The Write Stuff

Haley Myers’ love for writing led her to a position as a tutor at the MU Writing Center. A music composition and geography double major, MU senior Haley Myers writes more than music as she puts her skills to work as a tutor at the Writing Center, a position she’s held for over three years. A Columbia…

Winning Tradition

Mizzou faculty members Sarah Bush, Bethany Stone, Newton D’Souza and Betsy Baker represent four of the last five winners of the prestigious Boyer Award. Betsy Baker can’t remember a time when she was not using technology as part of her teaching. “I was teaching second grade in the 1980s,” Baker says, “and I brought in my Commodore…

New Statue and Award Announced at the University of Missouri

Rendering of the Winged Sphere Statue A new statue honoring the University of Missouri’s history and recognizing the institution’s mission will be placed in Jesse Hall. The Winged Sphere statue will carry the message, which aligns with the mission of the university, that “Scholarship and teaching are daily driven by a sense of public service—the obligation…

Shoes that Shine

Examples of Runquiet’s work. Small business owner Lauren Rundquist never imagined she would be serving clients around the world while at the same time giving back to the community. “My goal is to make other people happy, to bring joy to others” says Rundquist, a senior strategic communications major with minors in business and entrepreneurship at Mizzou.…

Serving Seniors

Programs focused on providing care to senior citizens of Boone County are a major part of service learning at MU. Boone County Council on Aging and Adult Day Connection are two area programs that care for seniors and involve MU student volunteers. The senior citizen community is one of four main emphasis areas of service learning…

Celebrating Service

MU Service Learning Marks 25 Years

Jeff Selingo to Deliver Keynote Address at Mizzou’s Celebration of Teaching

Jeff Selingo Best-selling author and award-winning columnist Jeff Selingo will deliver the keynote address at the University of Missouri’s Celebration of Teaching at 1 p.m. on May 19. Selingo has spent his journalism career covering colleges and universities worldwide. His book, College (Un)Bound: The Future of Higher Education and What it Means for Students, explores…

Service-Learner Earns MU’s First Peace Corps Prep Award

Dana Humphrey served as a health education advocate in Ghana as part of Mizzou’s Peace Corps Prep Program. In December, St. Louis native Dana Humphrey graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work from MU. Along with this degree, Humphrey received the Minor in Leadership and Public Service, the Multicultural Certificate and was MU’s first awardee…

Art with a Personal Touch

Madalynn Olmsted uses her art to educate the public about the stigmas associated with mental illnesses. Senior Madalynn Olmsted’s artwork draws upon her experience with mental illness and brings awareness to the prevalence of mental illness in today’s society. Olmsted uses drawings and embroidery of birdcages, childhood toys, razor blades, chains, pill and alcohol bottles, barbed…

Rob McDaniels Named Director of Mizzou Career Center

Rob McDaniel Rob McDaniels has been named director of the Career Center at the University of Missouri. McDaniels, who has part of the MU Career Center staff since 1987, begins his new role as director on Sept. 1. “I look forward to connecting with students and I am honored to be a part of their lives,”…