At 6:14 in the evening on November 7, 2015, MU’s Legion of Black Collegians posted a tweet with two pictures. One was a photo of 31 black MU football players standing, arms locked, with Jonathan Butler, the MU graduate student who was by then on the fourth day of a hunger strike. The other was […]
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An always-stocked bowl of chocolate in her office makes Dianne Lynch’s open-door policy even more appealing. Lynch, the president of Stephens College since June 2009, laughs at her own reference to the chocolate bowl. It’s the same easy tone Lynch uses to deflect and share any credit for the liberal arts college’s strength and vitality,
Columbia is and always will be an education town. While there’s plenty of coverage of MU, Stephens College, Columbia College, and Columbia Public Schools, it’s worth noting the other educational opportunities available for students in Columbia. Get to know some of Columbia’s private school options. Christian Fellowship School Grades: Pre-K through 12 Enrollment 2016-2017: 275
This story appeared in print as part of “Real Models: CPS Grows Their Own Minority Teachers” Nikki McGruder, executive director of the Diversity Awareness Partnership – Columbia and member of the Worley Street Roundtable, has been conducting a diversity audit of Columbia Public Schools, which began with sitting down with every CPS principal to find
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Many of us hear about scams and wonder how anyone could fall victim to them. We would never wire money to the prince in Nairobi who has e-mailed because he has money for us. We would never give our credit card number to someone who had called claiming to be an IRS agent. The list
Consider the numbers. Columbia is the most educated city in Missouri and ranks fifth highest among small metro cities in the country, according to Forbes. Nearly 49 percent of Columbians hold a bachelor’s degree, compared to 31 percent nationally. Perhaps that’s not surprising when you consider the sheer number of colleges and universities in the
EdX intern and recent CPS graduate Tyus Monroe doesn’t like the term “role model” — it’s too lofty, too elite. She prefers a real model, someone “that you can reach and you can feel.” Her real models are Monica Naylor and Nicolle Adair. “I would say that working with both of them is — it’s
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As our culture evolves and the internet continues dominating our lives, we need to make updates to our tax laws to keep pace with the changing economy. The state, county, and municipal governments that rely on sales and use taxes to fund public services are increasingly unable to provide the services and infrastructure necessary to
Youth sports and all that comes with it — travel, food, gas, hotel stays, and more — is part of the $8.6 billion sports tourism industry. (That number is according to a 2014 George Washington University sports management program study.) The city of Columbia, along with its tourism partners, is working to increase the city’s
Home computers have come a long way since the old green screens that allowed you to do little more than type a few words and play Pong. Eventually, you could also play Wheel of Fortune, but only until you memorized all nine of the word puzzles that your eight-inch floppy disk could hold. Midwest Computech
