Why Choose MKN? 
Professional Development.

​MO-KAN-NE offers a variety of professional development opportunities for TRIO and GEAR UP professionals to expand their skills.

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2021 MKN

Board of Directors


 

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President

President-Elect

Past-President

Treasurer

Secretary

State Rep (MO)

State Rep (KS)

State Rep (NE)

Member-at-Large

Member-at-Large 

Member-at-Large 

Member-at-Large

Member-at-Large 

Parliamentarian
 

Beth Jacobson

Miosha Wagoner

Shanna Frank

Roxanna James

Erika Sterup

Brandon Hammond

Kurt Peterson

Krystal Rice

Jacquelyn Loghry

Kristi Bolen

Rita Thurber

Tonya Waller

Mark Patten

Jake Long
 

beth.jacobson@unl.edu

mwagoner@haskell.edu

seggers@emporia.edu

roxanna.james@cowley.edu

esterup@truman.edu

bhammond1@sfccmo.edu

kurt.peterson@gcccks.edu

KrystalRice@creighton.edu

jackie@nwmissouri.edu

kbolen@emporia.edu

thurberr@bartonccc.edu

tawaller@ku.edu

mpatten1@mccneb.edu

Jake.long@umsl.edu

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BETH JACOBSON

President

Beth Jacobson currently serves as the Project Director for the Educational Talent Search program at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, NE. 

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Miosha Wagoner

President-Elect

Miosha "Yosh" Wagoner  currently serves as the Project Director for the Student Support Services program at the Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, KS.

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SHANNA EGGERS

Past-President

Shanna Eggers currently serves as the Director for the TRIO-McNair Scholars program at Emporia State University in Emporia, KS. 

Research topics relevant to our mission.

Promote professional standards in the field.

Provide quick, informed and meaningful responses at the state and national levels to issues affecting education for our constituents.

Maintain regular communication among members through the MKN Newsletters and Website.