(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – “I think we’re all wondering what our fate is going to be.” That was a comment overheard from the gallery minutes before Tuesday’s Staff Council Meeting. It… Read more »
Author: Chris Holmberg
Budget forum has big turnout, small pushback
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… Read more »
Flu cases spike, attendance policy changes
The 2017-2018 flu season has been bad enough that UCM changed its attendance policy for the remainder of the 2017-2018 academic year. According to a memo sent to UCM faculty… Read more »
Multiple marijuana reports raise questions
Is marijuana use on campus trending up? If you’ve read the Campus Crime section of a recent digital issue of the Muleskinner, you’ve probably noticed the number of entries related… Read more »
Hospital cuts 41 staff positions, plans to close Holden clinic
Western Missouri Medical Center cut 41 staff positions Friday, according to a hospital news release. Darinda Reberry, WMMC president and CEO, said the cuts were were difficult. “This was not… Read more »
Central organization partners with Kansas City schools to feed area
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – The Kansas City High School Agro Program, designed by Bill Nigro, a Kansas City restauranteur, and Melvin Woods, former dean of Pembroke Hill School, is an initiative… Read more »
Military challenge coins: a priceless unofficial tradition
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – Bill Burgess places 20-30 challenge coins on a table in the Military and Veterans Success Center, earned over the course of his 20-year career in the U.S…. Read more »
UCM cuts seven staff jobs due to budget
Last week, seven staff jobs were eliminated at the University of Central Missouri. The cuts were part of UCM’s focus on operating with more economic efficiency following the 2017 budget… Read more »
Military spouses find support at UCM
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – Just as with soldiers, military spouses accustomed to the rigors of a military lifestyle sometimes find coming to school can be an uncomfortable experience. “People in this… Read more »
Charges filed following crash, manhunt
One of two St. Louis individuals charged Wednesday following a traffic stop-turned-manhunt in Warrensburg told officers they were in a stolen vehicle and had been selling heroin in Springfield, Missouri,… Read more »