Truman School of Government and Public Affairs

Researchers involved with the Missouri Transect EPSCoR project hosted a workshop on May 11th in Brookfield, Missouri with economic development leaders from across Northern Missouri.

The Truman School of Public Affairs and the Institute of Public Policy celebrated the accomplishments of the 2018 graduating class at a ceremony today, held at the Student Center on MU campus. IPP awarded Appreciation Certificates to research assistants Zhengting He, Luke Dietterle, Kyoung Sun Min, Sam Bezjak, Blaine Dennis, and Rosemary Belson for their excellent work over the course of their tenure at IPP.

New book from Jonathan Krieckhaus and University of Michigan Press, Geopolitical Economy, examines the significance and nature of trade agreements (FTAs), the primary policy tool through which modern nations seek access to international markets and promote economic growth. The book focuses specifically on how South Korea, the world’s leader in the number and significance of FTAs as well as the world’s sixth largest export economy, uses FTAs.

Hair braiders scored a major victory yesterday with the passage of a bill that reforms occupational licensing for women across the state.  Hair braiders will no longer need a cosmetology license or the related 1,500 -2,000 hours of unnecessary training to perform their craft and barber applicants will no longer need to prove “good moral character” or submit to a physical examination to practice their occupation of barbering.

In April, the department held our annual awards reception, honoring our undergraduate and graduate student scholarship winners.

Undergraduate Scholarship Winners

William L. Bradshaw Scholarship
Serena Maxfield

Jeffrey D. Byrne Scholarship
Kaitlyn Sawyer

J.G. Heinberg Scholarship
Alexander Galvin
Sarah Jolley
Mary Grace Newman

The Truman Youth Leadership Academy is gearing up for this year’s camp. The Academy is a summer day camp geared towards civic involvement, community engagement and leadership activities for incoming 6th-8th graders. This year’s camp runs from June 25th through June 29th and costs $100. Applications are available at Trumanleadership.org.

PhD Candidate Mike Hendricks is co-founder and co-director of the new Missouri Science and Technology Policy Fellows Program.

Somewhere there is a gap between what we think the world should be and what policies can actually effect positive change. Bridging the two is something that TSPA student Michael Gawlick dedicated himself to as a Public Policy Fellow for the Urban Leaders Fellowship this past summer. The fellowship was centered on facilitating systems-level change, a harmony between problem-solving and an understanding for how such policy affects a broader community. A core philosophy of the Urban Leaders is “to impact real and lasting change, creating smart policy is not enough.