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Topic: Education

Horizon Point

MU Education

Horizon Point is an educational program of the University of Missouri Commercial Agriculture Program that is designed to make precise weather information available to Missouri farmers in a way that assists them in managing their business. Site-specific weather reports and advisories are sent to participating farmers via quickly downloaded emails.

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Agriculture Character Education
MU Pre‐Employment Transition Service (Pre‐ETS)

MU Pre‐Employment Transition Service (Pre‐ETS)

MU Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education, Professional Development, Youth Programming

MU Pre‐Employment Transition Service (Pre‐ETS) offers no‐cost pre‐employment transition services to Missouri high school students with disabilities to prepare them for the transition from high school to post-high school training and/or employment.

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Career Readiness Career Services
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STEM CUBS Camp for K to 5th Grade Students

MU Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math), Youth Programming

Join us for a fun hands-on way to engage in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). In the past, students have worked on projects like building a structurally sound bridge, developing coating for pills, understanding features of buoyancy and static electricity, creating towers, and more.

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Division of Diversity and Inclusion Education Engineering Events Program STEM Stem Education Youth
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Regional Professional Development Center – RPDC

MU Education

The mission of the Heart of Missouri RPDC is to build the capacity of educators through high quality professional learning to maximize student achievement. We aim to improve outcomes for all students by providing effective and timely professional development to school communities.

Character Education Education School of Education
Adventure Club

Adventure Club

MU Education, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)

Adventure Club is an enrichment based before and after school program located in all elementary schools in the Columbia Public School District. We provide hands-on educational and recreational activities for children in a safe and caring environment.

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Education School of Education
Stay Strong, Stay Healthy

Stay Strong, Stay Healthy

MU Education, Professional Development

Join other older adults working to build fitness, balance and flexibility.

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Character Education Training
Measure Your Life in Love: The Power of the Mizzou Theatre Community

Measure Your Life in Love: The Power of the Mizzou Theatre Community

MU Community Engagement, Education, Speakers & Lecture Series

Join us for an in-depth look at how the arts and specifically the Mizzou Theatre department continued their craft of telling stories over the last 20 months. Hear from students and faculty about the power of community and how they have learned to measure their lives in love.

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Alumni Community Education Events
Missouri SBDC International Trade Services

Missouri SBDC International Trade Services

MU Business, Education

In support of the Missouri SBDC mission, the International Trade services provides export education for new-to-export companies, and companies in need of additional international trade support to increase exports out of Missouri, in turn supporting economic growth and job support in the state.

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Business Learning
Project Salsa

Project Salsa

MU Education, Workforce Development, Youth Programming

A summer program for high school youth to learn job readiness and life skills through hands-on experiences with professionals.

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Character Education Impact Youth Training
Dinosaurs and Cavemen Science Expo

Dinosaurs and Cavemen Science Expo

MU Arts & Culture, Collaboration, Education

The Dinosaurs & Cavemen Science Expo is an annual fair held on or off campus that brings researchers, community partners and the public together to celebrate paleontology, natural history and science through activities, demonstrations and guest speakers.

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Community Museum Research
Mizzou Academy

Mizzou Academy

MU Education

The Mizzou Academy team includes 75+ faculty and staff dedicated to supporting academics, development, and business services. Mizzou Academy values partnership, innovation, access, and inclusion. Its mission is to develop local and global school partnerships, build educational programs, and support students as they grow toward their individual potential and solve global challenges.

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Community Education Impact Partnership Students
eMINTS Program

eMINTS Program

MU Education

The eMINTS National Center was created in partnership with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri Department of Higher Education to help schools and teachers meet the demands of digital age teaching and learning.

Collaboration Learning
Missouri Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

Missouri Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

MU Education, Health, Youth Programming

The Institute of Public Policy at the University of Missouri conducts process and outcomes evaluation and data management for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The program aims to reduce teen pregnancy rates and risky sexual behavior among Missouri’s middle school and high school youth.

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Child Development Education Health
Tourin’ Tigers

Tourin’ Tigers

MU Community Development, Education

Travel Program that connects Mizzou Alumni and friends in share social and learning experiences.

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Character Education Community Education
Missouri Youth Leadership Forum

Missouri Youth Leadership Forum

MU Community Development, Education, Leadership

A partnership between the MU College of Education, the state of Missouri and others, Youth Leadership Forum is a unique career leadership-training program for students with disabilities, ages 16–21.

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Counseling Disability Training Youth
Camp Ca-Pow (College Access – Planning Our Way)

Camp Ca-Pow (College Access – Planning Our Way)

MU Education, Summer Camp, Youth Programming

A free camp for middle school students that focuses on planning for the future.

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Camp Collaboration College
Jumpstart

Jumpstart

MU Education, Youth Programming

A free kindergarten readiness program that helps prepare children to enter school ready to succeed.

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Child Development Kindergarten Tutoring
Slowing the Spread of Disease

Slowing the Spread of Disease

MU Education, Research & Data

MU’s Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab screens harvested deer for chronic wasting disease.

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Animals Education
Shelter Medicine Program

Shelter Medicine Program

MU Education, Professional Development

Based in the VHC Community Practice Section, our shelter medicine faculty members and technician provide exceptional care to shelter animals in need and excellent learning opportunities for veterinary students.

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Animals Education
Inside Dinosaurs

Inside Dinosaurs

MU Education, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)

Professor Casey Holliday and colleagues participate in invited speaking engagements and demonstrations to community partners, schools and groups. We cover topics including the latest news and discoveries in paleontology, how animals and people work, and what kind of research and opportunities happen in the Integrative Anatomy program at MU.

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Animals Collaboration Education
Extra Credit Film Series

Extra Credit Film Series

MU Collaboration, Education

Extra Credit is a once-a-month movie series featuring a panel of MU researchers who expand on some aspect of a movie relation to their research and creative activities. This event also features a Q&A with the audience, and is a collaboration between The Connector and Ragtag Cinema.

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Art Collaboration Research
Columbia Young Scientists Expo

Columbia Young Scientists Expo

MU Education, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)

The Columbia Young Scientists (CYS) Fair and Expo is an annual event at the University of Missouri that promotes STEM for people of all ages. The CYS Expo is a public event for all ages and features university, local, and state scientists, organizations, and clubs, each with a booth with demos, displays, and information.

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Education Research
Mizzou Alternative Breaks and MU Extension Weekend Program Partnership

Mizzou Alternative Breaks and MU Extension Weekend Program Partnership

MU Community Development, Education, Nonprofit, Youth Programming

Mizzou Alternative Breaks weekend service trips give Mizzou students an opportunity to learn more about Missouri while serving communities throughout the state.

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Community Education Volunteerism and Service
Adapted Gymnastics

Adapted Gymnastics

MU Education, Health, Nonprofit, Youth Programming

Adapted Gymnastics is a program coordinated between MU Physical Therapy and Tiger Academy of Gymnastics.

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Character Education Child Development Education Health Volunteerism and Service
Power Up Your Pantry

Power Up Your Pantry

MU Community Development, Education, Food, Health

Power Up Your Pantry is a University of Missouri program for food pantries and other hunger relief groups who are looking for ways to enhance their current operations and better meet the needs of the people they serve.

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Agriculture Collaboration Community
Go, Baby, Go

Go, Baby, Go

MU Education, Youth Programming

Occupational Therapy faculty member Bill Janes manages a chapter of Go, Baby, Go in which students from OT, PT, Speech and even engineering work together to modify ride-on toy cars to improve and study mobility in children.

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Disability Education
Beyond Campus

Beyond Campus

MU Collaboration, Education, Professional Development

Beyond Campus is a lecture series which brings the College of Arts and Science to the community.

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Character Education Community Conference Education
Missouri Youth Institute

Missouri Youth Institute

MU Collaboration, Education, Food, Youth Programming

The Missouri Youth Institute is a program of the World Food Prize that connects outstanding high schoolers with leaders in the fight to end world hunger.

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Character Education Education Food Leadership
Train Experts in Autism for Missouri (TEAM) Initiative

Train Experts in Autism for Missouri (TEAM) Initiative

MU Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education, Professional Development

Our Train Experts in Autism for Missouri (TEAM) initiative provides FREE training and follow-up support to professionals working with individuals with autism.

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Disability Education Training
Engaged Mizzou: Office of Service-Learning

Engaged Mizzou: Office of Service-Learning

MU Collaboration, Community Development, Education

Service-Learning is the formal integration of community service into student instruction. Service-learning connects students with the community in partnerships that provide effective and far-reaching assistance to those in need.

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Character Education Collaboration Community Education
Science Cafe Columbia

Science Cafe Columbia

MU Education, Research & Data, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)

A “science café” is an informal gathering where scientists share their research or expertise with the community in a dynamic, interactive format.

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Community Research
Robert G. Combs Language Preschool

Robert G. Combs Language Preschool

MU Education, Professional Development, Youth Programming

Early-intervention, language-focused preschool, run by SLHS (Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences) students under the supervision of licensed clinical faculty. Early intervention is important for kids with speech delays – no matter the specific delay or the cause.

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Child Development Education Research Training
Mizzou Youth Experience

Mizzou Youth Experience

MU Collaboration, Education, Youth Programming

The Mizzou Youth Experience collaborates between the University and the larger community to give 7th and 8th graders a unique inside look at the college experience and all of the benefits of pursuing a college degree at Mizzou.

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Collaboration Education

Education Resources

Mizzou Academy
Jumpstart
Slowing the Spread of Disease
Inside Dinosaurs

Education Services

Regional Professional Development Center – RPDC
Adventure Club
Missouri SBDC International Trade Services
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