Harris-Stowe State University

Harris-Stowe State University MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Pier Scott – (314) 340-3391 or (314) 737-8020 or scottp@hssu.edu<mailto:scottp@hssu.edu> WHO: Governor Jeremiah “Jay” Nixon; Dr. Dwaun J. Warmack, president, Harris-Stowe State University and Representative Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis WHAT: Gov. Nixon signs into law SB 334, which broadens the degree-granting authority of Harris-Stowe State University to allow the 158-year old institution to confer master’s degrees for the first time in its history. WHEN: Thursday, July 16, 2015 2:30 p.m.
 WHERE: Wm. L. Clay Early Childhood Development/Parenting Education Center, 10. N. Compton Ave. (access via rear parking lot) Harris-Stowe State University campus 3026 Laclede Ave. St. Louis, MO 63103 HISTORY: The Missouri legislature passed Senate Bill 334 in May and the bill passed in the Higher Education Committee of the Missouri House of Representatives in April. Pier Scott Director, Communications & Marketing Harris-Stowe State University 3026 Laclede Ave. St. Louis, MO 63103 314.340.3391