Nixa Public Schools’ John Thomas School of Discovery is the Outstanding Team Award winner from Learning Forward-Missouri for the magnet school’s professional development program called STEAMU. Pictured, from left, are Josh Bennett, Garrett Lowder, Jennifer Chastain, Ryan Mahn, Lori Elliot and Tracy Harris.
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International Impact
College of the Ozarks engineering students Keaton Reich, far left, and Matthew Jones stand in Nepal, where they interned with Envision Builders Pvt. Ltd. during the fall 2017 semester. Their main task during the internship was designing a portable, smokeless stove to combat the country’s lung disease problem.
Photo provided by Springfield-Greene County Park Board
Celebrating Concessions
Springfield-Greene County Park Board Concessions Administrator Robert Uckele, pictured second from left with his family, is given the Missouri Park and Recreation Association’s Associate Fellow Award on March 1 in Osage Beach. Uckele joined the staff in 2002 and oversees two full-time staff members and 80 seasonal concessions workers.