Accessible Springfield: How Springfield, MO Businesses are Creating Inclusive Experiences
A variety of Springfield businesses are taking steps to help people with special needs enjoy what the Springfield area has to offer.… Read More
Accessible Springfield: How Springfield, MO Businesses are Creating Inclusive Experiences
A variety of Springfield businesses are taking steps to help people with special needs enjoy what the Springfield area has to offer.… Read More
Taj Suleyman named City of Springfield Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Taj Suleyman named City of Springfield Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Taj Suleyman has been named the City of Springfield’s first Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. He will join the City’s Leadership Team May 17. Suleyman has extensive … Read More
Memorial ceremony and marker honor three men lynched in 1906
A memorial ceremony on Park Central Square on Oct. 2 honored three black men – Horace Duncan, Fred Coker and William Allen – who were lynched on Easter weekend in 1906. The event promoted healing, forgiveness and remembering the past … Read More
Community remembrance will focus on pursuit of racial justice
The organizers of the Springfield-Greene County African American Heritage Trail unveiled an artist’s rendering of the trail’s first marker at the annual Park Day Reunion Aug. 3, 2018… Read More
Breaking boundaries with music
Minju Choi shares message of togetherness through new piano album. “Music communicates what we are not able to verbally,” said Dr. Minju Choi, assistant professor of music at Missouri State University. “It’s the common language we all share.” “I am … Read More
Demetria: communicator
For Demetria, her field provides a way to discuss, understand and improve the world. “I think I changed my major five times when I first got here,” says Demetria Green. “I was all over the place.” It wasn’t that she … Read More
Communication and culture
Dr. Stephen Spates explores how organizations embody and express their missions. “My research relates to how people get along: how they maintain and develop relationships,” says Dr. Stephen Spates, assistant professor of communication. Culture plays a large role in his … Read More
International Culture Fair
At the International Culture Fair, children get to experience life around the world. As a child, Dr. Heidi Backes, assistant professor in the department of modern and classical languages, looked forward to one event each year. “The Holiday Folk Fair takes … Read More
