In 1939, a group of young ladies at Stephens College collectively pitched in one dollar apiece, and the next day, that envelope of $20 became the seed that started Firestone Baars Chapel, designed by the same man who created the MIT Chapel, JFK Terminal 5, and the St. Louis Gateway Arch. The Chapel, an unassuming […]
Stephens College Costume and Research Museum Gallery opens to the public for the first time in over four years A new collaboration among the Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting, the Fashion Program, and Costume Museum and Research Gallery has led to a new fashion gallery featuring the clothing of films from the 1930s
Remembering the dives, bars, and roadhouses of Columbia through fuzzy lenses Columbia, the University of Missouri campus, faces and names of the past, and places that are now only snapshots in memories. It was the 1960s and Mizzou chem/engineering student Steve Mosier was soaking it all in — even after the coeds were in by their
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September 20-23 event will highlight female influence on film, television industries Some of the biggest behind-the-scenes stars of television and motion pictures — the screenwriters — will converge on the Stephens College campus in Columbia from September 20-23 for the 15th Annual Screenwriting Research Network Conference. Focused on the theme “Gender and the Female Gaze,”
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When the earliest pioneers settled in Boone County, people lived in log cabins daubed with mud and covered in boards, with roofs secured by poles. Corn cost the settlers 20 cents per bushel; land cost between $2 and $6 per acre; and a horse cost between $20 and $40. Among the first settlers who came
Columbia’s universities and colleges share their hopes and plans for the next 10 years. Stephens College By Dianne Lynch, PhD, president Larry Sommers, former president of Harvard University, said a few things worth remembering. My favorite? “Change happens slower than you think it will and then faster than you thought it could.” Welcome to higher
Stephens College embraces the future of health care with a new program.
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Title IX is a short and simple federal law. It reads, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” But the interpretation of the law and
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Alex Trebek, most famous for his longtime role as the host of “Jeopardy!”, and his wife Jean will be funding a faculty position for Stephen’s College’s new Master of Fine Arts in TV and Screenwriting. The Alex and Jean Trebek Family Foundation will support an endowed chair in screenwriting, the guest lectureship in the psychology
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Tell us about your Master of Strategic Leadership program. What is the concept behind it? Ehrhardt: The MSL is a graduate business degree focused on core business areas such as strategic management or leadership communication and empowers current and future leaders. The MSL helps student tap into the theories, concepts and practices that make effective
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