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Engaging The Community

MSU Interim President Clif Smart on MSU, Current Events and Public Affairs

Engaging the Community looks at current events and public affairs through a local lens. This monthly program features Missouri State University Interim President Clif Smart discussing the implications of national and international events on the University and local community.

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The theme of this year's Public Affairs Conference at Missouri State University is the Culture of Connectivity. MSU Interim President Clif Smart talks about how connectivity is changing education and society.

As advertisers continue to pull their support, radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh is still feeling the repercussions of negative comments he made recently about a law student who testified publicly about contraception coverage and the federal healthcare law. In this month's installment of Engaging the Community, Missouri State University Interim President Clif Smart discusses the role of civil discourse on campus, policies to encourage it, and why it's important to society.

In a surprise announcement, Governor Jay Nixon revealed that a major settlement between mortgage banks and several states means that Missouri will soon see an addition $40 million go toward higher education next fiscal year. MSU's interim president, Clif Smart, discusses how this revision will impact MSU's budget cuts specifically.

Governor Jay Nixon's budget proposal includes double digit funding cuts to higher education. In this month's "Engaging the Community," Missouri State University Interim President Clif Smart discusses the implications of such a deep cut in state dollars.

An incident at UC Davis last month gained national attention as video circulated online of campus police using pepper spray against peaceful protesters. In this edition of Engaging the Community, Missouri State University Interim President Clif Smart discusses his take on the incident as well as the policies at MSU that govern protests and demonstrations.

In this November's  installment, Interim President Clif Smart discusses what other universities can learn from the events at Penn State in light of a former assistant coach being charged with sexually assaulting minors on campus and administrators losing their jobs due to how they handled the situation.

Missouri State University Interim President Clif Smart talks about his background, his priorities for the university and his work with state lawmakers and Governor Jay Nixon's office on funding for MSU.