Missouri State University

http://www.missouristate.edu
901 S National, Springfield, Missouri 65897
(417) 836-5000

Missouri State University is a public, comprehensive university system with a mission in public affairs, whose purpose is to develop educated persons. The University is committed to achieving five major goals: 1) democratizing society, 2) incubating new ideas, 3) imagining Missouri’s future, 4) making Missouri’s future, and 5) modeling ethical and effective behavior as a public institution. The University’s statewide mission in public affairs, requiring a campus-wide commitment to foster competence and responsibility in the common vocation of citizenship, distinguishes its identity. The academic experience is grounded in a general education curriculum that draws heavily from the liberal arts and ...show more »sciences. This foundation provides the basis for mastery of focused disciplinary and professional studies, as well as enables critical, independent and intellectual judgment about the culture, values and institutions of the larger society. The task of developing educated persons obligates the University to expand its store of human understanding through research, scholarship and creative endeavor, and drawing from that store of understanding, to provide service to the communities that support it. In all of its programs, the University uses the most effective methods of discovering and imparting knowledge and the appropriate use of technology in support of these activities. The University functions through a multi-campus system that is integrated to address the needs of its constituents. On June 15, 1995, Senate Bill 340 was signed into law, giving Missouri State University a statewide mission in public affairs. The focus on public affairs grew out of mission-review discussions with the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education beginning in 1994. The public affairs focus is the integrating theme that cuts across and informs all disciplines in their relation to society. «show less