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Retired, I.T. Coordinator, Brunswick and Miami School Districts "I support Missouri Valley College because it has been important in the lives of my family." Patricia Fletcher
MVC ANNOUNCES NEW MASTER OF ARTS PROGRAM IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION Missouri Valley College now offers a Master of Arts in Educational Administration program and classes began in fall 2019. Missouri Valley College has had a Master of Arts in Community Counseling program for a number of years so it was with much excitement that an additional master ’s program was made available for individuals looking to further their education. The purpose of the Master of Arts in Educational Administration program is to prepare students with the training to become effective school administrators. This program leads to principalship certification at both the elementary and middle school level as well as the secondary level.
Ethan Hofer-Cassianni posted a record of three wins and one loss, which was enough to advance him to the octofinals round. By advancing, Ethan qualified for the National Forensic Association’s National Tournament, which was held in Whitewater, Wisconsin in April 2019. MVC ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH RECEIVES AWARD MVC Assistant Professor of English Dr. Claire Schmidt was recently awarded the 2019 Américo Paredes Prize by the American Folklore Society. This award recognizes excellence in integrating scholarship and engagement with the people and communities one studies, or in teaching and encouraging scholars and practitioners to work in their own cultures or communities. The committee was impressed by Dr. Schmidt’s extensive body of work, including the 2017 book If You Don’t Laugh You’ll Cry: The Occupational Humor of White Wisconsin Prison and her commitment to engaging local communities.
Fletcher is a 1995 graduate of Missouri Valley College. She spent 14 years with the Miami (Missouri) School District serving as a Special Education Teacher and IT Coordinator and eight years with the Brunswick School District serving as an IT Coordinator. Fletcher joined the MVC Board of Trustees in 2014. She and her husband, John, have four children and nine grandchildren. Why do you support MVC?
I support Missouri Valley College because it has been important in the lives of my family. My husband John and his father are both graduates. Our daughter attended after her graduation from another out of state university in order to get the classes she needed to obtain her Missouri teaching certificate. I also now have two grandchildren attending Missouri Valley and hope that they will develop the attachment to the school that I have and will support its endeavors in the future. I started college as a traditional student. But I left school when I was pregnant
with our second child. I went back when our fourth child entered elementary school. I found that my interests had changed, and I pursued a degree in education and special education. With the closest alternative being 60 miles away and with a young family at home, obtaining my degree as a non-traditional student would have been a near impossibility. My time at Missouri Valley as a non-traditional student was a great time in my life. I also recognize the economic impact that Missouri Valley has in my community. I have lived here when times were bad for Missouri Valley, and the difference that Missouri Valley makes for Marshall and the surrounding area is astounding. I would love to see even more partnerships with the Marshall community and Missouri Valley in the future.
MVC DEBATE AND FORENSICS TEAM SUCCESSFUL AT WASHBURN UNIVERSITY TOURNAMENT
The Missouri Valley College Debate and Forensics team, together with Coach David Bowers, traveled to Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas in September 2019 to compete in Lincoln-Douglas Debate.
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