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The Maneater

University Village demolition begins

Covey Eonyak Son July 21, 2014

After decades of providing housing for many graduate students and their families, University Village will finally be demolished Monday after a [walkway collapse killed Columbia fireman Bruce Britt in February](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2014/2/22/university-village-evacuated/). Marschel...

KOMU wins 4 Missouri Broadcasters Association awards

Eric Maus July 15, 2014

KOMU/Channel 8 won four first-place awards from the Missouri Broadcasters Association during the association's annual June award ceremony in Branson. Anchor Jim Riek received the first-place honor for...

MU announces record year for fundraising

Covey Eonyak Son July 8, 2014

MU officials announced Tuesday that the university has reached a new record in private funds raised in a single year. During fiscal year 2013-2014, MU raised $164.5 million, topping its initial goal of...

University Village awaits demolition, sparks graduate housing discussions

University Village awaits demolition, sparks graduate housing discussions

Covey Eonyak Son July 8, 2014

University Village, an MU-owned apartment complex that was geared toward providing affordable housing near campus for graduate and professional students, closed its doors on June 30. The shutdown came...

MU budgets reallocated for strategic plan

Covey Eonyak Son July 8, 2014

Various departments across campus will work with reduced funding and mandated self-funded salary and benefit increases over the next four years. Every area of campus, except the scholarship and campus...

Alumni Association to construct amphitheater for MU’s 175th year

Alumni Association to construct amphitheater for MU’s 175th year

Maddie Foster July 8, 2014

The Mizzou Alumni Association has begun construction on an amphitheater called “Traditions Plaza” in honor of MU’s 175th anniversary. “We’ve been searching for a project for two years,” the...

State funding shortfall prompts budget reallocations

Covey Eonyak Son July 3, 2014

Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin announced Thursday that departments across campus will need to give funds back to the central MU budget, in an effort to cover a $3.8 million state funding shortfall. MU’s...

Title IX coordinator becomes full-time position

Maddie Foster June 24, 2014

Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin recently announced that he will make the Title IX coordinator — the officer responsible for handling student and employee complaints regarding sexual discrimination, harassment...

New assistant vice provost appointed

Daniela Vidal June 24, 2014

Navigating through the store to find school supplies excited DeAngela Burns-Wallace, but when she navigated through Stanford University as a first generation college student, she needed a different set...

UM System hires a new chief financial officer

Covey Eonyak Son June 20, 2014

UM System president Tim Wolfe announced Friday that a new chief financial officer will be hired at the system level to permanently fill the vacancy created when former vice president of finance Nikki Krawitz...

Loftin provides strategic plan updates to UM Curators

Covey Eonyak Son June 20, 2014

Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin presented the key points of MU’s Strategic Operating Plan to the UM System Board of Curators at the Friday meeting during the board’s annual June session at MU. MUSOP’s...

UM System Curators approve amendment to non-discrimination policy, fiscal year 2015 budget

Covey Eonyak Son June 19, 2014

The UM System Board of Curators convened at MU for its annual June session to discuss a variety of topics such as the system’s non-discrimination policy, operating budget and campus projects. ####Reconsidering...