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| THE SPIRIT CONTINUES |
| The spirit embodied at the Missouri Scholars Academy continues yearlong as MSA alumni attain great achievements in their professional and personal lives. If you like to share the success of fellow MSA alumni, please e-mail Ted Tarkow. |
| MSA 2011 was in the Columbia Tribune. |
| Community Service is what Andrew Floyd (MSA ‘11) spent his post MSA summer doing. |
| Antwaun Smith ( MSA '91; fac and staff, ‘96-’00; ‘03-’04; ‘07) has been appointed to a major state wide agency by Missouri Governor Nixon. |
| Jon Doolittle (MSA 1991) is serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Northwest Medical Center, Albany, MO. Prior to joining Northwest Medical Center, Doolittle completed over eleven years in the healthcare industry with Kansas City- based Cerner Corporation. Doolittle graduated Cum Laude from Harvard University with a BA in Government. In addition to his work with a local church, Doolittle is an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America and has served as the Finance Committee Chairman for the First Hand Foundation. |
| Heather Moulaison (MSA ‘90) graduated with an honors degree in English and with a degree in French from MU. After that, she earned a few masters degrees at Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, worked in academic libraries, and then a PhD at Rutgers. In 2008-09, she was a Fulbright Senior Scholar grantee and taught in the library school in Morocco. She taught at the library school in Ottawa, Canada before moving to MU, where she is presently Assistant Professor in the School of Information Science & Learning Technologies. |
| Breeann Robinson (MSA '90; RA '95-'96) is vice chair of planning services at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., charged with clarifying and restructuring the Clinic's strategic plan. |
| Eric Young (MSA ‘09; Hickman High School; Columbia, MO) has been named a 2011 Presidential Scholar). Among other Hickman and MSA alums who have been Presidential Scholars: Rebecca Dillingham (MSA ‘86); Scott Murphy (MSA ‘86); Annie Roller Rucker (MSA ‘95); and Jessie Hwang (MSA ‘07) |
| Valerie Quirk (MSA ‘10; Central High School, Springfield, MO), was recently named one of the 2011 national Bezos Scholars. The Bezos Scholars Program @ the Aspen Institute covers all expenses for 12 of the nation’s top public high school juniors and 12 exceptional educators for a week of exploration, dialogue and debate at the acclaimed Aspen Ideas Festival, June 27 – July 3, 2011 in Aspen, CO. |
| Silas Allard (MSA’98; RA ‘02-’03, ’05; co-cord. Res Life ‘06 ) graduated in May, 2011, from Emory University School of Law and Candler School of Theology with the highest honor for a graduating student, the Marion Luther Brittain Award. |
| Justin Arft (MSA ‘94) brings his multiple talents and interests to the MSA faculty, 2005-2011. Click here for more information. |
| Michael Hoosier (MSA '09) is one of two Missouri students to be selected for the 2011 U.S. Senate Youth Program in Washington, D.C. |
| Marsha Tyson (fac ‘10) is one of 103 mathematics and science teachers who won the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science.
Marsha also received the Columbia Public Schools Junior High Teacher of the Year this year. |
| Julie Kampschroeder (fac. '94-'96) has been named "Teacher of the Year" in
the Pattonville School District |
| Alan Hatfield (MSA ‘07; office Staff ‘10) is one of two students--one male, one female--from Missouri so named, and one of 141 in the country who has been selected a 2010 U.S. Presidential Scholar. Alan was selected for having demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, artistic excellence, leadership, citizenship, service, and contribution to school and community. Alan will take time out of his MSA Office Staff responsibilities in order to travel to Washington, D.C. June 19 – 22. |
Two MSA alumni (Munro Richardson, MSA '86, and Antwaun Smith, MSA '91; RA '96-'98; prog. staff & com. service '00; asst. fac. '03-04) have written thoughtful essays for a recent issue of the Kansas City Star. Both Munro and Antwaun were Rhodes Scholars. |
| Kevin Wolf (RA '86-'89) is President Barack Obama's nominee for Assistant Secretary of Commerce-Export Administration. Kevin is presently a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Bryan Cave LLP. |
| Andrew McCall
(MSA '04), is the most recent MSA scholar to be the recipient of a major scholarship. He is one of the 32 United States 2010 Rhodes Scholars |
