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9:53 am
Wed February 20, 2013

MU prepares for vote on non-tenure track faculty representation

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When the original administration building of the university burned in 1892 the columns were left standing. They stand today on Francis Quadrangle and are an iconic image of the university's Columbia campus.

MU’s non-tenure track faculty are lobbying for improved representation within the university.

A proposed change to the Collected Rules and Regulations was discussed at a faculty forum Tuesday afternoon. The amendment would redefine “faculty” in order to give voting privileges to non-tenure-track professors. 

Nicole Monnier is associate teaching professor of German and Russian Studies, and one of four non-tenure track representatives on the Faculty Council.

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Education
4:30 pm
Thu January 17, 2013

Nixon appoints Columbia's Ann Covington to UM Board of Curators

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Ann Covington

Governor Jay Nixon has appointed former Missouri Supreme Court Judge Ann Covington to the University of Missouri Board of Curators. In a press release Thursday afternoon, Governor Nixon calls Covington - who lives in Columbia - a prominent leader in Missouri for the last 25 years.

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Education
6:04 pm
Wed June 6, 2012

eLearning discussed at UM Board of Curators orientation

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New appointees to the University of Missouri Board of Curators were welcomed to their positions Wednesday morning.

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Education
4:47 pm
Fri February 3, 2012

Job losses possible for MU campuses

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The word “inevitable” is being teamed with “job-losses” if the University of Missouri system is unable to work its way out of an expected twelve and a half percent cut in state funding for 2013.

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