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Our Public Affairs Mission Workshop Helps You Grow as a Citizen Bear

Learn how to connect our Public Affairs Mission to your role—register today!

October 8, 2026 by Jason Coons

OTD Featured Workshop:

Public Affairs Mission: What Does It Mean? Can you Relate? – LEAD Yourself

With the renewed emphasis on public affairs in the university’s strategic plan, it’s important that you to learn how to connect our mission to your role and how to put it into action. Explore the history of the public affairs mission of the University and how to become a more engaged Citizen Bear by modeling the three pillars of the public affairs mission. As the university is educating students to become global scholars, it is imperative that employees can communicate, interconnect, and promote the meaning of public affairs to students and the community. Join us for this fun and informative workshop!

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Date: Thursday, Oct 22, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Location: Pummill 202
Facilitator: Stacey Trewatha-Bach


Other LEAD Yourself workshops this fall:

MSU Spotlight: Bear Financials Argos Reports – LEAD Yourself

  • Tue, Oct 13; 2:00 PM – 4:00 AM, Pummill 202
  • Facilitator: Dawn McIntyre

MSU Spotlight: Bear Financials Forms – LEAD Yourself

  • Tue, Oct 20; 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Pummill 202
  • Facilitator: Dawn McIntyre

Microsoft Power BI: Excel to Business Intelligence – LEAD Yourself

  • Fri, Oct 30; 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM, Glass 331
  • Facilitator: Karen Eisman

Communication Basics – LEAD Yourself

  • Thu, Nov 5; 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM, Pummill 202
  • Facilitator: Dr. Gloria Galanes

Effective Listening – LEAD Yourself

  • Wed, Nov 18; 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Pummill 203
  • Facilitator: Dr. Gloria Galanes

MSU Spotlight: Telecom Invoicing – LEAD Yourself

  • Thu, Nov 19; 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM, Telecom Center Training Room 152 (Blair Shannon)
  • Facilitator: Angie Cockrum

Sponsored by Organizational and Talent Development


Continue Learning On Demand with LEAD Yourself

Keep building your skills on your schedule with these curated LEAD Yourself courses from LinkedIn Learning, now available through My Learning Connection (MLC).  Access them anytime, and your completed learning will be automatically recorded on your MLC transcript.

  • MSU Administrative Professionals Core (Learning Path)
  • Microsoft Excel Level 1 (Learning Path)
  • Microsoft Excel Level 2 (Learning Path)
  • Microsoft Excel Level 3 (Learning Path)
  • Microsoft Teams Essential Training
  • Zoom Essential Training

LinkedIn Learning


To register for LEAD Yourself courses click on the registration buttons above.

MyMissouriState > Learning and Development Card > My Learning Connection.

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Please contact HRLearning@missouristate.edu with questions.


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