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ProtoCall enables after-hours counseling, crisis intervention

Alana Saad • January 21, 2015

The MU Counseling Center launched a new after-hours crisis hotline Tuesday to make assistance available to students 24 hours a day. The center is contracting with ProtoCall, a company that specializes...

Faculty Council spring agenda eyes diversity, Title IX, raises

Quinn Malloy • January 21, 2015

Faculty Council will kick off the spring semester at its first public meeting of the year Thursday. Council members said they plan to continue discussions on a myriad of issues impacting faculty and students...

Steines named MU Health CFO

Marilyn Haigh • January 16, 2015

MU Health Care and School of Medicine named Brian Steines as the new chief financial officer Thursday. As CFO, Steines will be responsible for MU Health System’s financial management, financial planning...

Curators discuss supplemental fee increases

Covey Eonyak Son • January 15, 2015

MU will be seeking several supplemental fee increases when the UM System Board of Curators convenes in February. UM System President Tim Wolfe told the board during a special session Thursday that the...

Nixon appoints two new members to Board of Curators

Taylor Blatchford • January 3, 2015

Gov. Jay Nixon appointed two new members to the UM System Board of Curators on Friday. The appointees, Maurice Graham (D-Clayton) and Phillip Snowden (D-Kansas City), were tapped to replace [outgoing...

‘Bitcoin Baron’ claims credit for City of Columbia, KOMU DDoS attacks

Carlie Procell • December 29, 2014

An individual is taking credit for the distributed denial of service attacks on the websites of the City of Columbia and KOMU-8 on Friday. KOMU posted about the attack on its [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/komu8/posts/10152888535007557)...

Curators discuss university leadership, alternative revenue

Taylor Blatchford, Esther Seawell • December 12, 2014

The UM System Board of Curators reconvened Friday morning to discuss university leadership and alternative forms of revenue. ####President’s report UM System President Tim Wolfe presented a report...

Curators discuss tuition increase, new programs

Taylor Blatchford, Esther Seawell • December 11, 2014

During its Dec. 11 session at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the UM System Board of Curators discussed issues like rising student tuition and new degree programs. ####Proposed Tuition Increases The...

Delafontaine begins as MU School of Medicine dean

Alana Saad • December 10, 2014

Patrice Delafontaine started as the new School of Medicine dean on Dec. 1. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt, and raised in South Africa before receiving his undergraduate and medical education at the...

New committee tasked to investigate faculty-raise concerns

Rachel Pierret • December 10, 2014

Faculty Council is investigating concerns about the existing system for faculty raises and three recent raises that have received negative reactions from faculty. At the council’s executive session...

MSA, Faculty Council working to amend religious observance policy

Esther Seawell • December 10, 2014

Faculty Council and the Missouri Students Association are working to revise the [university’s religious observance policy](http://facultycouncil.missouri.edu/handbook/religious-observance.html). Under...

As Jones Hall demolition approaches, residents prepare to vacate

Derek Hawley • December 10, 2014

The Department of Residential Life will begin demolishing Jones Hall in spring 2015 to make way for two new residence halls. Jones will be the tallest building to be torn down as part of the [Residential...