Public Affairs and Assessment Blog

Students awarded through Public Affairs Essay Contest

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Last fall the sixth annual Dr. Michael N. Compton Public Affairs Essay Contest addressed the 2020-2021 public affairs theme, The Power of Voice.  Join us in continuing to congratulate the top winners for their insightful and innovative perspectives on this year’s public affairs theme.

1st Place:  Veronica Jacobs, Senior, Anthropology major, French and Linguistics minor.

2nd Place:  Desiree Nixon, Sophomore, Journalism major, Political Science minor.

3rd Place:  Cassidy Farrar, Junior, Intercultural Communication major, English minor.

First place recipient receives a cash award of $500 plus a $500 cash donation in their name to a non-profit or charity of their choice.  The contest and it’s first place award is sponsored by the Institute for Development of Ethics And Leadership—IDEAL. IDEAL is a non-profit organization established by the alumni of the Alpha Rho Chapter of Sigma Pi Fraternity at MSU.

For complete information about the essay contest, please visit the website or call MSU’s Office of Public Affairs Support at 417-836-8832.

 

Welcome back students, faculty and staff!

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CITIZENSHIP & SERVICE-LEARNING

Thought about making your course a service-learning course?  It’s not too late for the spring 2021 semester!  Visit the CASL website or email Kathy Nordyke at katherinenordyke@missouristate.edu. 

COMMUNITY-ENGAGED LEARNING

The Bear Pantry is now open for the spring 2021 semester.  Hours are Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.  Students, staff and faculty can visit the pantry in person or shop online!

ASSESSMENT

  • Apply today for a $500 Program Assessment Grant to share how your program assesses student learning.
  • The Assessment Office offers grants for public affairs, utilizing exit passes, and student learning. Contact Julia Cottrell for more information.

 

For information about Public Affairs and Assessment and its programming, contact Dr. Keri Franklin, Associate Provost at KFranklin@MissouriState.edu.

What’s Happening in Public Affairs and Assessment? Week of Dec. 14

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COMMUNITY-ENGAGED LEARNING

Bear Pantry closed during holiday break 

CITIZENSHIP & SERVICE-LEARNING

Vision Screening Program wins 2020 Award!

MSU’s Vision Screening Program received the 2020 Award for Homeless Advocacy for Collaboration, Compassion and Generosity, presented by the Community Partnership of the Ozarks.  This award honored programs that met basic needs for people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 Pandemic.  “This is quite the honor for our program considering we worked with the homeless population during the fall semester. Thanks to our service-learning students who make this happen, to our faculty who provide opportunities for students to engage in service-learning through their courses, to administration and leadership who support this program, and to my team out of the service-learning office who coordinate this large endeavor and make it happen.  We are honored to receive this award” states Kathy Nordyke, CASL Director.

ASSESSMENT

Teaching

  • Apply today for a $500 Program Assessment Grants to share how your program assesses student learning.
  • The Assessment Office offers grants for public affairs, utilizing exit passes, and student learning. Contact Julia Cottrell for more information.

 

For information about Public Affairs and Assessment and its programming, contact Dr. Keri Franklin, Associate Provost at KFranklin@MissouriState.edu.

What’s happening in public affairs and assessment

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PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Highlight the work of your colleagues and students

  • Use this quick form to nominate a colleague or student to be a featured spotlight through the Office of Public Affairs Support. Spotlights highlight the volunteer work of faculty, staff and students who are helping make an impact in their communities.

Three students earn awards in public affairs essay contest

  • Students from Anthropology, Journalism and Intercultural Communication placed first, second and third respectively in the 6th annual Dr. Michael N. Compton Public Affairs Essay Contest, hosted and sponsored by MSU’s Sigma Pi fraternity and IDEAL (the Institute for Development of Ethics And Leadership).  Read the winning essay and learn about this opportunity for students!

COMMUNITY-ENGAGED LEARNING

CITIZENSHIP & SERVICE-LEARNING

Faculty – your students are making a positive impact through service-learning.

  • Watch this short facts video to see the direct value service-learning courses and students are creating in the world around our university.  From cultivating gardens that feed those in need, to performing essential research on how diabetes affects eyesight, students are taking their coursework into the community in ways that coincides with their career goals.
  • Contact Kathy Nordyke, about academic service-learning course opportunities and how to design transformational service-learning experiences in real-world settings for students.

ASSESSMENT

Teaching

  • Apply today for a $500 Program Assessment Grants to share how your program assesses student learning.
  • The Assessment Office offers grants for public affairs, utilizing exit passes, and student learning. Contact Julia Cottrell for more information.
  • Coordinators (Foundations, Human Cultures areas) – general education reports for your classes are due Monday, December 7.
    Early submissions are helpful as CGEIP would like to start reviewing reports at its December 2 meeting.  Contact Rich Biagioni, CGEIP Chair / Chemistry for more information.

Higher Learning Commission

  • Missouri State University has successfully completed its year 4 assurance review with no recommended monitoring. Read the final report.

Bears Care: Fall transition survey received more than 13,000 responses

  • To help meet the unique obstacles to student success 2020 presents, Assessment has sent our students a survey each semester to determine what issues students face. That information is shared with offices across campus that can provide help, whether academic, technical, health-related, or even food and housing issues.

For more information about Public Affairs and Assessment and its programming, contact Dr. Keri Franklin, Associate Provost at KFranklin@MissouriState.edu.