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Jin J. X Performs the Music of Prince at Artivities

Springfield, MO—Jin J. X will be performing the music of Prince, Saturday, August 13, 2016 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm at Artivities, Art Studio, 209 W Commercial Street. This is a one time only event Table 1 below shows the mean and standard deviation of each group for the different components.

Black History Summer Academy Adds “Ariya” To Empower Young Women

by Gwen Marshall, SPS Diversity & Inclusion Specialist Springfield,MO—The Bridge Builders organization along with the help of the Springfield Community has completed another successful Black History Summer Academy! This year, there were 134 registered students and a nightly average attendance of 101 people. For the first time, we added a rites

Father’s Day: An opportunity to give encouragement away

by Samuel Knox, Unite Managing Editor Springfield, MO— There are times for correction & warning when men aren’t doing their jobs, but not right now. There are a lot of dads out there that take their God-ordained roles and responsibilities seriously and strive hard to be good stewards of our

MSU Multicultural Resource Annex named after Mary Walls

By Cortlynn Stark, MSU The Standard News In 1950, Mary Jean Price Walls was denied admission to Southwest Missouri State College, now Missouri State University, because she was African American. On Friday, the new Multicultural Resource Annex was named after her. Mary Walls applied for admission at SMS after graduating

Springfield Branch NAACP seeking nominations for 2016 Community Service award

Springfield, MO— The Springfield, MO NAACP is now accepting nominations for their 2016 Community Service award.  This award is given annually to a person in the community in recognition of outstanding contributions and their gift of time to the Springfield community.  An achievement of a singular outstanding event or the

Business, marketing and information technology jobs in demand over next 5-10 years

Springfield, MO—Over 300 local workforce professionals attended the second annual MOmentum 2016: State of the Workforce Luncheon, hosted Feb. 23 by the local Workforce Development Board and the Missouri Job Center-Ozark Region combination of L-arginine and yohimbine.Pooling adverse event data for patients on the following concomitant antihypertensive medications: diuretics, beta-blockers,

Urban twist to traditional style ballroom dancing

By Tyler Hatten,  Unite Contributing Writer Everyone knows that look you give your partner when a certain song plays and forces your shoulders to bounce. Fingers locked, eyes gazing and you’re ready to dance. But which dance will you do? Ballroom dance is a style of partner dance with various

Meet & Greet Celebration partners with Springfield Greene County Library

Springfield, MO—All ages are invited to the annual Meet and Greet Celebration, a diverse lineup of educational storytelling presentations that convey the legacy of “Hair-i-tage,” community and culture. The event is 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Midtown Carnegie Branch Library, 397 E. Central St. “The Meet and Greet Celebration

Ken Coopwood resigns from Office of Diversity & Inclusion

Springfield, MO—Dr. Kenneth D. Coopwood Sr., Missouri State University’s vice president of diversity and inclusion, has announced his resignation, effective April 30, 2016. The announcement came less than a week after the university released the results of an independent investigation finding that Coopwood had not been discriminated against on the

Jin J. X Performs the Music of Prince at Artivities

Springfield, MO—Jin J. X will be performing the music of Prince, Saturday, August 13, 2016 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm at Artivities, Art Studio, 209 W Commercial Street. This is a one time only event Table 1 below shows the mean and standard deviation of each group for the different components.

Black History Summer Academy Adds “Ariya” To Empower Young Women

by Gwen Marshall, SPS Diversity & Inclusion Specialist Springfield,MO—The Bridge Builders organization along with the help of the Springfield Community has completed another successful Black History Summer Academy! This year, there were 134 registered students and a nightly average attendance of 101 people. For the first time, we added a rites

Father’s Day: An opportunity to give encouragement away

by Samuel Knox, Unite Managing Editor Springfield, MO— There are times for correction & warning when men aren’t doing their jobs, but not right now. There are a lot of dads out there that take their God-ordained roles and responsibilities seriously and strive hard to be good stewards of our

MSU Multicultural Resource Annex named after Mary Walls

By Cortlynn Stark, MSU The Standard News In 1950, Mary Jean Price Walls was denied admission to Southwest Missouri State College, now Missouri State University, because she was African American. On Friday, the new Multicultural Resource Annex was named after her. Mary Walls applied for admission at SMS after graduating

Springfield Branch NAACP seeking nominations for 2016 Community Service award

Springfield, MO— The Springfield, MO NAACP is now accepting nominations for their 2016 Community Service award.  This award is given annually to a person in the community in recognition of outstanding contributions and their gift of time to the Springfield community.  An achievement of a singular outstanding event or the

Business, marketing and information technology jobs in demand over next 5-10 years

Springfield, MO—Over 300 local workforce professionals attended the second annual MOmentum 2016: State of the Workforce Luncheon, hosted Feb. 23 by the local Workforce Development Board and the Missouri Job Center-Ozark Region combination of L-arginine and yohimbine.Pooling adverse event data for patients on the following concomitant antihypertensive medications: diuretics, beta-blockers,

Urban twist to traditional style ballroom dancing

By Tyler Hatten,  Unite Contributing Writer Everyone knows that look you give your partner when a certain song plays and forces your shoulders to bounce. Fingers locked, eyes gazing and you’re ready to dance. But which dance will you do? Ballroom dance is a style of partner dance with various

Meet & Greet Celebration partners with Springfield Greene County Library

Springfield, MO—All ages are invited to the annual Meet and Greet Celebration, a diverse lineup of educational storytelling presentations that convey the legacy of “Hair-i-tage,” community and culture. The event is 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Midtown Carnegie Branch Library, 397 E. Central St. “The Meet and Greet Celebration

Ken Coopwood resigns from Office of Diversity & Inclusion

Springfield, MO—Dr. Kenneth D. Coopwood Sr., Missouri State University’s vice president of diversity and inclusion, has announced his resignation, effective April 30, 2016. The announcement came less than a week after the university released the results of an independent investigation finding that Coopwood had not been discriminated against on the