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First and Goal: How MU Athletics Can Help Turn the School Around

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...

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Education Options

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...

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Individual, Instructional Institutional: the CPS Diversity Audit

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...

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Degree(s) Bound: Making Continuing Ed Count

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...

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Real Models: CPS Grows Their Own Minority Teachers

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...

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MSHSAA: Not Inconvenience, but Opportunity

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...

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Maximizing the Impact

Local nonprofit directors dedicate their lives to the common good. Cheryl Howard, Nora Stewart Early Learning Center As a former graduate of the Nora Stewart Early Learning Center,...

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The Buzz on Family Biz

The pros and cons of working with loved ones. Melissa Murphy, Johnston Paint and Decorating In 1996, then MU student Melissa Murphy started working a few hours a...

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Living Heart Healthy

Edie Diel, Jennica Gomez, Jill Stedem, and Michele Cropp are living red these days. According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease claims the lives of roughly half...

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More Maximizing the Impact

Local nonprofit directors dedicate their lives to the common good. Barbie Banks, Citizen Jane Film Festival This October 26 to 29, some 6,500 people will gather at Stephens...