August 4, 2025
Contact: Eric Stann, StannE@missouri.edu
WHAT:
The University of Missouri’s Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy will host the inaugural state final of the Missouri Civics Bee.
WHEN:
Wednesday, Aug. 6, 10 – 11:30 a.m.
WHERE:
State Historical Society of Missouri
605 Elm Street, Columbia, MO 65201
WHO:
This year’s finalists are nine middle school students representing the Waynesville-St. Robert, Grain Valley and Harrisonville chambers of commerce. The students earned the opportunity by competing in qualifying rounds earlier this year at the local level.
They will be competing for a cash prize of $1,000, and the winner will advance to the National Civics Bee Championship in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 11.
Rudy Hernandez, an assistant teaching professor at the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy and Mizzou’s College of Arts and Science, will emcee the event.
