George Washington Carver Symposium

October 17-18, 2008, at Plaster Student Union on the Missouri State Campus.

For more information, go to http://www.carversfriends.org/ and scroll down to "The Carver Symposium Announced!".

September 2008 Meeting of the Ozarks Chapter, Missouri Archaeological Society

When:   Wednesday, September 10, 2008,  7:00 pm

Where: Center for Archaeological Research, Missouri State University
622 S. Kimbrough (enter from parking lot on east side)
Springfield, Missouri (417) 836-5363
 
Guest Speaker: Dr. A. Holly Jones, Missouri State University
 
Program:  Dr. Jones will present the results of the MSU Archaeological Field School research at two historic sites in SW Missouri. The McKenzie-Townsend site at Nathanael Greene Park is one of the earliest homesteads in Springfield, dating from the early-to-middle nineteenth century. At Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, investigations focused on Moody's blacksmith shop, which is associated with the August 10, 1861 Civil War Battle.

 

Anthropology club meetings

The first meeting this year of the Anthropology Club will take place Thursday, September 11, at 5:00, in STRO 401.  See you there!
 

Annual  Student Anthropology Conference

 Missouri State University's annual Student Anthropology Conference (STAC) will take place April 30-May 1, 2009, hours and rooms to be announced.  Students will be grouped in panels to present their original research in all fields of anthropology and related disciplines.  All students, faculty, and the general public are invited to attend.   See last year's conference website for an idea of what the conference is like.  Check back in January 2009 for the Call for Papers.