The opposition is growing to a proposed housing development on land owned by the University of Missouri that could disrupt popular outdoor destinations in the state. The proposed subdivision on the Missouri Bluffs would include approximately 275 units and be built next to the Weldon Spring and Busch Conservation areas and Katy Trail State Park. […]
The UM system board of curators has approved a new 30 million dollar Mizzou nursing building. System president Mun Choi says the current building doesn’t have the capacity for simulation facilities the students need now. Choi says the new space would be a way to prepare nurses for the workforce shortage and would […]
A family from Marceline has given the University of Missouri Athletic Department a $10,000,000 gift. Don and Audrey Walsworth’s contribution will go toward the South End Zone Facility currently under construction as well as future department projects. With this donation, the Walsworths have given more than $25,000,000 total to Missouri Athletics. In response, the University […]
(Missourinet) – A Boone County judge has ruled that Mizzou grad students are university employees and therefore can unionize. During the most recent Board of Curators meeting, a graduate student says the university should let the issue go. During a recent Board of Curators meeting, UM System President Mun Choi says he does not […]
(Missourinet) – Mizzou Chancellor Alex Cartwright says increased funding for scholarships, staff pay increases and an enrollment decline have led to a 49-million dollar budget shortage. He says the school is proposing to cut 155 unfilled positions and 30 current ones, to close the gap in the budget that begins next month. Severance packages […]
