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Thinking Out Loud: Tarkio College Reborn

KBIA | By Trevor Harris

Published March 1, 2017 at 2:31 PM CST

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Tarkio College aims to serve the demand for a changing Northwest Missouri economy, which includes the wind industry.

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Rankin Hall is the administration building on the Tarkio College campus.

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KBIA's Trevor Harris talks with Robert Pearson, a Tarkio resident who volunteers to help prepare the campus for new students this fall.

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Tarkio College's 1940 national championship basketball team

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A room in Rankin Hall is dedicated to the Tarkio College's collection of owl figurines. Tarkio College, which closed in 1991, had the owl as its mascot.

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Since 1991, the halls of Northwest Missouri's Tarkio College have been quiet. Classes ended there 25 years ago when the college closed. Now, a group of alumni and allies are working to re-open the school. KBIA's Trevor Harris visited Tarkio College to see the grounds and gather stories from the team that is working hard to welcome a new group of scholars to the campus this fall.

Tarkio College trained educators, ministers and others for over 100 years before it closed in 1991. An effort is underway to re-open the closed school located in Missouri's most Nrothwestern corner. KBIA's Trevor Harris talked with the school's champions for a recent episode of Thinking Out Loud.

This program originally aired on February 28, 2017.

Listen for new episodes of Thinking out Loud on KBIA each Tuesday evening at 6:30.