The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO

August 15, 2008

<img src="http://www.joplinglobeonline.com/images/zope/new.gif" border=0> 2:11 p.m. MSSU board approves planning for medical school


The Missouri Southern State University Board of Governors voted today, during its regular meeting, to authorize strategic planning for a medical school.

The vote will allow the university to pursue funding for a doctorate program for osteopathic medicine.

For more on this story see Saturday’s Joplin Globe.