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The Maneater

Chuck Henson to step down as interim vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity

Chuck Henson to step down as interim vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity

Claire Mitzel April 29, 2016

Chuck Henson, the interim vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity, will be leaving his position and returning to teaching this fall, interim Chancellor Hank Foley announced in an email to faculty,...

ASUM pushes for confirmation of curators’ student representative

Nearly two months after Gov. Jay Nixon appointed the new student representative to the UM System Board of Curators on March 10, the position is still vacant and the appointee still awaits Missouri Senate...

Race relations committee to address racism and diversity in video podcasts

Alyssa Bessasparis April 25, 2016

The Faculty Council Committee on Race Relations will soon release a series of video podcasts addressing what they have learned about diversity and racism. Since last May, the committee of 12 faculty members,...

In compromise, legislators limit cuts to UM System and MU

Claire Mitzel April 21, 2016

Missouri legislators agreed Wednesday in a conference committee to forgo any budget cuts to MU and limit a cut to the UM System to $3.8 million. Drawing close to their deadline of passing the fiscal year...

Foley: Graduate students aren’t workers

Foley: Graduate students aren’t workers

Claire Mitzel April 21, 2016

Interim Chancellor Hank Foley spoke at Thursday’s Faculty Council meeting and reiterated that he didn’t support [graduate student workers voting in favor of unionization on Tuesday](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/4/19/graduate-workers-vote-favor-unionization/). Foley...

Loftin’s new position focuses on connecting faculty with research opportunities

Loftin’s new position focuses on connecting faculty with research opportunities

Taylor Blatchford April 20, 2016

R. Bowen Loftin is still working at MU, but five months after resigning as chancellor, he doesn’t yet have a defined job title. “It’s close to being finalized, and then I’ll have a business card,...

Parking and Transportation Office to use paperless parking system

Parking and Transportation Office to use paperless parking system

Brandon Buscher April 20, 2016

Students will no longer have to buy physical parking passes or pay paper parking tickets when MU implements a new parking enforcement system in the fall. MU will adopt the NuPark system, which is online-based...

What you missed at last week’s Board of Curators meeting

Taylor Blatchford April 19, 2016

The UM System Board of Curators met at Missouri University of Science and Technology last Thursday and Friday for their final scheduled meeting of the 2015–16 school year. **[Presidential search qualification...

As school year comes to a close, MU ramps up recruitment

As school year comes to a close, MU ramps up recruitment

Thomas Oide April 19, 2016

This past March, MU estimated that 1,500 fewer students would enroll this coming fall than last year, but the university is doing everything it can to boost enrollment for this fall and the future. Interim...

Graduate workers vote in favor of unionization

Graduate workers vote in favor of unionization

Kyra Haas April 19, 2016

Graduate student workers made their support for unionization official Tuesday, with 84 percent voting in favor of authorizing the Coalition of Graduate Workers to represent them in collective bargaining...

Interactive Timeline: The Road to Unionization

Interactive Timeline: The Road to Unionization

Taylor Blatchford April 18, 2016

Graduate students have been asking university administrators to meet their demands, including improved housing and child care, since last August. Now, they're holding a vote to determine whether graduate...

Five things to know about the graduate student union authorization election

Five things to know about the graduate student union authorization election

Kyra Haas April 18, 2016

**1. The vote will show whether graduate workers support unionization** The election Monday and Tuesday is for graduate student workers to vote on whether they want the Coalition of Graduate Workers to...