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Message from the Office of Development Missouri State University-West Plains Annual Fund Friends of the Garnett Library Grizzly Athletics Booster Club General Fund Annual Auction Philanthropic Women for Education Named Scholarship Opportunities Looney Hall Room Naming Opportunities Endowed Chairs & Professorships FEMA Shelter Naming Opportunity Gohn Hall Funding Completed Hass-Hoover Hall Tuttle Amphitheater How to Make a Gift
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Missouri State University-West Plains Office of Development 128 Garfield Ave. West Plains, MO 65775 417-255-7240 Development office staff :
Director of Development Elizabeth Grisham Assistant Director of Development Joe Kammerer Administrative Assistant Debbie Martin Administrative Assistant Debra Mosley Grant Development Specialist Jessi Long Events Coordinator Terry Hampton
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General Fund
General Fund
Some donors choose to make gifts to the general fund, which allows the university to apply the funds where the need is greatest. Donors who are willing to help here are truly special, because there are not many intrinsic rewards for those willing to pay for facilities, maintenance and repair. As state funding continues to plummet and enrollment continues to soar, general fund donors really give where the funds are most desperately needed. These funds are for unrestricted use.
Annual Auction
Annual Auction
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All scholarship benefactors receive a thank you letter from their scholarship recipient. Recipient and benefactor also have the opportunity to meet and visit during the annual scholarship luncheon. All scholarship recipients are chosen by a scholarship committee appointed by the university administration. All endowed scholarship benefactors are honored with publicity and a luncheon in their honor at historic Kellett Hall on the Missouri State University-West Plains campus.
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Endowed Chairs and Professorships Faculty chairs and professorships are sought in each of the following divisions:
Honors Program Nursing* Business/Applied Technology and Public Service Arts, Education and Social Science Science and Mathematics Donors who have contributed to the professorship will be honored in the following manner: Media publicity and special announcement upon receipt of gift. Recognition throughout the year in published material and in speaking engagements when appropriate. Recognized at each spring graduation when the recipient is announced. Guests at a special dinner attended by the recipient of the chair or professorship, as well as a couple of his or her students. *The West Plains campus currently has one professorship, the Donna Jones Endowed Professorship of Nursing, and no chairs.
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Gohn Hall
Gohn Hall
$2 million needed
Gohn Hall on the Missouri State University-West Plains campus will provide a permanent home for Missouri State Universitys Academic Outreach Program. In addition to administrative offices, the building will house seven classrooms in which bachelors and masters degree programs can be offered locally. Currently, the program is located in a small, inadequate former parsonage on the perimeter of the campus. The Academic Outreach Program allows students to remain on the West Plains campus and complete their four-year bachelors degrees in elementary education and business without traveling to the Springfield campus. Classes are offered via ITV technology. Gohn Hall would support the rapid growth on the West Plains campus by freeing up five desperately needed classrooms for associate degree-seeking students. The original structure at 603 West Main St. was gifted to the university in 2000 by a local banker, David Gohn, and his sister, long-time public educator Virginia Gohn Sapp. Original funding from this project was to have been received from the state of Missouri in various funding initiatives but has been repeatedly denied due to declining state revenues. In spite of these disappointments, this project remains a top capital priority of the Missouri State system. At least $500,000 already has been invested in design fees for both this project and its sister Facilities Reutilization Plan (FREUP) project, Hass-Hoover Hall. With the state continuing to predict a bleak economic forecast, state funding looks to be a remote possibility for this project. Private support will be necessary to begin and complete this 14,000-square-foot building.
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Hass-Hoover Hall
Hass-Hoover Hall
$6 million needed
Hass-Hoover Hall on the Missouri State University-West Plains Campus will provide a home for the Darr Honors Program, as well as a home for the Student Advisement and Academic Support Center (SAAS). Both of these programs are in desperate need of space. The Darr Honors Program has grown to approximately 100 students. Many of these honors students also serve as paid tutors in our SAAS Center, which is currently crammed into our overcrowded library. By placing these two programs together, our stronger students can help our weaker students. A large community room will also be housed in the structure, located west of Lybyer Technology Center and facing the Smith-London Centennial Bell Tower. Original funding from this project was to have been received from the state of Missouri in various funding initiatives but has been repeatedly denied due to declining state revenues. In spite of these disappointments, this project remains a top capital priority of the Missouri State system. At least $500,000 already has been invested in design fees for both this project and its sister Facilities Reutilization Plan (FREUP) project, Gohn Hall. With the state continuing to predict a bleak economic forecast, state funding looks to be a remote possibility for this project. Private support will be necessary to begin and complete this 20,936-square-foot building.
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Tuttle Amphitheater
Tuttle Amphitheater
No gift minimum...
This outdoor venue on the Missouri State University-West Plains campus will serve student and community needs alike. The venue will provide seating for 850 people and is estimated to cost $195,000. It will be located west of the Smith-London Centennial Bell Tower and will provide a venue for spectator events, concerts, rallies, films and theatrical performances. Spectators will be encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets to enhance seating on the grass-covered surfaces. The amphitheater is named for Roger and Martha Tuttle, whose professional careers at Missouri State University-West Plains totaled a combined 61 years. Roger retired in 2010 as the Superintendent of Buildings, Grounds and Custodial Services. Martha retired in 2010 as the Purchasing/Human Resources Assistant. Only privately-raised funds will be used to build the Tuttle Amphitheater. Grant opportunities also will be pursued. A lead gift of $50,000 will secure a naming opportunity for the amphitheater stage and would help ensure the completion by the universitys 50th anniversary in 2013.
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Planned Giving
One of the most effective means of giving to Missouri State University-West Plains is a planned gift. Charitable estate planning is a wonderful way to fulfill philanthropic goals. Gifts provided through a planned strategy can provide much-needed support to Missouri State University, as well as financial and tax benefits to a donor and his or her family. The staff at the Missouri State University Foundation and the staff at the Missouri State University-West Plains Development Office is committed to working with you and your legal and financial advisers to discover the best charitable tax strategies that achieve all of your financial and charitable giving goals.
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