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11.06.2009 11:03 am

MU students honor area teachers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

We just got this from Mizzou — a notice about area teachers honored there by MU Honors College students who nominated them.  Cool idea!  Congratulations to these teachers.

The University of Missouri recognized the outstanding teaching abilities of 32 Missouri high…

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08.28.2009 5:33 pm

MU asks A-B to stop “Fan Can” marketing campaign

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The University of Missouri-Columbia is now taking a more pro-active stance against the “Fan Can” marketing campaign by Anheuser-Busch InBev. Chancellor Brady Deaton wrote a letter to the company today asking it to immediately stop the marketing campaign that has…

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08.26.2009 5:02 pm

A-B sells black-and-gold “Fan Can” near MU

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The University of Missouri-Columbia is one of the campuses where “Fan Cans” have begun to pop up. The cans of beer, part of an Anheuser-Busch InBev special promotion sold in the markets around 27 college campuses nationwide, do not include…

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04.29.2009 5:35 pm

WashU cancels study abroad program to Mexico; MU advises 4 students to return home

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hold the presses! Some universities got back to me late this afternoon about how the swine flu is affecting their students and study abroad options.

Washington University decided today to cancel an undergraduate study-abroad program that was scheduled to begin on…

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03.25.2009 2:38 pm

More on community college student transfer rates

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Here are some interesting tidbits I got too late or didn’t have room for in today’s story about community colleges.

According to St. Louis Community College, about 1,800 of their students transfer to a Missouri public or private four-year school every…

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03.18.2009 2:11 pm

MU announces two big gifts in recent weeks

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

We may be in a recession, but that hasn’t stopped some donors from making big gifts to universities. In the last two weeks, Mizzou has announced two major gifts — a $2 million gift to the school of medicine and…

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