Many of you may have been hearing about the area’s first community school, a pilot program which will begin at Robberson Elementary this fall. As one of Springfield’s most impoverished schools (see report), the Community School project is an exciting new concept in which we are eager to partner. The school will serve as a […]
In March, representatives from the MSU-West Plains campus attended the “Beyond the Borders: The Future of Service-Learning” Faculty and Staff Development Conference here at Missouri State University. The conference featured keynote presentations by nationally recognized service-learning scholars, Drs. Rick Battistoni, Patti Clayton, and Jean Strait (see CASL website soon for conference video presentations). The West […]
This fall, students from GEP 101, First-Year Foundations and a few UHC sections will not be the only ones reading Outcasts United, Missouri State’s 2012-2013 common reader. GEP 101 faculty Carol Gosselink, Patrick Grayshaw, Diane Leamy, Paula Moore, Kathy Nordyke, and Dane Wallace, will pilot a new service-learning opportunity that brings the message and story […]