University News Archives - Page 44 of 87

Curators release response to AAUP complaint about Click investigation

Claire Mitzel • March 17, 2016

The UM System Board of Curators [released a response](https://www.umsystem.edu/media/curator/031716_aaup_letter.pdf) Thursday to the American Association of University Professors following AAUP’s announcement...

UPDATED: Curators reject Click’s appeal of her termination

Taylor Blatchford • March 15, 2016

The UM System Board of Curators have rejected assistant professor Melissa Click’s appeal of their decision to fire her, board Chairwoman Pamela Henrickson announced [in a news release](https://www.umsystem.edu/ums/news/leadership_news/031516_news)...

Concerned Student 1950 hopes targeted hiring would increase mentorship

Thomas Oide • March 15, 2016

A survey conducted in 2003 by the [Bernard Hodges Group](http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED499556.pdf) found that 93 percent of professors felt that racially diverse faculty positively impacted minority...

Laws and Lathrop halls to close for 2016–17 following enrollment decrease

Lauren Wortman • March 15, 2016

Laws and Lathrop halls will not be in use during the 2016–17 school year, the Department of Residential Life announced Tuesday. After interim Chancellor Hank Foley announced last week that MU’s enrollment...

MU Libraries struggle to make improvements after fee fails

Megan Dollar • March 14, 2016

After MU’s student body [voted to fail](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/11/18/mu-student-fail-library-fee) the library fee, MU Libraries are struggling to fund renovations, staffing and library...

Board of Curators announces presidential search committee co-chairs, search firm

Lily Cusack, Thomas Oide • March 14, 2016

The UM System Board of Curators announced Tuesday its appointments of the UM System presidential search committee co-chairs, as well as its decision for the executive search firm that will work with the...

What you need to know about the House’s vote on the budget

Katherine Knott, Allyson Vasilopulos • March 13, 2016

This past Thursday, 108 members in the Missouri House of Representatives voted to cut funding for the UM System by $8.6 million. Lawmakers have used budget cuts as a way to voice their concerns over the...

Click’s termination not enough to stop budget cuts

Lily Cusack • March 10, 2016

Despite conflicting responses from Missouri state lawmakers regarding the [termination of assistant communication professor Melissa Click](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/2/25/melissa-click-fired-board-curators/),...

Graduate workers use #WeWantAVote to advocate for a union

Emily Gallion • March 10, 2016

Graduate workers and associated activists began a Twitter campaign Thursday to advocate for unionization. The Coalition of Graduate Workers has said that it wants to hold a vote on unionizing during the...

Faculty Council discusses budget, enrollment projections for 2016-17 school year

Claire Mitzel • March 10, 2016

Faculty Council discussed enrollment projections for fall 2016 and the possibility of an academic calendar change for the spring 2019 semester during Thursday’s meeting, interspersed with dialogue about...

Patrick Graham named new student representative to Board of Curators

Taylor Blatchford • March 10, 2016

Patrick Graham is the new student representative to the UM System Board of Curators, Gov. Jay Nixon announced today in a [news release](https://governor.mo.gov/news/archive/gov-nixon-nominates-student-curator-university-missouri-two-missouri-commission-human). If...

Loftin says goodbye to Residence on the Quad

Allyson Vasilopulos • March 10, 2016

After two years at MU, former Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin and his wife Karin are preparing to say goodbye to the Residence on Francis Quadrangle, a place they have called home since February 2014. Following...