The University of Central Missouri (formerly Central Missouri State University) is a four-year public institution in Warrensburg, Missouri a town of 16,3340 in Johnson County, Missouri. A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... quagmire:For alternate meanings see state university (disambiguation). ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... Warrensburg is a city located in Johnson County, Missouri. ... Official language(s) English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Largest metro area Greater St. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... In its common modern meaning, a mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. ... A barren of mules. ... A Web site (or colloquially, Website) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP... Warrensburg is a city located in Johnson County, Missouri. ... Johnson County is a county located in the state of Missouri. ...

History

The University started in 1871 as State Normal School, District #2. The name was changed to Central Missouri State Teachers College in 1919, Central Missouri State College in 1946, and Central Missouri State University in 1971. In 2005, Missouri Governor Matt Blunt signed into law a provision authorizing Central Missouri State University to change its name, if so desired, to the University of Central Missouri. The University's name was changed on September 20, 2006. In 1965, the institution established a graduate school. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, men and women were treated differently in their dormitory living. Men had no 'curfew' and could come and go from their dorm as they pleased. Women, however, were required to sign in and out of their dorm and were subject to night curfews. 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Matthew Roy (Matt) Blunt (born November 20, 1970) was elected Governor of Missouri on November 2, 2004. ...

Prior to the 1960s, most fraternities had off campus houses surrounding campus. After fires at the Tau Kappa Epsilon and Acacia houses, fraternities and sororities were consolidated into university-owned buildings resembling residence halls - known as Panhellenic Hall and the Fraternity Complex. The Fraternity Complex is an octagon-shaped building consisting of 8 "wedges", each holding one Greek chapter, with the center originally containing a dining hall. This design won an architectural award soon after its construction. This tradition continued until the fall semester of 2005 when Sigma Phi Epsilon opened an off-campus traditional Greek house, and Sigma Nu began construction of a similar house off campus as well and was finished by Fall 2006. However, soon after completion of the Sigma Nu house, the chapter's charter was revoked following a hazing incident. Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE or Teke, pronounced T-K-E or IPA , as in teak wood) is a college fraternity with chapters in the USA, and Canada, and affiliation with a German fraternity system known as the Corps of the Weinheimer Senioren Convent (WSC). ... Acacia Fraternity is a social fraternity originally based out of Masonic tradition. ... ΣΦΕ (Sigma Phi Epsilon), commonly nicknamed SigEp or SPE, is a social fraternity for male college students in the United States. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

School Songs

Fight Song

Go Mules

Go Mules! Fight to win for the team we love the best
Go Mules! Don't give in, put our name above the rest.
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Go Mules! We're for you and we let the whole world know
That at U-C-M, it's go, Mules go!

Alma Mater

Central State stands proud and noble, serving all who ask.
In the center of our nation, joyful in her task
Red and Black her colors fly, faith and vision, dreams unite.
Leading all who look for truth, to hold her honor bright.
Our beloved Alma Mater, Hail to Central State.

GIMPS

The University of Central Missouri continues to hold an important role in the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search. The GIMPS project at UCM is a university-wide effort managed by Dr. Curtis Cooper and Dr. Steven Boone. Central's team (curtisc) is currently the No. 1 contributor to that project ([1]), and has discovered the two largest prime numbers known, M43 2^30402457 - 1 ([2]) with 9,152,052 digits and M44 2^32582657 - 1 ([3]) with 9,808,358 digits. The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, or GIMPS, is a collaborative project of volunteers, who use Prime 95 and MPrime, special open source software that can be downloaded from the Internet for free, in order to search for Mersenne prime numbers. ... Dr. Curtis Cooper is a professor at the Central Missouri State University. ... Dr. Steven Boone is a professor at the Central Missouri State University. ...

Athletics

Central Missouri's athletic teams compete in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, or MIAA. UCM sponsors teams in basketball, baseball, bowling, football, golf, soccer, softball, cross-country, track, volleyball, and wrestling. UCM's athletic teams are called Mules (men) and Jennies (women). The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern United States (in the states of Kansas and Missouri). ...

Men's basketball

The Mules have been playing basketball since 1905, and are among the top five teams in all-time wins on the NCAA Division II level.^[1] The Mules have won three national titles: in 1937, 1938 (NAIA before the NCAA sponsored a Division II tournament), and 1984, when UCM was the first school ever to win NCAA men's and women's basketball championships in the same season. UCM swept the Division II titles in 1984. (The University of Connecticut would duplicate the feat in Division I in 2004.) The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (better known as the NAIA) traces its roots to the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... See also: 1983 in sports, other events of 1984, 1985 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship - Terry Labonte Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500 Richard Petty won the 200th (and final) race of his career on July 4. ... The University of Connecticut, commonly known as UConn, is the State of Connecticuts land-grant university. ... // On January 28, International Olympic Committee Vice-President Kim Un-yong is arrested on charges of corruption in Seoul. ...

The Mules are currently under the leadership of Head Coach Kim Anderson, a standout player in the late 1970's at the University of Missouri under coach Norm Stewart. The University of Missouri–Columbia is a public land-grant university and is Missouris largest university and public research institution. ... Norm Stewart was an American college basketball coach. ...

2006-2007 Season

In the 2006-07 season, the Mules returned to the Division II Elite Eight in Springfield, Massachusetts. They defeated Montevallo to move on to the semi-finals, where they faced Winona State. The Mules lost to Winona in overtime 90-85, ending the season 31-4, which set a new school record for most wins in a season. The playoff term Elite Eight has been popularized to refer to the final eight teams in the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, who play in the final game of each of the tournaments four regional brackets. ... Nickname: City of Homes Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Hampden County Settled 1636 Incorporated 1636 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor Charles Ryan (D) Area  - City  33. ... Montevallo is a city located in Shelby County, Alabama. ... Winona State University is primarily an undergraduate university, the oldest of the schools that constitute Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU). ...

After the season, the NCAA announced that UCM led all of Division II in attendance for Men's Basketball, at 3,640 fans per home game. ^[2] The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...

In the past 30 seasons of Mules basketball, the cumulative record is 596-281.

Prominent men's basketball coaches

• Phog Allen - coached at UCM 1912-1919; compiled 84-31 record before returning to coach his alma mater, the University of Kansas.
• Gene Bartow - coached only three seasons, 1961-64; coached for 34 seasons at the collegiate level, including succeeding John Wooden at UCLA in 1975 and creating the basketball program at UAB.
• Joe B. Hall - followed Bartow as coach for the 1964-65 season before going to the University of Kentucky, where he would eventually succeed the legendary Adolph Rupp in 1972.
• Lynn Nance - came to UCM from Iowa State in time for the 1980-81 season. Nance led the Mules to their third national championship in 1984. He stayed at the helm until 1985 and finished with a record of 115-35. He went on to coach at the University of Washington.
• Jim Wooldridge - followed Nance, coaching 1985-91, in which he compiled a record of 131-48. His final three squads made the sweet sixteen in Division II. He coached in the Big 12 at Kansas State University from 2000-2006.

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Women's basketball

The University has sponsored women's basketball since 1970. The Jennies began competing on the NCAA Division II level during the 1982-83 season. Prior to that, they were members of the AIAW (Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women). In the 35 seasons of Jennies basketball, only one season has ended with a sub-.500 record, that season being 2002-03. Besides the national title in 1984, the program has a history of great postseason success. The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women was founded in 1971 to govern collegiate women’s athletics and to administer national championships. ...

• 1983 - Final Four
• 1984 - Won Title
• 1985 - Lost title game
• 1986 - Elite Eight
• 1987 - Sweet Sixteen
• 1988 - Sweet Sixteen
• 1989 - Final Four
• 1990 - Elite Eight

Overall, the Jennies have a record of 19-14 in the NCAA Division II Tournament. They last participated in the Division II tournament in 2006.

In the 2006-07 season, despite one of the worst season's in school history at 14-14, UCM was 10th in all of Division II in home attendance.^[3]

Baseball

The Mules baseball program has been arguably the most successful program in the school's history. The team has taken part in the Division II World Series 13 times, 12 of those being since 1989. They have been to the title game three times, winning the title in 1994 and 2003. The Mules have a large number of current pro players, especially considering that UCM is a Division II school. In the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft, five Mules were selected in the first 11 rounds.^[4]

Current Professional players

• Morgan Burkhart (played 1994) - First Base - Algodoneros de Guasave (Mexican League)
• Francisco Leandro (2004) - Outfielder - Southwest Michigan (Class A - Devil Rays)
• Steve Sharpe (2004) - Righthanded Pitcher - Midland (Class AA - Athletics)
• Josh Outman (2005) - Lefthanded Pitcher - Clearwater (Class A - Phillies)
• Mike Phelps (2004-05) - Righthanded Pitcher - Daytona (Advanced A - Cubs)
• Danny Powers (2003-05) - Righthanded Pitcher - New Brittan (Class AA - Twins)
• Jason Schutt (2005) - Righthanded Pitcher - Lake County (Class A - Cleveland)
• Nick Webber (2003-05) - Righthanded Pitcher - Springfield (Mo.) (Class AA - Cardinals)
• Bridger Hunt (2006) - Third Baseman -Great Lakes (Class A - Dodgers)
• Brent Lacy (2004-05) - Catcher - Mahoning Valley (Short A - Indians)
• Phil Sobkow (2003) - Righthanded Pitcher - Calgary (Independent League)

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Media

The university houses and runs an NPR affiliate, KTBG, at 90.9 FM ("The Bridge"), which features the NPR newsmagazines and other NPR shows such as Car Talk, with music consisting mostly of album-oriented, adult alternative rock along with a blues show and World Cafe. The university also operates a PBS affiliate: KMOS-TV. “NPR” redirects here. ... Car Talk is a radio talk show broadcast weekly on National Public Radio stations throughout the United States and elsewhere. ... World Cafe is a two-hour long nationally syndicated radio program that originates from WXPN, a non-commercial radio station on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. ... Central Missouri State University is a 4-year public institution offering a diverse range of academic concentrations. ...

The university also produces a weekly newspaper named The Muleskinner. The paper is produced by students and and is overseen by a faculty advisor. The Muleskinner is the weekly newspaper at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri. ...

Famous alumni

• Dale Carnegie - Author of How to Win Friends and Influence People
• Grant Curtis - Executive Producer of Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3.
• Todd Devoe - Wide Receiver formerly of the Denver Broncos. Currently playing for the CFL's Toronto Argonauts.
• Butch Reed - Professional Wrestler
• James Evans - Inventor of Cheerios
• Roderick Green - Defensive End and Outside Linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers
• Allan Kayser - Actor; played the role of Bubba Higgins on Mama's Family
• Phill Kline - former Kansas Attorney General; currently the District Attorney for Johnson County, Kansas.
• Erich "Mancow" Muller - Hosts Mancow's Morning Madhouse, a Chicago-based radio show that has been syndicated across the U.S.
• Carrie Nation - Leader of the Temperance Movement
• David Steward - CEO of World Wide Technology, Inc., the world's largest African-American owned company
• Chuck Palumbo - Professional Wrestler
• Delanie Walker - Tight End for the San Francisco 49ers
• Henry Mason - Former NFL Wide Receiver and long-time University of Wisconsin Assistant Football Coach
• David Holsinger - World Famous Wind Ensemble Composer
• Jeff Wright - Former Nose Tackle for the Buffalo Bills
• Toby Korrodi - Quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals
• Jerry Reuss - former pitcher; best known for his years with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• Vern Kennedy - former pitcher in the major leagues; football field at UCM is named for him.

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References

1. ^ 2006-07 UCM Mens Basketball Media Guide Page 20. UCM Athletics (2006-10). Retrieved on 2007-05-26.
2. ^ 2006-07 NCAA Men's Basketball Attendance Figures. NCAA (2007-05-24). Retrieved on 2007-05-26.
3. ^ 2006-07 NCAA Women's Basketball Attendance Figures. NCAA (2007-05-24). Retrieved on 2007-05-26.
4. ^ Powers Leads Division II Charge. Scout.com (2007-01-18). Retrieved on 2007-05-26.

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External links

• UCM Athletics
• UCM Football Fan Site