Help us congratulate Dr. Suzanne Walker-Pacheco and the Paws to the Polls cohort for their Harriet Woods Award for Exemplary Community Service! On May 6th, Anthropologist, Dr. Walker-Pacheco escorted Missouri State University students Zion Stevens, Masters of Public Administration, and the GA for Paws to the Polls, Liz Wertz, MSU Sociology Graduating Senior, and Jackson … [Read more...] about MSU’s Paws to the Polls Distinction
Dr. Suzanne Walker-Pacheco and Paws to the Polls student members work tirelessly to ensure voters are educated on the issues, the incumbents, and nominees to confidently vote in elections. Dr. Walker-Pacheco and members have created a 2023 Ballot Voter Guide that includes QR codes to register to vote. Please consider perusing the guide before your paws hit the poles! Here … [Read more...] about Paws to the Polls, Election 2023 Voter Guide
The goals of the nonpartisan campus voter initiative Paws to the Polls is to increase civic engagement and voter literacy on campus. Birthed during the height of the pandemic in spring of 2020, we’ve already made a difference, working with the Office of Public Affair Support to put Missouri State University on the Washington Monthly’s list of Best Colleges for Student Voting in … [Read more...] about Paws to the Polls Visits with Missouri Legislators
Do you like data? Of course you do. This is a Soc-Ant blog. Follow this link for the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement reports on Missouri State University's voting rates in 2012, 2016, 2018, and 2020. Notice the increase between 2016 and 2020? Arguments of correlation versus causation aside, we would be remiss not to give credit where credit is due, and … [Read more...] about Dr. Suzanne Walker-Pacheco Awarded For Community Engagement Work