JANUARY 2018

Strategic Planning Retreat kicks off F​ Y19 planning cycle

Three Rivers College planning managers gathered recently for the College’s Annual Strategic Planning Retreat. College President Dr. Wesley Payne outlined the 2018-19 strategic planning priorities, which managers will use in developing their goals, action plans, and budgets for FY19.

Dr. Maribeth Payne, Dean of Institutional Effectiveness, led workshop activities to help planning managers develop FY19 goals and measureable objectives based on the new planning priorities.

To see the priorities, click her e. Sponsors help bring children’s theater performances to area elementary students

With the support of the Patrons of the Arts Society and local sponsors, Three Rivers College is bringing children’s theater performances to elementary students throughout the area. The effort is part of our College's mission to provide educational opportunities to the communities we serve.

Three shows are being performed at selected area schools this season by the Imaginary Theatre Company, a part of the Repertory Theatre Company of St. Louis. The Nutcracker was performed in November, Country Mouse & City Mouse in January, and Laura Ingalls Wilder: Voice of the Prairie will be presented in February.

Following are sponsors for each area: Poplar Bluff schools at the Tinnin Center : Daily American Republic (Nutcracker), Poplar Bluff Realty Inc. (Country Mouse), Kissinger & Kirkman Investment Centre (Laura Ingalls Wilder) and The Bank of Missouri (Laura Ingalls Wilder). Dexter : French Market, JKM & Company, On the Go Convenience Store, Rick Shipman Construction, and Tyson Foods Inc. (all three shows). Doniphan: Castle Products and Services Inc., JW Woodworks, Peoples Community Bank, Riverside Art Guild, Rocky River Inn, Three Rivers Citizens Advisory Board, and Vision-Improvement Clinic LLC (Country Mouse and Laura Ingalls Wilder). Kennett: Kennett Trust Bank, Progressive Farm Credit, and Southeast MO Health Network (Nutcracker); Glen Sain Chevrolet Buick Cadillac GMC, Kennett Business Women of Missouri, Shelter Insurance, Senath State Bank, Farmers Union Gin, and T.E.K.O. Pharmacy (Country Mouse); and Glen Sain Ford, Hoggard & Sons Funeral Home, Piggott Community Sharing Hearts Inc., and Piggott State Bank (Laura Ingalls Wilder). Malden : Creative Design Group, First Missouri Bank, and PBS Networks (Nutcracker); and First Missouri Bank, Creative Design Group, BPS Telephone Co., BPS Networks, Malden Arts Council, and Harry Blackwell Motors (Country Mouse and Laura Ingalls Wilder).

Piedmont: Americare at Clark's Mountain Nursing Center LLC, First Midwest Bank of Piedmont, Heartland Furniture & Appliances LLC-Cindy Boyers, High Chaparral Llamas, Keith & Judith Mahal, Rebecca Privett, Rotary Club of Piedmont, Ruegg Funeral Homes Inc., Sam A. Baker Concessions Inc., Ed Seitz, and Subway-Russell & Sherry Wilson (all three shows). Sikeston: Harry & Anita Sharp, Dean & Mary Wooden, and Randy & Charlotte York (all three shows).

Upcoming at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center The following are coming to the Tinnin Fine Arts Center. Click the title for details. Gener ative Conver sations: Gallery exhibit of the works of multimedia artist Lisa Sisley-Blinn, January 26 - February 23; free. Gallery hours are noon-3 p.m. Monday-Friday. It Is What I t Was: Gallery exhibit of the works of multimedia artist Deidre Argyle, March 2-28; free. Gallery hours are noon-3 p.m. Monday-Friday. Artist lecture at 12 p.m. March 28, Room 108 of the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Center. The Str ange Case of Dr . Jekyll and Mr . Hyde: Center Stage presents this suspenseful thriller, 7 p.m. March 9-10 & 2 p.m. March 11; tickets $10, $5 with TRC ID. O lé Music & Dance of Spain: Patrons of the Arts presents this flamenco dance troupe from Kansas City, 7 p.m. March 29; tickets $15, buy online at trcc.edu/tinnin. Sponsored by Las Margaritas, Maya’s, and Taco Taco. Moscow Festival Ballet per for ming The Sleeping Beauty: Patrons of the Arts presents this performance by the world-touring Russian troupe, 7 p.m. April 30; tickets $15, buy online at trcc.edu/tinnin. Sponsored by Kissinger & Kirkman Investment Centre.

Leave a legacy while supporting Three Rivers College

The Three Rivers Endowment Trust is raising funds through its “Buy a Brick” and “Buy a Bench” programs.

Buy a Br ick: You can have a lasting impact on the Three Rivers campus landscape with an inscribed brick in our TRC Brick Walk. For a $100 contribution, your name or that of a person or organization you want to honor will be inscribed. Click here for details.

Buy a Bench: For $500, you can have the name of your choosing permanently engraved on a bench as a lasting tribute to your support of Three Rivers College. Click here for details

Three Rivers supporter Three Rivers supporter named Citizen of the Year

Three Rivers College supporter Sharon Kissinger (holding plaque) was selected as the Poplar Bluff Chamber of Commerce 2018 Citizen of the Year. Kissinger and her company Kissinger & Kirkman have supported the College through donations and volunteer efforts.

The chamber also honored John Fuller as the 2018 Volunteer of the Year. Fuller is a Three Rivers graduate.

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