by DR. JOSEPH “KIP” RUGUTT Dr. Joseph “Kip” Rugutt, associate professor of chemistry at Missouri State University-West Plains, recently received three highly competitive grants from the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship (CADF) program to develop collaborative drug discovery research projects with colleges and universities in Kenya. The CADF program is designed to … [Read more...] about Chemistry professor receives grants for collaborative research project
Study Away Program Costa Rica 2016 The Leatherback Sea Turtle Ecology was nine days short-term study abroad program focused on the environmental and cultural characteristics of Costa Rica. This year, seven students participated in this great experience. From West Plains campus were Dalton Swindle, Stephanie Dildine, Alec Moeller and Hanna Burris. From Springfield campus were … [Read more...] about BIO 197: Leatherback Sea Turtle Ecology
The program attempted to expose students to the diversity that India constitutes in terms of the world¹s richest and poorest sharing the same space and the most vibrant democratic practices co-existing with feudal, casteist, and religious ones. At Missouri State University we emphasize on public affairs mission which broadly translates into articulation of these learned … [Read more...] about India: Encountering and Contesting Development
The Marine Education Fellowship (MEF) in Costa Rica was a trip focused on Biology Teachers/Instructors that are directing study away programs in their schools. The group was comprised by fifteen teachers and two EPI instructors. During this seven days trip we were able to learn about tropical ecosystems (marine and terrestrial). The first day, we established the objectives … [Read more...] about Marine Education Fellowship in Costa Rica