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Entrepreneurs Nic and Brooke Parks team up at work and home. How did you meet? Nic: I met Brooke in a meeting room at Cornell Hall for MBA...

Sometimes, fate is realized with irony. With all of the political drama surrounding the resignation of former Governor Eric Greitens and the ensuing elevation of former Lieutenant Governor...

The City of Columbia recently received the results of the 2017 DirectionFinder survey from ETC Institute. The survey, which looks at the city’s performance, was mailed to a...

When Dr. Kevin McDonald was brought to MU in the spring of 2016 and named the UM System’s first ever chief equity officer, many community leaders had high...

After an extended winter, you may be thinking, “I need a vacation!” But according to HR Magazine’s April issue, in an article called “Reimagining Time Off,” 35 percent...

Victor Hugo, a French author, wrote, “There is nothing as powerful as an idea whose time has come.” If community-oriented policing is an idea, its time has certainly...

1. What’s your background? I’m originally from Chicago. I moved to Missouri to attend college at Lincoln University in Jefferson City and graduated with a bachelor’s in criminal...

An overview of MU’s Army ROTC program. Land-grant institutions like MU once required all students to study military science. Today, the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps is voluntary, but...

Sometimes we need a change of scenery and a new dining experience. Columbia offers so many restaurants, but it can be nice to get away to a place...

This time, it’s personal. Well, sort of. I thought I’d share some reflections of a recent working trip to Washington, D.C. It afforded me a rare and interesting...