The Pat Walker Missouri Public Affairs Academy (MPAA) is a way for students to immerse themselves in public affairs for a week. This year’s MPAA is July 13-20 at Missouri State University. The theme for 2019 is unity in community. The goal MPAA is for high school students to learn about issues in communities, here and globally. Each student will learn about things that … [Read more...] about Helping hometowns, one project at a time
The Sixth Annual LLC Day of Service won the National Community Service Program of the Month for August 2018. The National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH) gave this award. Living-learning community (LLC) students worked at 10 different sites Aug. 17. Each student exemplified #CitizenBear before classes started. A couple of those sites … [Read more...] about Students engage in public affairs
Aug. 7 is the primary election. Voters will see a variety of important issues. Missouri State University, in conjunction with the Greene County Clerk's Office, is trying to make voting easier. Starting Aug. 7, the Davis-Harrington Welcome Center on Missouri State's campus is a central polling location. Voting at the Welcome Center Anyone who is registered to vote … [Read more...] about Vote at Missouri State Aug. 7
The Fifth Annual LLC Day of Service won the National Community Service Program of the Month for August 2017 from the National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH). Living-learning community students participated in community service projects at 10 sites across the Springfield community on Aug. 18 putting the public affairs mission into action before … [Read more...] about Students recognized for community engagment
This October 1–25, Missouri State University, along with Drury University, Evangel University, Ozarks Technical College, and Southwest Baptist University, will once again join together for a cooperative community service project. This project, Stomp Out Hunger: All-Collegiate Shoe Drive, embodies the MSU public affairs mission as well as the 2014–15 public affairs theme, The … [Read more...] about Stomp Out Hunger Shoe Drive