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Changing Lives for the Better, Forever

Big Brothers Big Sisters is the nation’s largest volunteer-supported mentoring network. After being founded in…

Reimagining MU’s Social Justice Centers

“We have a social contract with our students,” MU Vice Chancellor of Inclusion, Diversity, and…

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Ready for Hire

As “Help Wanted” signs line storefronts and businesses across the country struggle to fill open…

Cultivating Future Teachers

COMOEd is a program that is committed to recruiting and retaining locally educated and culturally…

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Teach a Man to Fish

Most of us have heard the saying: “Give a man a fish, you feed him…

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The Vital Vets

Since being established in 1884, The University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine has become…

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Raising Kids

What do outlaw country singer Waylon Jennings, baseball legend Charley Pride, and Kansas City Chiefs…

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Quarantine Companions

As life screeched to a halt around the country in March 2020, the phones at…

1850 Slave Schedule. (Courtesy of sos.mo.gov archives)

Reflections of a Black Woman

As a lover of history, the opportunity to reflect on Columbia’s history intrigued me. As…

Santa Fe Trail Marker (Sara Lockwood Williams Papers, C2533. C2533-f1381-01. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Photograph Collection.)

Positioning Columbia for a Prosperous Future

Since its inception, Columbia grew with mindfulness to the future about what kind of community…

Construction of Memorial Union, 1925-1926 (Courtesy of University of Missouri)

The History of the University of Missouri

The University of Missouri was established just over 182 years ago, and it remains a…

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The Road to a Columbia Celebration

The CoMo 200 Bicentennial Task Force, appointed by Mayor Brian Treece in early 2018, was…