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MSU alum Asa Leininger now successful Peace Corps Volunteer trainee

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The spring semester of Asa Leininger’s senior year presented him with a conundrum – he wasn’t sure what he was going to do after he graduated.

Leininger, who graduated from Missouri State University in May 2023 with bachelor of arts degrees in history and theatre, had no idea what his immediate future would look like.

“I really had no clue how I was going to apply what I had learned in my university studies within a professional setting,” Leininger said. “Likewise, I knew that I needed more stability than what professional summer-stock Shakespeare companies (theatre) had to offer.”

It was at that time that MSU’s Career Center hosted an information session with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, sponsored by the College of Education and MSU’s Peace Corps Prep program. Leininger attended the session and was immediately “hooked.”

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Documentary “A Towering Task” to be shown Sept. 25

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The documentary film “A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps,” will be shown during Missouri State University’s Public Affairs Week September 25, 2023, in Karls Hall 101 from 4-6:30 p.m.

The film’s director, Alana DeJoseph, will be present to discuss the film afterward.

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