university of missouri press

Jane Lago selected as University of Missouri Press consulting director

Alexis Rogers — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:40:47 +0000

Jane Lago has been selected as the new consulting director for the University of Missouri Press.

Newscast for October 5, 2012

Kristofor Husted — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:56:58 +0000

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

Clair Willcox rehired as editor-in-chief of the MU Press
Lt. Peter Kinder loses case against Affordable Care Act
Mo. ranks at bottom of 'Energy Efficiency Economy' list

MU moves closer to forming a press advisory committee

Andrea Park — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:04:37 +0000

MU leaders are getting close to forming a new advisory committee to lead the University of Missouri Press. Spokesperson Mary Jo Banken says a transition team is currently reviewing nominations and plans to send out invitation letters later this week.

MU Chancellor Emeritus Richard Wallace says this committee is the first of its kind and has a main goal.

“To offer advice, to help this campus, MU have the very strongest, highest quality academic press that we can,” Wallace says.

Newscast for August 28, 2012

Rehman Tungekar — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:47:09 +0000

Regional news from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

The University of Missouri Press will remain open
Report says LGBT Missourians tend to be less healthy, have less access to care
Cole County judge strikes down language in Mo. health care measure
Lawsuit challenges Mo. on cellphone tracking

University of Missouri Press will remain open

Kristofor Husted and Associated Press — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:08:59 +0000

Updated 8/29/12 3:00 p.m.

The University of Missouri says it will keep its academic publishing business open and drop plans for a new reimagined publishing operation.

Newscast for Friday, July 27, 2012

Jacob Fenston — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:22:11 +0000

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

Intense demand prompts Nixon to announce more water funding for farmers
MU Faculty call to postpone press shutdown
Drought puts cows in Midwest at risk of nitrate poisoning

MU Faculty call to postpone press shutdown

Kristofor Husted — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:29:25 +0000

In the face of a looming University Of Missouri Press shutdown, the campus faculty has decided to send a strong message to President Tim Wolfe: Don’t shut the publishing group down just yet.

Author wants his book back from University of Missouri Press

Ryan Famuliner — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:59:16 +0000

The backlash continues over the so-called “new model” for the University of Missouri Press. one of the Press’ authors wrote a letter to UM System President Tim Wolfe, who closed the old press as a cost-cutting measure.

Author Don Spivey notified Wolfe of his desire to remove his biography of baseball legend Satchel Paige from the University of Missouri Press. It was published in May, and Spivey’s worried about the future of his book.

MU announces "re-imagined" University of Missouri Press

Ryan Famuliner — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:59:04 +0000

Updated 1:45pm with comments from Provost Brian Foster and new Press Director Speer Morgan

The University of Missouri System announced in May it would be eliminating the University of Missouri Press, and that process officially started July 1st. Today, the University of Missouri-Columbia campus issued the press release below, announcing a new model to serve similar goals of the ill-fated Press.

UM system undeterred in UM Press shutdown

Associated Press — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:01:06 +0000

The University of Missouri is standing behind its cost-cutting decision to shutter the school's academic press.