WEST PLAINS, Mo. – Missouri State University-West Plains has been selected as a 2020 Bellwether Award finalist by the Bellwether College Consortium for its participation in the Greater Ozarks Center for Advanced Technology (GOCAT) partnership.
The university is one of 30 finalists selected for the highly coveted award. Bellwether finalists represent leading institutions of higher education whose outstanding and innovative programs and practices in community college education were selected among competitive submissions as exemplary, according to consortium officials.
The finalists will undergo a second and final round of rigorous peer review at the 2020 Community College Futures Assembly Feb. 2-4 in San Antonio, Texas.
Awards are presented in three categories:
- Instructional Programs and Services
- Planning, Governance and Finance
- Workforce Development
Missouri State-West Plains is one of 10 colleges listed as finalists in the Workforce Development category, which recognizes strategic alliances that promote community and economic development.
