{"id":352,"date":"2026-08-31T01:51:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T01:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/?p=352"},"modified":"2026-08-31T01:51:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T01:51:50","slug":"please-welcome-sheila-decker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/2026\/08\/31\/please-welcome-sheila-decker\/","title":{"rendered":"Please welcome Sheila Decker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sheila Decker – Academic Advisor<\/h2>\n
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Sheila Decker is an academic advisor with WP Advising & Academic Support.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sheila Decker<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, Willow Springs, is no stranger to MSU-WP. When she attended classes here, she was a part of the student government association. “I loved being able to help MSU-WP grow,” she said.<\/p>\n

Prior to MSU-WP, Sheila worked in the West Plains RVII district as a high school teacher for a total of 20 years before retiring.<\/p>\n

In 2000, she earned a Master of Science in Education, so addition to advising, Sheila will be teaching one class in the fall and spring semesters: Intro to Physics for Education.<\/p>\n

“I am passionate about my family, my pets, and helping people,” Sheila said. She also enjoys crime shows, many card games, some anime and online games. When she lived in Colorado, she found she also loved to go white water rafting.<\/p>\n

“I also have a deep connection to military families; I was a Navy brat, Army wife, and now an Air Force mom,” she said. Sheila’s father retired from the Navy, and her\u00a0daughter, Andrea Decker, is enlisted in the United States Air Force and stationed at the Yokota Air Base in Japan.<\/p>\n

If you see Sheila on campus, be sure to give her a big Grizzly welcome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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