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UM spokeswoman to have ‘strategic’ role for system

University of Missouri System President Gary Forsee often speaks about the universitys need to tell its story more frequently. Last week, he hired Cindy Pollard to help get that message out to Missourians and, in the process, convince them that the ...

From ABRAHAM MAHSHIE, Columbia Tribune,  7 Sep 2008
Related Topics: American University,  Sony,  AT&T Inc.

‘Next-generation university’ a Forsee target

Gary Forsee, University of Missouri System president, sat down with the Tribune during a break at the University of Missouri Board of Curators meeting on Thursday in Kansas City to reflect on his first six months leading the four-campus system. Do you ...

From ABRAHAM MAHSHIE, Columbia Tribune,  7 Sep 2008

More students need financial help, MU says

KANSAS CITY - The neediest students are taking out more student loans to meet the cost of education, according to a report presented to the University of Missouri Board of Curators yesterday. "The amount of unmet need, after you apply all aid, has ...

From ABRAHAM MAHSHIE, Columbia Tribune,  5 Sep 2008

Veto override attempt touchy for curators

KANSAS CITY - The University of Missouri government relations office painted a grim picture yesterday of efforts to give the student on the Board of Curators a vote. For a least a decade, university students have lobbied the Missouri General Assembly ...

From ABRAHAM MAHSHIE, Columbia Tribune,  5 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Chuck Graham,  Matt Blunt

MU’s minority enrollment increases

KANSAS CITY - The University of Missouri has broken enrollment records for seven straight years, and the increase includes the highest number of enrolled black and Hispanic students this fall. "If youre on the campus, you see a lot of minority students, ...

From ABRAHAM MAHSHIE, Columbia Tribune,  5 Sep 2008

Missourian deal attracts Jeff City paper; Losses force publication to mull changes.

The Jefferson City News Tribune has expressed interest in forming a partnership that would help save the 100-year-old Columbia Missourian, a newsroom laboratory for students at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. The capital city paper ...

From ABRAHAM MAHSHIE, Columbia Tribune,  4 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Paul Smith

Few visitors make use of local shelter

Rows of doughnuts await any Hurricane Gustav evacuees staying the night at Columbias Red Cross shelter at Calvary Baptist Church. Stacked beside the doughnut boxes, donated by Dixie Cream Donuts of Columbia, are comfort kits, bottles of water, ...

From ABRAHAM MAHSHIE, Columbia Tribune,  2 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Dave Ross,  Federal Emergency Management Agency

Used texts hard to uncover

Students at universities across the country are often prevented from buying lower-cost, used textbooks because of a practice that requires them to buy new books that have on-campus authors. "The everyday student that needs to purchase a textbook needs ...

From ABRAHAM MAHSHIE, Columbia Tribune,  30 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Matt Blunt

Smaller campuses report higher enrollments

Enrollment records at local colleges are a testament to expanded, aggressive admissions staffs, but other factors might make recruiting more difficult in coming years. Mid-Missouri schools are gearing up efforts to compete for "baby boomlets" - the ...

From ABRAHAM MAHSHIE, Columbia Tribune,  27 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Columbia University

MU class sets record; Freshmen boost total enrollment.

Thousands of elated college freshmen broke through an imaginary barrier yesterday to start a new life. Upward of 90 percent of the University of Missouris record 5,812 freshmen were believed to have walked through the Columns on the Francis Quadrangle ...

From ABRAHAM MAHSHIE, Columbia Tribune,  25 Aug 2008

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