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Natalie Peirce wins national academic advising award

Written by Kaitlin Brothers • November 8, 2018

Natalie Peirce, senior advisor at UCM’s new Success Advising Center, has been an advisor at UCM since 2012. She has helped numerous students get through their academic careers. Now she is nationally...

UCM awarded grant to help increase retention

Written by Kaitlin Brothers • October 25, 2018

UCM was recently awarded the $2.7 million Strengthening Institutions Grant through the U.S. Department of Education to help increase retention rates on campus by adding new programs, funding the employees...

Success Advising Center opening soon, centralizes academic advising

Written by Chris Holmberg • August 23, 2018

Academic advisors around campus are beginning to clear their walls, empty their bookshelves and box up the contents of their desk drawers. And then they’ll put it all back in their new offices. The Success...

Cutting the president's salary is not the answer

Written by Chris Holmberg • April 30, 2018

The president of our university earns more than anyone else at our university. In the university’s current financial climate, it is understandable that a little more attention has been given to that...

Graduate Assistant positions now require justification

Written by Kaitlin Brothers • April 11, 2018

Graduate assistantship positions at UCM are required to go through a justification process if they don’t generate revenue, due to budget cuts. The department chairs and faculty fill out a justification...

Students have many questions at SGA forum

Written by Kaitlin Brothers • April 11, 2018

VIDEO BY KAITLIN BROTHERS / MULTIMEDIA EDITOR (WARRENSBURG, Mo. )– The Student Government Association student forum was held last Tuesday with President Chuck Ambrose, Interim Provost-Chief Learning...

Potential budget cuts lead to the reorganization of academic colleges at UCM

Written by Leah Kemple • March 15, 2018

The administration is making changes to the structure of programs after seeing the possibility of more budget cuts in the future. Interim Provost-Chief Learning Officer Mike Godard spoke to Faculty Senate...

Budget forum has big turnout, small pushback

Written by Chris Holmberg • March 1, 2018

Some 450 faculty and staff attended a much-anticipated general faculty meeting Wednesday where President Chuck Ambrose outlined $10.7 million in budget cuts and a possible reorganization of the four colleges...

UCM experiencing growth in full-time Undergraduate and Transfer students

Written by Jacque Flanagan • September 7, 2017

by JAY EVANS Reporter (WARRENSBURG. Mo.) – UCM experiencing growth in Full-time Undergraduate and Transfer students. Four weeks into the 2017 Fall semester, The University of Central Missouri is experiencing...