State University student Ashley Sanders earned All-American honors at the NIRSA National Flag Football Championships at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

Missouri State University student Caleb Morris received the competitive Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State.

Missouri State University student Ryanna Hatfield studied abroad in Dubai over the winter break.

Missouri State University student Robert-Thomas Gumersell was one of six outstanding students who received the university's 2025-26 Citizen Scholar Award.

Missouri State University recognizes more than 5,400 students who have been named to the fall 2025 dean's list.

Four Missouri State University Master of Business Administration (MBA) students earned second place at the 2025 National MBA Case Competition in Ethical Leadership.

Missouri State University student Katelyn Richter was one of two students selected by the CFP Board as the university's 2025-26 Student Liaisons for our board-approved financial planning major registered program.

Missouri State University awarded 498 degrees to students in summer 2025.

Hard work, teamwork and Bear pride carried Missouri State University's construction management students to a trivia victory at the 2025 MCAA GreatFutures Forum.

Larissa Saarel, a recent Master of Science in Biology graduate from Missouri State University, received a 2025 Ecological Society of America award.

A select group of Missouri State University students were recently inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest, most selective and most prestigious all-discipline honor society.

Missouri State University student Sarah Guymon has been awarded a research grant through the National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates program.

Missouri State University senior Katie Harris presented her research analysis at the 2025 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Missouri State University's Alpha Chi Omega (AXO) chapter, Zeta Sigma, was awarded the 2025 Chapter Innovation Award and the 2025 National Council Trophy at the sorority's national Leadership Academy in Indianapolis, Indiana.

For the third straight year, the Kansas City Chiefs made it to the Super Bowl - an impressive feat. But the team was not the only regular from Missouri at the big game. The students of Missouri State University's Entertainment Management Association once again secured a coveted spot working behind the scenes at one of the biggest sporting events in the U.S.

Missouri State University student Gerald Schiele IV was one of six outstanding students who received the university's 2024-25 Citizen Scholar Award.

Missouri State University's Model United Nations (Model UN) student organization attended the 2024 Arkansas Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) Conference on Nov. 2, 2024. It was hosted by Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

Thirty-three Missouri State University Pride Band members are currently interning and assisting area high school marching bands.

The 14 student-athletes in the Honors College at Missouri State University earned an average cumulative GPA of 3.85 in spring 2024.

Missouri State University music students excelled at the Missouri Music Teachers Association (MMTA) and Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) auditions, held Nov. 2-5, 2023, at University of Missouri-Kansas City. MMTA auditions are yearly, state-level auditions held at different universities across Missouri every November. Nineteen MSU students competed in a field of over 500 students in this year's events.

Missouri State University student Joshua Borthick received the Honors College's Student Service Award for going above and beyond in aiding the Honors College in its new lecture series.

Missouri State University graduate student Sadia Raisa recently delivered a noteworthy presentation at the Atlantic Marketing Association (AtMA) Conference in Wilmington, North Carolina from Sept. 28-30, 2023.

Missouri State University Honors College student Emma Liimatta was awarded a University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Summer Research Training Program position in the Buchwalter Lab at UCSF.

Missouri State University junior Angela Duran has contributed her time and energy to help build the Springfield community. Since her freshman year, she has been involved in the student organization, Missouri State University Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter.