Barby Wulff, associate director of production At Veterans United Home Loans, small groups have become a way for employees to collaborate and support each other through their common interests and passions while learning new things. When loan officer and team leader Rachel Bruce approached us with the idea of an ongoing support group for female […]
Who doesn’t like to be first? Whether that’s first in line, top of your class, or winning in sports, we all want to be our best and do our best. With our fourth year as U.S. News & World Report’s No. 1 hospital in Mid-Missouri, Boone Hospital Center is definitely no stranger to being first
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, traumatic brain injury, or TBI, accounted for approximately 2.8 million injuries and deaths in the U.S. in 2013. Advanced age is the leading cause of TBI in the civilian population; however, the Department of Defense identified more than 300,000 service members who sustained training- or combat-related
If you’ve lived in Columbia for even just a few years, you’ve seen how much our city has grown and evolved during your time here. At MU Health Care, we’ve been growing and evolving right alongside it. Over the dozen years I’ve served at MU Health Care, I’ve seen our academic health system expand to
You can live a full, well-cultured life in Columbia. We have multiple festivals: True/False Film Fest, Roots N Blues N BBQ Music Festival, Citizen Jane Film Festival, Unbound Book Festival. We’ve got some wicked sports ball fields for the Missouri State High School Activities Association and Show-Me State Games. There are multiple art galleries: Sager
What is it about our downtown, The District, that is so f-ing awesome?! Specifically, what is it about these downtown businesses that make them feel like home when you walk inside? Or that you can go inside knowing that your day will be improved by it? Well, after living in Columbia my entire life (minus
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When I first visited MU, one of the things that struck me about the campus was its beauty. The entire campus is a diverse botanical garden, with beautiful buildings intertwined with gorgeous trees and flowers. Having been here for a few months now, I have come to see that this balance of environments is no
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At MU Engineering, we have a slogan: “Get in.” It all stems from the fact that engineers have a hand in everything — our food, our roads, our water, our electronic devices, and much more. Engineers are also critical in the development of the medicine and medical devices that keep us healthy. As dean of
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After months of reports, public hearings, and community debate, Columbia’s City Council adopted a $453 million budget for fiscal year 2019, which took effect October 1. People hailed that the budget addressed inadequate pay issues for city employees, held the line on excessive increases in city fees and utility rates, and, with the exception of
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For many marginalized communities, success in specific professions appear more obtainable if they see someone who looks like them succeeding in that profession. The mortgage industry isn’t very racially diverse, which leads to challenges in recruiting professionals of color to work in the industry. Veterans United Home Loans launched an immersion internship program in May
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