Mary Jo (Littlefield) McDonald, BJ ’49

Mary Jo (Littlefield) McDonald, BJ ’49, died Jan. 27, 2014, in Connecticut. During her time at the University of Missouri, McDonald was president of Alpha Delta Pi sorority and danced in the annual Savitar Frolics show where she won the award for best female performer in the 1949 show. Upon graduation, McDonald was asked by … Continued

Ryan Owens, BJ ’09

Ryan Owens, BJ ’09, recently was hired as a senior information specialist for the University of Missouri College of Engineering.

Bradley A. Martin, BJ ’78

Bradley A. Martin, BJ ’78, is in his 28th year as editor of the weekly Hickman County Times in Centerville, Tenn. He has won reporting and writing awards at the local, state, national and international levels, most recently a first place for Editorials in the 2013 University of Tennessee-Tennessee Press Association press contests. Martin is … Continued

Wally Poor, BJ ’57

Wally Poor, BJ ’57, has published a book titled “Faithful.” The book tells the story of six Southern Baptist missionary couples who started their careers together in 1968 in missionary orientation and all retired at the same time in 2001. This includes the Poors 26 years as missionaries in Uruguay and five years as the … Continued

Rikki Byrd, BJ ’13

Rikki Byrd, BJ ’13, celebrated the release of the sixth issue of s c u l p t Magazine on Jan. 30 during a launch party in Columbia. It was created in 2010 as an online publication as a way to give emerging artists of all genres a platform to promote their crafts. The new … Continued

Beth Pike, BJ ’86, and Stephen Hudnell, BJ ’73

Beth Pike, BJ ’86, and Stephen Hudnell, BJ ’73, both Emmy award-winning journalists from Columbia, won first place in the Best Foreign Language Film category of the China Academy Awards Documentary Film for “Deadline in Disaster.” The story shares the The Joplin (Mo.) Globe’s response to a violent EF-5 tornado that devastated the southwest Missouri … Continued