In late August and early September of 2017 Hurricane Harvey hit the south Texas coast with a vengeance. Coming in at Category 4 intensity, the storm killed 80 people in the United States and drove thousands from their homes. Over 300,000 people were left without power.

Missouri Southern sophomore Social Work major Amanda Hosp was one of the volunteers who rushed to the scene. She worked in an American Red Cross shelter in Austin, Texas. She began making plans to assist in the relief effort before the storm even hit land.

Fall 2017 is the Korea Semester at Missouri Southern State University.  In coming weeks, a wide variety of lectures, performances, films and other events will focus on the Korean culture.

In the first episode of “MOSOunds” – a new podcast from Missouri Southern – we take a look at the university’s “Alma Mater.”

The brief, four-line song was written by a group of Joplin Junior College students and made its debut in 1939. Lee Elliff Pound, director of the Alumni Association, shares a bit about its history, while Dr. Rick Espinosa discusses updating the piece via a new arrangement for the athletic band.