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...]