Supporting Students’ Mental Health
The 2022 Annual Report from Penn State’s Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) highlights several trends in student mental health over time. Among students who sought counseling, the report finds that freshman with high levels of academic distress and a…
2022 COACHE Survey Results
Dear Colleagues, Today, we are releasing the results from the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) survey, completed by faculty in spring 2022. The faculty response rate of 51% (about 900 participants) deserves celebration. I appreciate everyone dedicating…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…