Missouri State VSPSS

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

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

AND OUR WINNER: JASMINE THACH 🥳📣

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

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

Guillaume Girishya gave a beautiful speech about maintaining relationships!!

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

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

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

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

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

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 🐻

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.

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. 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.

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