J.D. Bowers Named MU Honors College Director

J.D. Bowers has been named Director of the Honors College at the University of Missouri. Bowers has been Associate Vice Provost for University Honors at Northern Illinois University (NIU) since 2013. He will begin his new position on August 1.

Giving Back

Tia Paulette’s past gives special meaning to community service.

Call Me Etti

Professor Naveh-Benjamin takes mentoring personally.

Mark Twain Fellowship Sends MU Alumnus to Oxford

A 2012 graduate of the MU School of Journalism, Zach Parolin has been awarded the inaugural Mark Twain Fellowship from Mizzou.

A Family Atmosphere

Granny’s House, located in the Douglass Park Housing projects near downtown Columbia, is a welcoming and safe environment where kids can come each day after school in order to learn about morals, manners and the enormity of what God’s love can do.

Spreading the Love

Over winter break, 144 MU students headed for cities in Virginia, Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina and Oklahoma for a week of service as part of Mizzou’s Alternative Breaks program. The program is one of the largest of its kind in the country.

Meera Chandrasekhar Receives Robert Foster Cherry Award

Meera Chandrasekhar, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, has been named the recipient of the Baylor University Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching.