On April 12-13, Texas State students attended the spring meeting of the Texas Network for the Study of Public Issues (TNSPI) for undergraduate and graduate students at Baylor University in Waco, TX. The students participated in discussions about economic inequality and also heard a variety of speakers on the topic about its causes and consequences. The Texas State students attending were Ronald Clark, Adam Henley, Austin Lyttle, Evan Olszewski and Sabra Woodward. Texas State’s Dr. Ashleen Menchaca-Bagnulo was one of the speakers. Her remarks focused on race and inequality.
“I am thankful to have participated this spring in the TNSPI Conference at Baylor University,” observed graduate student Adam Henley. “We students heard great presentations from almost a dozen professors and were led by yet other great professors in discussion groups where we dug deeper into the content. I believe that student participation in TNSPI events will have a lasting impact for the good in our lives in ways that cannot be easily estimated.” He particularly mentioned the opportunities it created “to begin or continue professional relationships with other students and professors”
The event was attended by 60 students from around the state representing a variety of institutions including Baylor, the University of St. Thomas, SMU, the University of Dallas, Houston Baptist University, and UT-Austin.
