board of curators

Nixon nixes Ponder's appointment to MU Board of Curators

Marshall Griffin — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:51:02 +0000

Michael Ponder’s tenure with the University of Missouri Board of Curators is over — at least for now. Governor Jay Nixon appointed the Cape Girardeau attorney to the board last month before the start of the 2013 legislative session, but he still needed Senate confirmation for his appointment to become permanent. Nixon formally reversed Ponder’s appointment Wednesday night when it became apparent that he would not win Senate confirmation by Thursday deadline.

No MU-Governor debate this year over tuition hikes

Associated Press and Ryan Famuliner — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:57:00 +0000

University of Missouri undergraduates who are state residents will pay 1.7 percent more in tuition next year as the four-campus system holds its annual hike to the rate of inflation.

SEC entry yields another hefty gift for Mizzou

Associated Press — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:35:26 +0000

The University of Missouri's first year in the Southeastern Conference continues to pay dividends away from the field.

School officials on Tuesday announced an $8.3 million gift from Don and Audrey Walsworth of Marceline. The donation follows a $30 million gift from the Kansas City Sports Trust in June and a $6.4 million anonymous contribution in December.

The Walsworth gift will go toward previously announced Memorial Stadium improvements. The school plans to add 6,000 seats to the stadium, which now holds 71,004 fans.

UM System Students Likely To Face Tuition, Fee Increases Again Next Year

editor — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:02:00 +0000

Updated at 5 p.m.

Students lobby UM Curators over coal power plant

Lee Jian Chung — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:38:00 +0000

Student advocacy group Coal Free Mizzou presented the MU Board of Curators today with 3,000 student signatures asking the University of Missouri to transition from coal to clean energy.

UM Curators review guidelines for student conduct

Kristofor Husted — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:07:38 +0000

The University of Missouri System’s Board of Curators plans to elaborate on its definitions of sexual harassment and violence in the guidelines for student conduct.

Students push for UM Curators vote

Bill Raack — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:47:08 +0000

Students at the University of Missouri are ramping up their efforts to change the status of the student representative on the system's Board of Curators. Bill Raack reports that legislation to give the student curator voting rights is working its way through the Missouri General Assembly.

Newscast for February 20, 2012

Chris McDaniel — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:42:05 +0000

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

UM Board of Curators approves tuition increase

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:40:13 +0000

The University of Missouri's in-state undergraduates received a good news today. The UM Board of Curators voted to hold tuition increases to three percent starting this fall. In past weeks there was discussion of raising tuition by two or three times that much. However, the proposed tuition increase will leave MU with a forty-seven million dollar budget gap.

UM students petition for voting power on Board of Curators

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:14:30 +0000

The Associated Students of the University of Missouri (ASUM) has started a letter writing campaign to give voting power to the single student representative on the UM Board of Curators.