Columbia civic leaders and officials from Mizzou and several other higher education institutions will join Missouri’s governor at a roundtable Friday morning at Mizzou’s NextGen facility. UM System President Dr. Mun Choi and leaders from Lincoln University and Moberly Area Community College will join Governor Parson at the roundtable, which begins at 9:15 at Mizzou’s …
Perfect weather expected for Columbia Regional Airport’s topping-off ceremony
You’re invited to this afternoon’s beam-signing and topping-off ceremonies at Columbia Regional Airport (COU). They will take place at 1:30 and 2, respectively. Columbia’s city manager says the ceremony will give you an opportunity to be part of Columbia’s history. You’ll be able to sign your name on the final beam of the $23-million terminal …
UM Curators approve vaccine-related resolution, along with room and board increase
Saying that $76-million in federal funding would be at risk, the UM Board of Curators has voted to approve a resolution to comply with President Biden’s (D) vaccine mandate. UM officials have spent weeks reviewing the president’s executive order, along with Governor Parson’s (R) recent executive order and a lawsuit from Missouri Attorney General Eric …
Former Mizzou football coach praised by Dr. Choi
The UM System president has high praise for former Mizzou football coach Warren Powers, who passed away this week after battling Alzheimer’s. UM System President Dr. Mun Choi tells “Wake Up Columbia” that he met Coach Powers last year. “He is going to go down as one of our greatest coaches, a man of high …
Mizzou leaders predict NextGen will make health care more affordable
The UM System president says the $220-million NextGen Precision Health building in Columbia will reduce the cost of health care. UM System President Dr. Mun Choi says a primary goal is to make health care more affordable. “And that’s why we want to reduce the time from the bench discovery to applications on the back …