Stamps Scholars Blog

Meet the 2022 Stamps Scholars

The University of Missouri is a proud partner in the Stamps Scholars Program. The MU Honors College joined the Stamps Scholars Program in 2016, and the ongoing relationship has had a lasting and positive impact on our campus and honors communities. Stamps Scholars have unique opportunities, including a dedicated mentor, contact with campus leadership, alumni networking, funding for study abroad, and a connection to other Stamps Scholars programs.

2021 Stamps Day of Service

Stamps Scholars volunteer at the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri and Cleanup Columbia

Mizzou Collects Stamps

Six scholars join Honors College via elite scholarship program

Stamps Scholars Spread Holiday Cheer

The Mizzou stamps scholars were so happy to take an afternoon to volunteer at the Mid-Missouri Ronald McDonald House. The house can always use help particularly with house keeping tasks. By having things like sweeping and cleaning base boards done by the volunteers they are able to save money to make better experiences for the…

New to Mizzou

Hello, everyone! My name is Aravind Kalathil and I’m a freshman at Mizzou. I come from around St. Louis and I plan on majoring in Psychology. Coming to Mizzou has been more than I ever thought it would be. Coming here has been a massive shift from high school and I’ve loved every second of…

Home Away From Home

Hello, everyone! My name is Kathryn Gluesenkamp, and I am planning on double majoring in Biological Sciences and Public Health. I am from St. Louis County, so I’m ecstatic to be going to school in the state I was born and raised in! We are now entering my tenth week at Mizzou and a lot…

Moving to Mizzou

Hi, my name is Abby and I’m a freshman Digital Storytelling Major. I came to Mizzou from another state in the Midwest - Ohio! I got to keep all of the Midwest weather, but the time zone is different. Ohio is an hour ahead, which was a small but strange thing to keep track of…

A Summer of Statistics and Sailing

Hello! It’s great to be back at Mizzou and in the swing of things in my second year. This past summer, I spent 11 weeks conducting research at the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE) at Iowa State University. CSAFE is a research partnership between five universities (Iowa State University, University of…

All Aboard at NAFAC

I recently attended the 59th Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference (NAFAC) in Annapolis, MD. From April 9-11, 2019, I was fortunate enough to engage in discussions focused on the past, present, and future of the global order. Spending three days at the Naval Academy was an incredible experience. Not only is the campus breathtaking, but…

Service, Stamps, and Spring at Mizzou!

It’s so hard to believe that spring semester is halfway over, and that it has been almost five months since my first Stamps blog! I have learned so much about leadership, service, and research since I started college, and I’ve also made some amazing friends. One of my favorite parts of this semester has been…