Just one class, a few Friday events, a spring break trip, or all of our programs… There’s something in Kinder for you no matter your major or interests!
You didn’t think we were done, did you? 😏
Rounding out our senior spotlights, we’re excited to celebrate:
👉 Abby Plenge
👉 Emma Thompson
👉 Lucy Washburn
👉 Alice Willard
👉 Zoe Wilson
🎓 Senior Spotlight 🎓
We’re counting down to commencement and highlighting some of our incredible seniors.
Up first:
👉Harry Armstrong
👉Wyatt Bathke
👉TJ Benoist
👉Gwen Blevins
👉Emma Brockman
Since opening in 2014, the Kinder Institute has become a global destination for constitutional scholarship. Each year, we support faculty book manuscript workshops hosted here in Columbia.
Faculty and invited scholars spent last Friday discussing a manuscript by Kinder Institute postdoctoral fellow Kyle Jackson.
Flashback to last Friday and the 99th annual Tap Day ceremony where students were inducted into one of six secret societies. We’re proud to celebrate our students who were recognized for their leadership, scholarship, and service. 🐯🎓
Brooke Taylor: Mortar Board
Abby Plenge: ODK
Sydney Lockridge: QEBH
Faith Glasgow: LSV
Allie Pramberger: ODK
Roberta Morales: QEBH
Elizabeth Moots: ODK
As we enter the home stretch of the spring 2026 semester, it’s time to LOCK IN!
Join KIUS on Jesse 4th Floor this Sunday from 10AM-10PM to crank out those final papers/projects, study for your exams, and crank out some assignments, all while enjoying the company of your peers and participating in fun programming (with free food!)
Today is the LAST day to RSVP for lunch or dinner. Find the RSVP form in Professor Kane’s Undergraduate News Bulletin or in the KIUS GroupMe!
Did you miss Kinder Institute Director Jay Sexton’s America at 250 lecture or are you ready for an encore?
Join us tonight (4/28) at 6 pm @kclibrary Plaza Branch to hear how Kansas and Missouri, once a frontier of chaos and civil war, became a mid-20th century core for American global power.
Register to attend or watch online at the link in our profile.
Last week’s A250 Global Perspectives Lecture, featuring our own Jay Sexton, attracted lots of special guests, like Truman the Tiger!
Jay Sexton, Director of the Kinder Institute, delivered a perspective from home by giving a history on middle Missouri and Kansas on a global scale from 1776 to now.
Our next lecture will be Tuesday, May 12. Lawrence Goldman, Kinder Institute Senior Fellow and Fellow Emeritus in History at the University of Oxford, will share a view from the UK.
Interested in planning events like murder mystery nights, trivia, and field trips? 👀
Applications are open for the Kinder Institute Democracy Lab Undergraduate Fellows. Fellows work as a team for an entire year to create exciting Democracy Lab programming.
🗓 Deadline: May 3
🔗 Apply at the link in profile
📧 Questions? Contact Dr. Jordan Pellerito
🌍 Experience Cape Town when you study away with us in conjunction with the course Race and Politics in South Africa.
📅 Info session: Wednesday, April 22 at 3:00pm 🎓 Hosted by Dr. Merve Fejzula
🔗 Register at the link in our bio
📝 Application deadline: September 20
Today on The Daily Blend, we’re joined by Jay Sexton, director of the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy at Mizzou, to talk about how the program explores the history and modern relevance of American constitutional democracy through small, discussion-based classes. As he puts it, “what a great time to be studying this really important and now fraught topic.”⭐️ #thedailyblendwac
Special thanks to…
@kbianews@mujschool
