Truman School of Government and Public Affairs

Policy Analyst Kristi Ressel recently attended the Rural Health Workforce Conference hosted by the Missouri Rural Health Association in partnership with the Missouri University School of Medicine and the Health Resource Services Administration (HRSA). The conference offered an opportunity to network with partner agencies and organizations working to improve the health of rural Missourians.

In April, the Consortium of University Public Service Organizations or CUPSO held their annual conference entitled "Public Service a Timeless Commitment in Times of Change".  First organized in 1979 as the Southern Consortium of University Public Service Organizations, CUPSO supports university-based public service institutes in their efforts to assist state and local governments on a range of contemporary issues and challenges.

On April 30, the department held our annual awards reception online via Zoom, honoring our undergraduate and graduate student scholarship winners.

Undergraduate Awards

I have wanted to do many things with my life. Throughout my childhood, at various times, I planned to be an astronaut, firefighter, train conductor, professional soccer player, and architect. As I grew older, though, I believed engineering was the correct path for me. I enjoyed learning strategies to solve complex problems, and after graduating high school, I began my pursuit of a degree in Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas.

In a white paper entitled Federal Contracting Trends in Missouri, Dr. Mark C. White, State Specialist, Labor and Workforce Development and Policy Research Scholar, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, examines the distribution of federal contract dollars among Missouri contractors and subcontractors.

Three University of Missouri Political Science PhD candidates, Donatien Adou, Elizabeth Dorrsom, and Yu Bin Kim, were selected to attend The Institute for Qualitative and MultiMethod Research (IQMR) through Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs at Syracuse University on fellowship. 

Each year 15 individuals are selected to receive a fellowship to attend the conference. These fellowships receive an average of 13 applications per available spot. 

Truman School Associate Professor Dr. Mary Stegmaier will be observing elections in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan through the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).  Kyrgyzstan is holding early Presidential elections on January 10, 2021, as a result of a revolution in October.  Dr. Stegmaier has previously observed elections in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, and Albania.