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Voters Decide Winners in 2024 State and Local Elections

Written by Linda Alviar, Managing Editor • November 5, 2024

These results reflect unofficial election results from the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election made public by the Missouri Secretary of State through the Election Night Reporting program via the Missouri Secretary...

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Voting Registration Deadlines Approach for November Election

Written by MaLynn Pierce, News Editor • October 25, 2024

The 2024 General and State Elections will be held on Nov. 5. Political parties are hosting their final debates and sharing their final policy comments on disaster relief, immigration and abortion rights....

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Federal miscalculation sets back FAFSA

Written by Linda Alviar, News Editor • April 30, 2024

On Mar. 22, the U.S. Department of Education announced that a miscalculation in the formula for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid resulted in incorrect student financial information being...

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Students strive for understanding of Middle East

Written by Brad Hadank, Staff Reporter • November 13, 2023

Many University of Central Missouri students and faculty believe they are striving to gain an overall understanding of the Israel-Hamas war. Many colleges across the country have made changes due to the...

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MO Votes Yes to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

Written by Rachel Becker, Editor-in-Chief • December 3, 2022

On Nov. 8, citizens took to the polls to vote for the 2022 Midterm Elections and voted yes to legalize marijuana in Missouri. The legalization of recreational marijuana will not take effect in Missouri...

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State and Local 2022 Midterm Election Results

Written by Rachel Becker and Eric Gardenhire • December 2, 2022

Election season is a big time for politics, and the groups that support them. American Democracy Project Student Campus Coordinator, Lindsey Burns said she was pleased with how much support ADP got during...

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Missouri Officials Discuss the Future of Education

Written by Emma Fischer and Anna Furney • February 28, 2022

On Feb. 17, Missouri Governor Mike Parson visited the University of Central Missouri campus to engage in a roundtable discussion with various state and school officials across Missouri to examine the...

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Change in season provides opportunity to enhance environment

Written by Aneliese Peeler • October 3, 2019

Fall Beautification Day is an opportunity for guests at Knob Noster State Park to help clean up their environment. University of Central Missouri’s chapter of The Wildlife Society will be participating...

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Army veteran on 3,200-mile Walk Across America to stop at UCM

Written by Muleskinner Staff • October 2, 2019

U.S. Army veteran Jeremy Miller is on a Walk Across America to raise awareness about veteran suicide and will be stopping at UCM at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Military and Veterans Success Center in the...

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MO legislators aim to tackle deferred maintenance

Written by Garrett Fuller • March 27, 2019

Ward Edwards’ leaky roof may be a thing of the past if deferred maintenance funding stays in the state’s higher education budgetThe budget, as it stands, would provide each state university with $1...

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Kansas City, Sporting KC continue quest to host 2026 World Cup games

Written by Jason Brown • March 11, 2019

KANSAS CITY, KANSAS – Forty-eight hours before Sporting KC made its MLS home debut Sunday at Children's Mercy Park, CEO and President Jake Reid discussed bringing the 2026 FIFA World Cup games to Arrowhead...

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UCM leads Missouri universities in degree completion

Written by Madison Preston • February 13, 2019

Following a year of uneasiness and uncertainty centered around budget cuts and the restructuring, UCM’s 2013 Contract for Completion appears to be doing its job. The Missouri Department of Higher Education...

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