A Conversation with Brian Stuhlman, Director of Programing at MSA

Brian Stuhlman came to the Missouri Scholars Academy its first year in Mark Twain Hall, 1993.

MSA 2021 Goes Virtual

Due to COVID-19, MSA will not be offering an in-person Academy this summer. We are incredibly disappointed, but don't lose heart, friends: there will be a 2021 Virtual Academy! Will it be the same as a "regular" Academy? Nope. But it will be as cool, as nerdy, and as intellectually engaging as we can make…

MSA announces donation campaign to combat future $1500 scholar fee

Leadership scrambled to create an all-virtual MSA after the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March, 2020. Staffed solely with volunteers, the makeshift virtual academy was free to all students, but a ragtag bunch of volunteers will not be enough to create future, in-person or virtual academies. It is still unclear whether or not an in-person academy…

Race, Place and Identity in Missouri: a Journey

Stephanie Hasty, a ‘92 MSA scholar, had been teaching for 20 years when she decided to apply to the Missouri Scholars Academy again, this time as an instructor. Hasty wanted to teach a course about Race, Place and Identity in Missouri, a comprehensive look at “who we are, and how we got there,” for scholars.…

MSA 2020 Cancellation

It is with a very heavy heart that we must announce the cancellation of MSA’s June Academy in accordance with the University of Missouri’s cancellation of all in-person classes and residential summer programs.

Spend Week 4 as a Tiger!

Attention all 2018 Scholars! Applications to Mizzou & the MU Honors College are now open: https://admissions.missouri.edu/ Spend Week 4 as a Tiger and receive a $1500 MU Housing Award! #2018ScholarPerks To qualify for the award, students must enter Mizzou in the fall of 2020 and live in university-owned housing The MSA Housing Award will not…

Missouri Scholars Academy

  [contentblock slug="ca-middle-mid-block"] [contentblock slug="ca-middle-left-block"] [contentblock slug="ca-feature-block-2"]   MSA Events ALUMNI DAY Alumni Day typical schedule 2:00 pm – Alumni arrive at Middlebush Auditorium 3:00 pm – Big Group in Middlebush Auditorium 3:45-4:45 pm Afternoon Programming TBA 4:45-6:00 pm  Dinner on own 7:15 pm Alumni Dance (Lowry Mall) FAMILY DAY Scholars may be checked out…

Q&A with Ted Tarkow, MSA Director 1985-2014

Tell me MSA’s origin story. How did MSA come about? I came to Columbia in 1970, and it wasn’t too long after that that I started getting involved with honors college stuff and those kinds of initiatives. In the early 80’s, there were some families in Springfield, Mo., down in Green county, who had heard…

From Rogersville to Dublin

Christopher Dade enjoyed growing up in the small town of Rogersville, Mo., once dubbed the “raccoon capital of the world.” In Rogersville, there was a tangible sense of community and a comfort in knowing most everyone, but there was always something missing for Dade. He found that something when he arrived at MSA in 2012.…

MSA: One Big Community

After spending three weeks of summer 2014 in Columbia, Mo., for the Missouri Scholars Academy, Riley Messer said her plan for college was set. “I loved Mark Twain, I loved the campus, I loved the vibe of Columbia, and I loved the intellectual community that MSA had that also translates to the [MU] Honors College,”…