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Bear Pantry opens in hopes to combat food insecurity

February 4, 2019 by Jeremiah Halbert

Food donations found in the Bear Pantry at the Center for Community Engagement

The Center for Community Engagement is excited to announce the Bear Pantry is open for business! Established with the help of the Drew Lewis Foundation, the food pantry brings us one step closer to reducing food insecurity at Missouri State University. We also hope to educate our campus and community on the devastating effect hunger has on students. If you’re unfamiliar with … [Read more...] about Bear Pantry opens in hopes to combat food insecurity

Filed Under: Service Learning Tagged With: Center for Community Engagement, community, donations, food insecurity, food pantry, Service Learning

Student Spotlight: Amanda Drewel uses robots to teach kids about STEM

December 12, 2018 by Charles Whitaker

Amanda Drewel smiles for a profile picture

For Amanda Drewel, what takes place outside of the classroom can be just as important as what happens at the desk. As a service-learning Bonner Leader, expectations were high. She was on the lookout for a program that would serve her needs as a young professional hoping to get kids excited about STEM fields. Not exactly the breeziest of tasks. But since her placement at … [Read more...] about Student Spotlight: Amanda Drewel uses robots to teach kids about STEM

Filed Under: Service Learning Tagged With: Bonner Leader, Lego, Robberson, robotics, Service Learning, STEM

Departmental collaboration the key to community education event

November 26, 2018 by Charles Whitaker

Three student perform a mini-opera against an illustrated backdrop of Italy

During the fall semester 2018, the office of Citizenship & Service-Learning partnered with the Springfield Dream Center, The Fairbanks/Northwest Project, and Dr. Alex Jean-Charles and Dr. Ann Marie Daehn's service-learning students to host a brand-new program called “Around the World in 80 Days.” “Around the World in 80 Days” developed out of Dr. Ann Marie Daehn’s … [Read more...] about Departmental collaboration the key to community education event

Filed Under: Service Learning Tagged With: Biomedical Science, community, cultural, Dream Center, educational, engagement, Music

Around the world with service-learning

November 12, 2018 by Charles Whitaker

Service-learners at the Dream Center pose in a big group

On Saturday, at our Around the World in 80 Days cultural educational event, children and families in underprivileged schools in Springfield had the opportunity to experience different cultures this Saturday through art, music, and science projects. Students will make stops in Egypt, China, Italy, Tanzania, and many more locations from around the globe. Our Bonner Leaders, … [Read more...] about Around the world with service-learning

Filed Under: Service Learning Tagged With: arts, culture, Dream Center, science, Service Learning

GA Perspective: Nursing students offered career development opportunities through vision screenings

November 6, 2018 by Charles Whitaker

Nursing students in scrubs walk down a clinical hallway together

By Lucy Beeler Ozark West Elementary happens to be one of the locations we’ve coordinated vision screenings for in the past. This time, everything went smoothly. It allowed me a chance to notice the connections nursing students were making while getting their service-learning hours. They were all talking with the school nurse. They asked about her career and how she … [Read more...] about GA Perspective: Nursing students offered career development opportunities through vision screenings

Filed Under: Service Learning Tagged With: career, nursing, professional development, staff notes, vision screening

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