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Thumbs Up for Bear POWER

KSMU | By Emily Yeap
Published June 18, 2019 at 9:45 AM CDT
Bear POWER students and ambassadors with Kim Roam, MSU faculty advisor for Bear POWER ambassadors (seated, third from right) and Dr. Kathy Nordyke, MSU director of citizenship and service-learning (standing, far right).
Bear POWER students and ambassadors with Kim Roam, MSU faculty advisor for Bear POWER ambassadors (seated, third from right) and Dr. Kathy Nordyke, MSU director of citizenship and service-learning (standing, far right).
Bear POWER students and ambassadors with Kim Roam, MSU faculty advisor for Bear POWER ambassadors (seated, third from right) and Dr. Kathy Nordyke, MSU director of citizenship and service-learning (standing, far right).
Bear POWER students and ambassadors with Kim Roam, MSU faculty advisor for Bear POWER ambassadors (seated, third from right) and Dr. Kathy Nordyke, MSU director of citizenship and service-learning (standing, far right).

This past January, the first batch of eight Bear POWER students began their education at Missouri State University.

Bear POWER is a two-year, five-semester inclusive college program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Kim Roam, MSU faculty advisor for Bear POWER ambassadors, Natalie Olson, MSU Bear POWER ambassador and Susie Dains, MSU Bear POWER student, talk about the program and how it’s going so far.

An interview with Kim Roam, Natalie Olson and Susie Dains.

Read the full transcript

To find out more about Bear POWER, visit this website.

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Emily Yeap
A native of Malaysia, Emily moved to Springfield in 2010 and started working at Missouri State University in 2014. She’s currently the public relations specialist in the office of university communications. She has a BA in Mass Communications from Colorado State University-Pueblo and a Master of Journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
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