Faculty - let your students know it's not too late to enroll in a 1-credit Service-Learning course for the spring of 2021 with no late fees. Service-learning is a great way for students to connect what they are learning in your class with real-world experiences. The Registrar's Office allows enrollment for a 1-credit service-learning course throughout the semester. There is no deadline as long as students can complete their 40 hours with a community partner learning site. Please encourage your students to consider service-learning. We have great placement opportunities that include, but are not limited to: Clinical Students - BIO/BMS - Work with the Diabetic Retinopathy program - We still need about 20 students - hands on clinical care Clinical and Social Work/Sociology/Psychology Students - Work with Empower Abilities (formerly the Southwest Center for Independent Living) to work with some 600 patients and their caregivers doing well checks/clinical assessments/scheduling for COVID vaccine - flexible hours, hands-on (remote); training provided. Opportunity for … [Read more...] about Faculty: there’s still time for service-learning enrollment
Brian Calfano, associate professor of political science at Missouri State University, was recently awarded a $500 mini-grant from Missouri Campus Compact. The grant proposal titled “Missouri State University Tele-Town Hall Project is designed to facilitate a large scale "Get Out the Vote" project that serves the civic good in southwest Missouri. This project brings the best of public scholarship, service-learning, and civic engagement to bear in performing a critical civic function during the 2012 presidential election season. Brian partnered with the MSU Office of Citizenship and Service-Learning to provide students with cutting-edge, real-time, real-world training opportunities through service-learning in two courses: PLS 497, Media and Political Marketing (summer component SL), and PLS 317 American Political Behavior (fall integrated SL). According to Katherine Nordyke, Director for Citizenship and Service-Learning, “this collaborative project demonstrates the true pedagogy of service-learning – students take their skills and knowledge learned in the classroom environment and … [Read more...] about “GET OUT AND VOTE” Project
Missouri State service-learning graduate students used their knowledge of technical writing to aid long-term tornado recovery efforts in Joplin this past spring. Dr. Lyn Gattis, Assistant Professor in the English Department, lead the students in her graduate professional writing course in a service-learning project to create documentation to help the Joplin Area Long-Term Recovery Committee (LTRC) and Rebuild Joplin organizations use Mindjet Connect Action, an online, open-source project management program. After learning how to use the software, these Professional Writing students were able to use their skills to create understandable, comprehensive materials to help organizations use the product. This documentation will be instrumental in helping to organize groups and to coordinate tasks in Joplin tornado recovery. Efficient communication is key in coordinating such a large relief effort, and this new software will help greatly. Many University faculty and staff members also contributed to this project. Kristi Oetting from Computer Services trained the students in using … [Read more...] about The Write Thing for Joplin: Graduate Service-Learning Students Assist Long-Term Joplin Recovery
Missouri State University was recently named as one of 25 campuses nationwide selected to participate in the Campus and Community Civic Health Initiative, sponsored by the American Democracy Project (ADP) and the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC). This initiative launched June 7, 2012 with an inaugural Campus & Community Civic Health Initiative Summit in San Antonio, Texas, is a two-year initiative designed for the identification and development of campus and community civic health assessments. As a participating institution, Missouri State will work to study the civic health of our campus and communities to discover how it facilitates civic health. After assessment, Missouri State hopes to find a measure of civic help that needs improvement and then create a program to respond to that concern. The purpose of the Campus & Community Civic Health Initiative is to engage students and university faculty and staff in campus and community civic health work. The ultimate goal of the Campus & Community Civic Health Initiative, and the goal of the American … [Read more...] about Missouri State selected for Campus and Community Civic Health Initiative
The American Democracy Project (ADP) celebrated its tenth anniversary this past summer at their national conference held in San Antonio, Texas. Ten professionals from Missouri State University were among the record-setting 508 in attendance. These ten included Mary Ann Wood, Director of Public Affairs Support; Nasser Darabi, Test Proctoring; Paula Moore, ELI Academic Specialist; Andy Lokie, Coordinator of Special Projects and Editor of the eJournal of Public Affairs; Rachelle Darabi, Associate Provost of Student Development and Public Affairs; Marc Cooper, Professor in the History Department; Mike Stout, Assistant Professor of Sociology; Katherine Nordyke, Director of the Office of Citizenship and Service Learning; Brian Calfano, Associate Professor of Political Science; and, J. Dane' Wallace, Per Course Faculty-Modern and Classical Languages/Global Studies. The conference included several nationally renowned speakers with multiple sessions from which attendees could take ideas back to their respective schools. A new ADP initiative was also announced, the Campus and Community … [Read more...] about Ten Missouri State Professionals Attend National American Democracy Project Conference