When you’re the first person in your family to attend college, it’s exciting. It can also be frustrating, confusing, scary and discouraging. Helping first-generation students has been a focus for Missouri State University for the last several years. The university created: MSU: I’m First, a student organization for first-generation students that builds community. Specialized … [Read more...] about New programming helps first-generation students succeed
“I was stunned by the conditions that people in poverty endured” Driving down her street in Kansas City, Missouri, Helen (Brewer) Hurst takes the time to really look at the houses. These are houses for low- to moderate-income families. Hurst helped secure funding for many of these houses. “A great number of the housing developments I worked on are here in Kansas City,” said … [Read more...] about Helping families into homes