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Feb. 9, 2023

MU Participates in Recruitment Trip in Senegal and Ghana

Last fall, Mary Stegmaier, vice provost for international programs, participated in a college recruitment fair in Senegal and Ghana along with eight other SEC universities. This week-long trip was featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education in February in an article titled, Is Africa the Next Big Thing in International Admissions? “I was so impressed…

Jan. 27, 2023

January 2023 Faculty and Staff Profiles

Rosalie Metro, assistant teaching professor, Learning, Teaching & Curriculum, in the College of Education and Human Development Dr. Rose Metro won the Faculty Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Award and the Outstanding College Teaching – Early Career award from the College of Education and Human Development. In January, she facilitated a session at Teaching Renewal week…

Jan. 26, 2023

Spring 2023 Student Success Initiatives

It is an amazingly potentiating thing to have someone believe in you. Either because you have a genuine capacity or because their attitude to you is itself a prompt to acquire such a capacity; whether they are right to do so because they recognize a genuine capacity in you to succeed, or whether their attitude…

Dec. 20, 2022

December Profiles

Rachel Bailey, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Social Work, School of Health Professions  For our faculty profile this month, we feature Rachel Bailey, who is facilitating a session during Teaching Renewal Week in January. She also is a newly appointed member of the Teaching for Learning Center (T4LC) Advisory Board.   Teaching Renewal Week will…

Nov. 22, 2022

November Faculty & Staff Profiles

Joseph Santin, Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences Santin is one of four new faculty in the Division of Biological Sciences who started at Mizzou in the fall of 2022. He was hired through the MizzouForward recruitment initiative to expand his cellular neuroscience research. His lab looks at the effects of different types of stressors on…

Oct. 28, 2022

October Newsletter

Dear Colleagues, As of Oct 28, 2022, we have recruited 32 new faculty via MizzouForward! Learn more about your new colleagues. As we welcome these faculty to MU, we also continue to expand initiatives to support faculty who are already here and who serve our university with dedication. This newsletter summarizes the initiatives we have…

Oct. 27, 2022

Highlighting Professional Development for Faculty

The theme of this newsletter is professional development opportunities for faculty, so we are highlighting a staff member who helps design many of these programs and a faculty member who has personal experience in two different faculty cohorts. Both the Provost’s Office and the Office of Research, Innovation and Impact have programs and staff to…

Sept. 22, 2022

MU Extension Team Members

The focus of this newsletter is on Extension & Engagement Week 2022, so the faculty and staff member we are highlighting are both involved in planning and marketing this event to Mizzou and the surrounding communities. Alison Copeland, Deputy Chief Engagement Officer, University of Missouri System Alison Copeland is the program lead on Extension &…

Aug. 25, 2022

New Tiger Profiles

In our first newsletter of the Fall 2022 semester, we asked two brand new employees about their experiences being new Tigers. Casey Owens, Assistant Director of Internal Communications, Joint Office of Strategic Communications & Marketing What initially attracted you to work at Mizzou? The attraction began with the mid-MO culture. Even before I was researching…

Aug. 25, 2022

New Faculty Orientation and Chairs Retreat

Chairs Retreat The Office of the Provost hosted the annual Chairs Retreat on August 17 for both new and returning chairs. Alex Socarides, associate provost for academic programs, presented sessions on support for chairs, including weekly office hours, an annual professional development speaker, Chairs Council and chair cohorts. Candace Kuby, associate provost for faculty success,…