MU’s Lee Henson Awards Honors Dedication to Disability Awareness and Advocacy

Awardees Joe Pille, John Heckemeyer and John Neal with Henson’s wife, Maggie Henson, nominator Amber Cheek and Campus Facilities Director of Planning, Design and Construction Heiddi Davis. The Lee Henson Access Mizzou Awards were created to honor Henson, MU’s former Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator. Henson had a longstanding record of service and advocacy on…

Mizzou Student Nominated for Best of Columbia Volunteer Award

Grotha and fellow volunteer advocate for Camp Kesem at an event last fall. Joe Grotha, senior service-learning student at MU, has advanced to the final round of Inside Columbia magazine’s Best of Columbia Awards 2015 in the volunteer category. This readers’ choice contest, which is decided solely by the public, began on Jan. 9 and will…

Great Debaters

The MU Debate team includes Amos Chen, Noah Reingold, Davis Parry, Nick Benham and Mitch Herrick. Not pictured: Max Hanson. Although members of the MU Debate Team have competed at several tournaments this season, team members have no idea what to expect at their next competition. Debate topics presented could be about anything. Participants may be…

Global Service Programs Offer Life-Changing Experiences

Global Service Programs through the Office of Service-Learning offer a life-changing experience to college students through the perfect mixture of service, cultural learning and fun. “I learned not only about myself and how to be a better person, but also about life and how to live a better one of those as well,” says MU student…

MU Journalism Student Spends Summer Interning at National Geographic

Joey Fening MU senior Joey Fening spent last summer in Washington D.C., working in what National Geographic staffers call the “Intern Cave.” The experience was part of Fening’s time as an art research intern for National Geographic. “The environment, the people, they were great and very supportive,” Fening says. Fening assisted with finding data for…

Community Building

Donovan Bradford Before the start of his freshman year at Mizzou, Donovan Bradford got a taste of what college life was all about when he participated in the Summer Transition Program through Academic Retention Services (ARS). The program informed him about the many resources available at Mizzou and about the workload that comes with college courses.…

Congressional Scholars Represent MU in Washington D.C.

Mitchell Moonier For the last three years, MU students like Mitchell Moonier have worked with the Missouri congressional delegation in Washington, D.C., performing public service and receiving academic credit toward graduation as part of the Civil Leaders Internship Program (CLIP) Congressional Scholar program. “It’s a great program,” says Moonier, who now serves as the CLIP government…

William Deresiewicz to Deliver Celebration of Teaching Keynote Address

William Deresiewicz Award-winning essayist and critic William Deresiewicz will deliver the keynote address at the University of Missouri’s Celebration of Teaching at 1 p.m. on May 17. Deresiewicz is the author of the best-selling book Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life. He is a frequent college…

Burns-Wallace Named Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies

DeAngela Burns-Wallace University of Missouri Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies Jim Spain announced today that DeAngela Burns-Wallace has been named assistant vice provost for undergraduate studies. Previously, Burns-Wallace served as the assistant vice provost for enrollment management and director of access initiatives at MU. “Dr. Burns-Wallace is a passionate educator,” Spain said. “She has been a…

An Artist’s Inspiration

The bronze statue of Gerald Ford that is on display in National Statuary Hall in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol was sculpted by MU art professor Brett Grill. For Mizzou Professor Brett Grill, art is more than a visual manifestation; it is a way to communicate with others. “Sculpture is something that followed me,” Grill says.…