Arabic cracks the top ten languages studied by college students in US

Foreign language class enrollments are up, but a fewer number of students are taking them, according to a recent study by the Modern Language Association of America. In the past four years, enrollment in foreign language classes has increased approximately 13 per cent, with Spanish remaining the most popular. Enrollments are the highest they have been since 1960, [...]

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Preserving Moments in Time

Cliches may be trite, but they are also often true; ‘Pictures are worth a thousand words’ is one that everyone is familiar with.
Now, an endowment established by past MU photojournalism sequence leader Angus McDougall and his wife Betty will allow MU to further preserve historic collections by dedicating a photojournalism resource at the centennial celebration [...]

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Branding yourself to get into college

College applicant branding.
A recent New York Times article describes it as molding a child’s talents, extra-circulars, and SAT scores into a product as marketable as a cereal box design, all to set him or her apart from other college applicants. I can’t speak for the rest of my peers, but I can say that I [...]

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UM curators clarify MU’s name

The University of Missouri-Columbia will drop the hypen and Columbia from the university’s name in materials for fundraising, recruiting students and faculty, alumni relations, marketing, intercollegiate athletics and similar public relations functions. MU will still use the hyphen and Columbia when referring to budget documents, legal letters and other official correspondence. The Board of Curators [...]

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A new use for cell phones

Some of us no longer actually sit in a classroom when we “take a class.” Instead, we can sit in front of a computer and learn through material available online.
And now, some universities have taken it one step further: Can we really take a class via our cell phone?
It’s true. Cyber University in Japan will [...]

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Faculty Express Concerns over Potential President

In the next chapter of the continuing MU presidential search, Gov. Matt Blunt had a meeting with Gary Forsee, the former chief executive officer of Sprint Nextel Corp., on Tuesday about Forsee’s potential selection as the next president of the University of Missouri system, according to the Associated Press.
This meeting occured just after the advisory [...]

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Poet visits MU

Set mostly in the Middle East, political themes engulf Raza Ali Hasan’s poetry and serve as a key reason for an invitation by MU’s Center for Literary Arts to read selections from current and future works Thursday.
Born in Bangladesh and raised in Indonesia and Pakistan, Hasan focuses his book, Grieving Shias on the Middle East [...]

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Vice Chancellor closer to smoking policy decision

After more than a year’s worth of work on revising MU’s smoking policy, Vice Chancellor Jacquelyn Jones has still not made a final decision. Jones has however reported to MU Faculty Council member Michael Devaney that some proposed alterations to the policy have been ruled out. A final decision is not expected to made before [...]

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Missouri ranked No. 1

Missouri’s football team is ranked No. 1 in national polls for the first time since 1960. The Tigers received 45 first-place votes in The Associated Press poll, while No. 2 ranked West Virginia received 20.
The Tigers’ victory over Kansas marked the seventh time this season that the No. 2 ranked team in the AP poll [...]

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A New World of Knowledge

Thousands of miles may separate MU from National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, but a new program strives to bridge that gap.
The two institutions have forged a partnership and formalized an agreement that will allow graduate students majoring in either educational or counseling psychology to take classes at both locations and attain a dual-degree.
This program [...]

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