Public Affairs Convocation features Nobel Peace Prize winner
Why have free markets failed so many people? How could the power of free markets be harnessed to solve social problems of poverty, hunger and inequality? The solution, according to Dr. Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank, is recognizing the fact that human beings may not solely be concerned with the pursuit of maximum profit.
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JVIC companies to develop roving, early warning WMD detector
A new project being developed at the Jordan Valley Innovation Center (JVIC) at Missouri State University could save thousands of lives: an autonomous, self-deploying sensor that will serve as a roving, early warning detector of biological warfare activity.
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Bears basketball tickets awarded to students in area Title 1 schools
The Teacher Education Alliance (TEA), a collaboration between Missouri State University, Drury University, Evangel University, Baptist Bible College and select Title 1 schools, is donating 100 tickets per school to Westport Elementary, Williams Elementary, Bowerman Elementary, Reed Middle School and Hillcrest High School for the Missouri State Bear’s basketball game versus Creighton on Feb. 6 at JQH Arena.
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University celebrates African American history
Missouri State University’s office of multicultural student services is presenting a month-long celebration of African American history. The theme for this year’s celebrations is “The History of Black Economic Empowerment.”
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R. William Funk selected as consultant for presidential search
R. William Funk & Associates will be the consultant to the Missouri State University Presidential Search Committee. Funk, who will personally assist Missouri State, will be at the Presidential Search Committee’s first meeting on Feb. 6.
