From: Communications [mailto:Communications@hssu.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 9:07 AM
Subject: Nixon to Sign Historic Bill Allowing Harris-Stowe State University to Offer Graduate Degrees - 2:30 PM, Thurs. July 16, Harris-Stowe's Clay Center - 10 N. Compton 63103 (rear entrance from Laclede Ave.)
Harris-Stowe State University
MEDIA ADVISORY
Contact: Pier Scott – (314) 340-3391 or (314) 737-8020 or scottp@hssu.edumailto: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