Happy (late) Administrative Professionals Day! Trai is the Academic Administrative Assistant here in the COM Department. Shower her with love in the comments!! 🤩🥳🎉

Dr. Algerian Hart - Dr. Hart came to Missouri State in 2019 as a professor of kinesiology and associate dean of the Graduate College. He is currently the interim Chief Diversity officer and Assistant to President Clif Smart.

Tori Reaves - Tori is a public policy analyst at the Springfield Chamber of Commerce. She is a Springfield native and graduate of both Springfield Central High School and Drury University.

Dr. Nihar Sreepada - Dr. Sreepada recently received his PhD from Texas Tech University and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Missouri State - specializing in Public Relations.

Happy showcase day! We can’t wait to see you at the PSU today. Make sure to follow our socials for minute-by-minute updates on the showcase! Round 1 - 3:00 pm Round 2 - 4:00 pm Final round - 5:00 pm doors open 5:30 pm speeches begin Go bears 🐻

WE HAVE OUR FINALISTS: Cody Mathias Bethany Sluder Varsha Prashanth Talari Guillaume Girishya Jasmine Thach Congrats to you all!! 🥳

The wait is over! The Vicki Stanton Public Speaking Showcase is starting! Follow along as we cover the event on the COM socials! Missouri State VSPSS #msuvspss

Here’s our finalist!! Almost go time! 📣🐻

Speaker updates from Missouri State VSPSS coming to you live.. stay tuned 🎤 MSU COM DEPT MSU Arts and Letters

Our first speaker, Cody Mathias, gave a passionate speech about School Safety! Good job Cody! #msuvspss

Cody Mathias gave an impactful speech to kick things off for VSPSS!

Bethany Sluder, a criminology major, gave an important speech on political polarization!!

Jasmine Thach gave a powerful speech about diversifying what we learn in history!!

Guillaume Girishya gave a beautiful speech about maintaining relationships!!

Our last speaker, Varsha, gave an informative speech about prescription drug prices!!

Speeches are done… now we wait for scores! 👏🏻

Who gets what? Can’t wait to see final speaker order. They are all winners tonight. ⁦Missouri State VSPSS⁩ ⁦MSU Arts and Letters⁩ ⁦MSU COM DEPT⁩

AND OUR WINNER: JASMINE THACH 🥳📣

Congratulations to all our finalists on your fantastic speeches!! 🐻🗣️

We also want to extend a huge shoutout and thank you to our judges tonight!!