...when you have the view from Beat Kernen's balcony. After completing his undergraduate degree in Germanic Languages and Literature from the University of Bern in 1974, Beat earned his Ph.D. at the University in Kansas. He joined the Political Science faculty at Southwest Missouri State University in 1984. After creating and serving as the first Director of the Master … [Read more...] about Retirement Looks Pretty Good…
Students in the PLS355/772 course had a chance to apply the lessons learned in a simulated disaster environment. The goal of the simulation is to provide some experience in managing incidents as they would occur in the real world without the danger to themselves or the public. The class is split into an incident response team from various agencies and team staffing the … [Read more...] about Anticipating Godzilla: Students Apply Disaster Management Lessons
Having earned a sabbatical leave, Dr. Gabriel Ondetti is currently in Mexico City conducting research on the politics of taxation. In the picture he is standing in front of the Chamber of Deputies, Mexico’s version of the U.S. House of Representatives. Dr. Ondetti’s research project, which also encompasses Argentina, Brazil and Chile, tries to shed light on why some governments … [Read more...] about Dr. Gabriel Ondetti Studies the Politics of Taxation
I spent several afternoons and evenings studying at the end of Strong Hall’s third floor hallway, right outside the Political Science Department door. I would often stare at the bulletin board there, with its various grad school program flyers attached to it. My eyes always stopped on the George Washington University piece. The Graduate School of Political Management. The … [Read more...] about Tray Abney is Not James Carville or Karl Rove (In Spite of Himself)
A nice feature by Jess Rollins in the Springfield News Leader on PLS alumni Trent Sims. http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2014/11/10/rollins-kid-poverty-commission-onto-something/18785889/ Trent earned his BA in 2011. After working for Habitat for Humanity, he joined the Community Partnership of the Ozarks (http://www.commpartnership.org/) where he is the … [Read more...] about Alumni Trent Sims Making a Difference