The Greene County Clerk and Commission will be co-hosting a free Sunshine Law Workshop on July 26 to educate government employees, communications professionals and media about Chapter 610 of the Revised Missouri Statutes, or the Missouri Sunshine Law. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Missouri State University’s Darr Agricultural Center. Event partners include … [Read more...]
Dr. Andrew Cline Dr. Andrew Cline was supposed to be writing a book. Cline, an associate professor in media, journalism and film said, “I was planning a book about Millennials and Boomers moving back into downtown. But I was sitting with my wife one day, and she said, ‘I noticed you’re not really getting after this project. What’s wrong?’” Well, he explained, he didn’t really … [Read more...]
Melanie Dreyer-Lude is a recipient of the 2017 Excellence in Study Away Programming Award Melanie Dreyer-Lude was recognized for excellence in Study Away programming, specifically within the category of community engagement. Dreyer-Lude drew upon her professional knowledge, academic focus and passion for cultural learning to develop Experiencing Uganda: Service Learning in … [Read more...]
Langston Hughes, 2017 inductee to the Missouri Public Affairs Hall of Fame Langston Hughes is most commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance, but he spent his early life in the Midwest. Dr. Matthew Calihman, associate professor in the English department, said, “I do think Missouri is important to him,” noting that regional geography and events often emerged in Hughes’ … [Read more...]
Students in Didem Koroglu’s communication classes are participating in a service learning project with the potential to have significant impact on our community. They’re partnering with the Community Foundation of the Ozarks (CFO) to increase public engagement with the 2017 Springfield-Greene County Community Focus Report, which investigates 11 “red flag” and “blue ribbon” … [Read more...]