Missouri State University

Missouri State University graduate student Josh Stegall will co-host a competitively-selected academic workshop for scholars across the country at the Western States Communication Association in February 2022 in Portland, Oregon. The workshop is based on Stegall's innovative scholarship, which explores the material dimensions of human speech and how they function to persuade.

Missouri State University student Katy Grant is one out of five students across the country selected to receive the 2021 National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) Foundation Scholarship.

Hannah Fuller, a Missouri State University graduate student, has presented about her innovative 3-D digitization project at several conferences this year.

Missouri State University student Katie Farr will compete in next year's Miss Missouri pagent after winning the Miss Southern Missouri crown recently.

Missouri State University student Lane Willis was recently awarded the Rotary Club of Cassville Mason Lowe Memorial Scholarship.

Missouri State University student Marlee Frederking was recently crowned 2021 Okawville Fair Queen.

Cassidy McCandless (PA-S1, MS, RDN, LDN), a member of the Missouri State University Physician Assistant Studies Class of 2022, has accepted the position of Student-Member-at-Large on the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Board of Directors.

Mackenzie Morris, a recent Missouri State University graduate with degrees in economics and mathematics, earned a graduate fellowship from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi to support her doctoral studies.

Missouri State University awarded 643 degrees to students in summer 2021.

Missouri State University recognizes more than 900 students who have been named to the summer 2021 Dean's List. Undergraduate students who obtain a GPA of at least 3.50 while maintaining six or more credit hours during the summer semester qualify to receive this honor.

Ian Sayers, a chemistry major at Missouri State University, received the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Environmental Chemistry's 2021 Undergraduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry . The award recognizes his scientific success in academics and collaborative research.

Sarah Jobe, a biology major at Missouri State University, is one of the recipients of Delta Zeta's 2021 Florence Hood Miner Award.

Jenna Robinson, a Math major at Missouri State University, is one of the recipients of the 2021 Aldo Croatti Scholarship.

Missouri State University awarded 2,954 degrees to students in spring 2021.

The Missouri State University Ad Team took second place - and $3,000 - in the recent Invent2Prevent 2021 spring virtual competition.

Missouri State recognizes more than 5,000 students who have been named to the spring 2021 Dean's List. Undergraduate students who obtain a GPA of at least 3.50 while maintaining 12 or more credit hours during the spring semester qualify to receive this honor.

Missouri State University's CFA Research Challenge Team placed first in the regional competition. It also finished in the top 20 of more than 600 universities at the national level for the CFA Institute Research Challenge.

Missouri State University senior Katy Grant is one of 15 agriculture students from across the United States and Ontario, Canada,selected as the fifth class of recipients of the GROWMARK Foundation scholarship.

In spring 2021, 17 students graduated with distinction in their major from Missouri State University's Honors College.

Natalie Rector, an animal science and agricultural business major at Missouri State University, emerged as the 2021 Novice Collegiate All-Around Champion at the recent American Stock Horse Association National Show (ASHA) in Sweetwater, Texas. This is the highest award a novice collegiate rider can receive.

Missouri State University senior Jolean Hackney finished first in the 2020 PAVE (Planning and Visual Education Partnership) Student Design Competition in collaboration with SketchUp, a 3D modeling computer program used for a wide range of drawing applications. This annual competition is geared toward college-level students involved in retail planning, visual merchandising and branding programs.

Missouri State University graduate student Sajal Islam of the physics, astronomy and materials science department, received the university's Certified Distance Educator Award and the department's Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.

After a record-setting number of entries, the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in St. Joseph, Missouri, is proud to showcase the next generation of contemporary artists in its National Undergraduate Juried Exhibition. Out of over 200 submissions, 56 artworks were chosen from 38 artists. Three of them are Missouri State University students.

The Residence Hall Association and Residence Life, Housing and Dining Services at Missouri State University hosted their annual Spring Awards Ceremony on April 25, 2021. They recognized student leaders for outstanding contributions to the Missouri State Residence Life community.

Missouri State University's Residence Life, Housing and Dining Services has selected five students for its 2021 scholarships.

Meredith Vogel's research on how potentially habitable planets' positioning in orbit affects their risk of experiencing climate change was recently featured in Tech Times. Vogel is a senior physics major at Missouri State University.

Christi Mackey, a senior dietetics student at Missouri State University, received this year's Outstanding Student Award (undergraduate) from the Missouri Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Missouri State University senior Stephanie Urich received the Eugenia Shrader Scholarship this year from the Missouri Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Greta Cross, the editor-in-chief of The Standard, Missouri State University's student-run newspaper, has been named Journalist of the Year by the Missouri College Media Association. The award recognizes Cross as the top student journalist in Missouri for 2020. She is a senior journalism major.

James Morgan, a Missouri State University student majoring in hospitality leadership, has been chosen as the 2021 MSU Student Employee of the Year by the Student Employment Office.