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Around the world with service-learning

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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, student workers, and service-learning students spent weeks preparing each station. They used their classroom knowledge and flexed their creativity to create an exciting and meaningful program for all of our visitors.

Another day of the event is scheduled for December 1st.

Service-learning brings robotics to Robberson Elementary

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By Kathy Nordyke

Three young boys gather around a computer, working on robotics programmingMissouri State University service-learning students and Bonner Leaders/Program Assistants from the Citizenship and Service-Learning office are helping children at Robberson Elementary learn the sciences through the power of Robotics. This new program began Friday, November 2nd and was made possible thanks to service-learning students from John Turner’s grant writing class. The grant writing students wrote a proposal and secured funding for the world-class LEGO Educational Robotics project.

A special thanks to our Bonner Leader and Math/Science Education student Amanda Drewel for her hard work and dedication in coordinating this effort, writing curriculum, and working to encourage STEM before/after-school programs in our schools. Service-learning takes pride in our students and the great things they are doing in our communities to make a difference – they are shining examples of our MSU Public Affairs mission. Thank you Robberson Community School for being such a great partner and serving as a learning site for our service-learning students.