On September 7, 2021, the MSU Testing Center hosted Josh Ludwig from MSU’s Public Safety via Zoom to discuss “How to Recognize Fake IDs.” Josh provided a presentation as well as a discussion forum with questions and answers. This provided the Testing Center staff with a valuable professional development opportunity. Josh also provided Testing Center staff with information on how to recognize a potentially altered BearPass ID.
Andy Lokie, Associate Professor of Library Science and Executive Editor and Director of the eJournal of Public Affairs, announced last week that he will be retiring as of March 1, 2022, after over 20 years of service to SMS/MSU. Both Andy’s BA degree (Liberal Arts) and MA degree (Instructional Technology & Design, Communication, and Administration) are from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Prior to coming to SMS/MSU in 2001 to serve as the director of the Educational Technology Center, Andy…
The uptake and use of streaming videos and other media in higher education has been quite pronounced. To help meet the growing demand for this type of content, the Missouri State University Libraries has become a subscriber to the AVON (Academic Video Online) streaming video database from ProQuest and its subsidiary, Alexander Street Press. AVON is a comprehensive video streaming collection of more than 70,000 films, including documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, news programs and newsreels, and demonstrations. It covers a broadly multidisciplinary range…
The Missouri State University Testing Center, managed by the MSU Libraries and located on the Lower Level of Duane G. Meyer Library on the main Springfield campus, has several exciting updates: The Testing Center Coordinator, Sue McCrory, was recently recognized by the National College Testing Association for her contribution to their Distance Learning Committee. Sue has been a member of this committee since 2018, whose goals are to partner with leading distance learning programs and organizations to increase NCTA’s credibility…
The schedule of author talks and book signings being planned by the Ozarks Studies Institute keeps getting better and better. All of these events are free and open to the public. Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. there will be an author talk and book signing for the new book We Gave Them Thunder: Marmaduke’s Raid and the Civil War in Missouri and Arkansas, by William Garrett Piston and John C. Rutherford. This event will be held in the…