http://www.missourilife.com/articles Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:41:06 GMT Feed Description http://www.missourilife.com/category/110/article/210 *Campus Touring Contact Information* *Winston Churchill Memorial and Library; St. Mary church; Breakthrough sculpture* Westminster College Fulton, MO 573-592-5369 www.westminster-mo.edu *Camp Crowder Collection; Mary Longwell Museum* Crowder College Neosho, MO 417-451-3223 www.crowder.edu *Lincoln Mural* Lincoln University Jefferson City, MO 800-521-5052 www.lincolnu.edu *Ralph Foster Museum* College of the Ozarks Point Lookout, MO 417-334-6411 ext. 3407 www.rfostermuseum.com *Costume Research Library* Stephens College Columbia, MO 573-876-7233 www.stephens.edu/campuslife/researchlibrary *Daniel Boone Home & Boonesfield Village* Lindenwood University Daniel Boone Campus Defiance, MO 636-798-2005 www.lindenwood.edu/boone *Stone Chapel* Drury University Springfield, MO 417-873-7200 www.drury.edu/virtualtour/campus/stone_chapel/index.cfm *Firestone Baars Chapel* Stephens College Columbia, MO 573-442-2211 ext. 4371 www.stephens.edu/services/events/#chapel *Amy Shelton McNutt Campus Center* William Woods University Fulton, MO 573-592-4221 www.williamwoods.edu/info.asp?203 *Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum* Washington University St. Louis, MO 314-935-4523 kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu *Boss Collection* Washington University Danforth Campus (formerly Hilltop Campus) St. Louis, MO library.wustl.edu/units/spec/archives/gargoyle *Epperson House* University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO 816-235-1000 www.umkc.edu/virtualtour/epperson.asp *St. Louis University Museum of Art* St. Louis, MO 314-977-3399 sluma.slu.edu *Museum of Contemporary Religious Art* St. Louis University St. Louis, MO 314-977-7170 mocra.slu.edu *Pere Marquette Gallery* St. Louis University St. Louis, MO 314-977-2666 by appointment only www.slu.edu/x2192.xm *Eleanor Turshin Glass Collection at Samuel Cupples House* St. Louis University St. Louis, MO 314-977-3575 cupples.slu.edu *Museum of Art & Archaeology* University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 573-882-3591 maa.missouri.edu *Daum Museum of Contemporary Art* State Fair Community College Sedalia, MO 660-530-5888 www.daummuseum.org *Blanch M. Touhill Performing Arts Center* University of Missouri-St. Louis St. Louis, MO 314-516-4949 www.touhill.org *Return to the Middle West mural* Truman State University Kirksville, MO 660-785-4000 www.truman.edu/pages/231.asp *Faulkner mural at Kent Library; Southeast Missouri Regional Museum* Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO 573-651-2260 www5.semo.edu/museum *Centennial Garden at Faurot Hall* Missouri State University Mountain Grove, MO 417-547-7513 mtngrv.missouristate.edu/centgarden *Mizzou Botanic Garden* University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 573-882-4240 gardens.missouri.edu *Missouri State Arboretum* Northwest Missouri State University Maryville, MO 660-562-1473 www.nwmissouri.edu/arboretum *Sculpture Garden at Gladys Woods Kemper Center for the Arts* William Woods University Fulton, MO 573-592-4245 www.williamwoods.edu/Info.asp?898 *Maastricht Friendship Tower* Central Missouri State University Warrensburg, MO 660-543-4111 www.cmsu.edu *Millennium Arch* University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, MO 573-341-4111 umr.edu/community/campusattractions.html *UMR Stonehenge* University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, MO 573-341-4111 umr.edu/community/campusattractions.html *Museum of Anthropology* University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 573-882-3573 anthromuseum.missouri.edu *Enns Entomology Museum* University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 573-882-2410 www.museum.insecta.missouri.edu *Wild Canid Survival and Research Center* Washington University’s Tyson Research Center Eureka, MO 636-938-5900 www.wolfsanctuary.org *Equestrian Stables* William Woods University Fulton, MO 573-592-4221 www.williamwoods.edu *Buck’s Ice Cream* University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 573-882-1088 fsb.missouri.edu/bucks *Fruitcake and Jelly Kitchen; Edwards Mill* College of the Ozarks Point Lookout, MO 417-334-6411 ext. 3395 www.cofo.edu *State Fruit Experiment Station* Missouri State University Springfield, MO 417-547-7500 mtngrv.missouristate.edu/fruitsales.htm Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:41:06 GMT http://www.missourilife.com/category/110/article/210 http://www.missourilife.com/category/110/article/209 *Central Methodist University* 411 Central Methodist Square, Fayette, MO 65248-1198 Phone: 660.268.1854 www.centralmethodist.edu admissions@centralmethodist.edu *Columbia College* 1001 Rogers St., Columbia, MO 65216 Phone: 573.875.7352 www.ccis.edu admissions@email.ccis.edu *Crowder College* 601 Laclede Neosho, MO 64850 Phone: 417.451.3223 www.crowder.edu *East Central College* 1964 Prairie Dell Road Union, MO 63084 Phone: 636.583.5193 www.eastcentral.edu *Harding University* 915 E. Market Ave., Searcy, Arkansas 72149 Phone: 800.477.4407 www.harding.edu admission@harding.edu *Jefferson College* 1000 Viking Drive Hillsboro, MO 63050 Phone: 636.797.3000 www.jeffco.edu *Lincoln University* 820 Chestnut Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101 Phone: 573.681.5000 www.lincolnu.edu admiss@lu.lincoln.edu *Linn State Technical College* One Technology Dr., Linn, MO 65051 Phone: 573.897.5000 www.linnstate.edu admissions@linnstate.edu *Merrell University* 1101r Southwest Blvd, Jefferson City, MO 65109, 573.635.4433 4-1 Reed St., Moberly, MO 65270, 660.263.9600 www.merrelluniversity.edu merrelluniversity@earthlink.net *Metropolitan Community College - Maple Woods* 2601 NE Barry Road, Kansas City, MO 64156 Phone: 816.759.1000 www.mcckc.edu *Metropolitan Community College - Penn Valley* 3201 S.W. Trafficway, Kansas City, MO 64111-2764 Phone: 816.759.1000 www.mcckc.edu *Metropolitan Community College* 3200 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111 Phone: 816.759.1000 www.mcckc.edu *Mineral Area College* P.O. Box 1000 Park Hills, MO 63601 Phone: 573.431.4593 www.mineralarea.edu *Missouri Baptist University* 1 College Park Dr., Creve Coeur, MO 63141 Phone: 877.434.1115 www.mobap.edu admissions@mobap.edu *Missouri Valley College* 500 E. College St., Marshall, MO 65340 Phone: 660.831.4000 www.moval.edu bultmannd@moval.edu *Missouri Western University* 4525 Downs Drive, St. Joseph, MO 64507 Phone: 816.271.4200 www.missouriwestern.edu admission@missouriwestern.edu *Moberly Area Community College* 101 College Avenue, Moberly, MO 65270-1304 Phone: 660.263.4110 www.macc.edu *North Central Missouri College* 1301 Main Street, Trenton, MO 64683 Phone: 660.359.3948 www.ncmissouri.edu *Northwest Missouri State University* 800 University Drive, Maryville, MO 64468 Phone: 800.633.1175 www.nwmissouri.edu admissions@nwmissouri.edu *Ozarks Technical Community College* 1001 East Chestnut Expressway, Springfield, MO 65802 Phone: 417.895.7000 www.otc.edu *SmartFunds* Phone: 800.330.8589 www.smartfunds.net lender code 806773 *St. Charles Community College* 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive, Cottleville, MO 63376-2865 Phone: 636.922.8000 www.stchas.edu *St. Louis Community College* 300 South Broadway, St. Louis, MO 63102 Phone: 314.539.5000 www.stlcc.edu *State Fair Community College* 3201 West 16th Street, Sedalia, MO 65301 Phone: 660.530.5800 www.sfccmo.edu *Three Rivers Community College* 2080 Three Rivers Boulevard, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901 Phone: 877.TRY.TRCC www.trcc.edu *Truman State University* 100 E. Normal, Kirksville, MO 63501 Phone: 660.785.4114 www.truman.edu admissions@truman.edu *University of Missouri - Columbia* Online degrees and courses 800.545.2604 www.online.missouri.edu MUdirect@missouri.edu *Westminster College* 501 Westminster Avenue, Fulton, MO 65251-1299 Phone: 573.642.3361 www.westminster-mo.edu admissions@westminster-mo.edu *William Jewel College* 500 College Hill, Liberty, MO 64068-1896 Phone: 816.781.7700 www.jewell.edu admission@william.jewell.edu *William Woods University* One University Avenue, Fulton, MO 65251 Phone: 800.995.3199 www.williamwoods.edu enrollmentservices@williamwoods.edu Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:23:08 GMT http://www.missourilife.com/category/110/article/209 http://www.missourilife.com/category/110/article/208 *More Colleges and Universities* *By Charles Reineke* _In our article “Campus Credits: The Top Ten Schools” in the October 2006 issue, we promised to identify other nationally recognized institutions of note._ *Drury University* — With just over 1,500 undergraduates, you might not think tiny Drury University in Springfield would attract much attention from the big-time college ranking outfits. You’d be wrong. Drury has long been a darling of the U.S. News, Barron’s, and Princeton Review, and has also been ranked among the nation’s best for keeping first-year students “active and engaged.” How do they do it? Mostly by encouraging close working relationships with faculty, stressing the development of “core values,” and by requiring the mastery of a rigorous curriculum. Founded by earnest Congregationalists in the nineteenth-century, Drury proudly retains its Protestant affiliations. But never fear, this is not a place for religious indoctrination: Students here have a reputation for thinking critically, celebrating cultural differences, and embracing the sort of liberal learning that would make their forward-thinking forbearers proud. *Webster University* — Webster University began life in 1915 as a Catholic women’s college and didn’t even admit men for almost a half-century after its founding. So it is no small irony that this St. Louis-based institution is today nationally known for its innovative program of bringing college-credit courses to the mostly male U.S. military on bases around the nation. Still, it’s not just soldiers who benefit from the Webster road show. The university runs six international campuses and, in all, boast some twenty-two thousand students of close to one hundred nationalities. The home campus in Webster Groves, meanwhile, is a lovely plot of graceful homes and parks adjacent to St. Louis. There you’ll find some five thousand students, most of whom are working toward degrees in the arts and sciences, business, fine arts and education. *College of the Ozarks* — Prospective students viewing College of the Ozarks promotional literature might be forgiven for fearing that this otherwise hospitable-looking campus in fact houses a scary sort of collegiate boot camp. Welcome to “Hard Work U.” it proclaims, “A tradition that works!” But rest assured, the faculty and administrators at this Point Lookout college are not at all interested in sentencing students to four years at hard labor. Instead they are offering one of the nation’s most innovative ways of funding a college education. Here’s how it works: When enrolling at College of the Ozarks you are automatically signed up for the campus “work program,” a commitment of at least fifteen hours per week laboring in the campus computer center, chow hall, child development program (or sometimes of campus in an area businesses). The college, in turn, guarantees that your tuition and fees are covered. You get hands-on experience, real-world maturity, and a leg up on after-graduation employment. The college and the Branson community get an energetic (and captive) work force. Sound like a fair trade? Most of the major college guides think so. And so do your parents. *Kansas City Art Institute* — After Thomas Hart Benton, the quarrelsome Regionalist painter from Neosho famously fled what he considered to be the “overdelicate refinements” of the New York art scene, he landed on the faculty of the Kansas City Art Institute. The no-nonsense campus of KCAI, he imagined, was surely a place where his muscular brand of figurative art would thrive. Unfortunately for him, KCAI students in the 1930s were every bit as avant-garde minded than as they are now. Benton, though much respected for his intense energy and dedication, was fired after just six years. Many of his students, meanwhile, went on to create the very type of art that Benton loathed; avant-garde works that delighted audiences and critics in New York, Paris and the rest of the overdelicate world. Today’s art and design students at this private, four-year art school are no doubt working with equal diligence toward similarly confounding their own instructors. You can too. *Extra Schools Contributed* *Central Methodist University* — As a church-related institution of higher education, Central Methodist University in Fayette makes no excuses. They proudly wear the badge of faith and reason as integral parts of the college experience. Established in 1853, this university has flourished while other Methodist-related schools have faded. On five campuses statewide, students are encouraged to have high ethical standards and to live a life of community service. But when asked why he chose CMU over a larger state university, senior Kyle Almeling says, “The professors know my name.” *—Rebecca French Smith* October 2006 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:18:04 GMT http://www.missourilife.com/category/110/article/208