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Spring Has Sprung. VISIONS Staff on a More Personal Note

“…there is no ‘average’ VISIONS staffer…” We tend to think that there is no “average” VISIONS staffer. Our staffers and directors are a pretty eclectic bunch of individuals who come on board with varied and enchanting tales of travel, a wide range of...

An Exciting Alternative

By Jennifer M. Jarvis & Hemant Part of growing up involves socializing and interacting with ones peers within schools and various organized groups and projects. One such organization is VISIONS International, a non-sectarian summer program which offers community...

The Toughest Summer You’ll Ever Love

By Marsha Whitfield Girls everywhere are trading in trips to amusement parks and summer camps for a chance to work their tails off for a payoff that will last a lifetime. This is what Rachel Perschetz took last year on her summer vacation: one pair of work gloves, two...

World Views are a Work in Progress

Newsletter of the Department of Religious Studies at Southwest Missouri State University By Joby Taylor In 1956 the anthropologist Horace Miner composed his now famous essay “Body Rituals of of the Nacirema,” describing the elaborate superstitions of a...

VISIONS International on the Move

In May, VISIONS International will be moving its offices from Middle Ridge Road to the former Highland Presbyterian Church at 110 N. Second St. in Newport. VISIONS is a non-profit, nonsectarian organization whose primary purpose is to provide teenagers with meaningful...