University of Missouri
Motto:	Salus Populi (Latin: The Welfare of the People)
Established	1839
Type:	Flagship state university
Endowment:	US $944 million (systemwide)[1]
Chancellor:	Dr. Brady J. Deaton
Provost:	Dr. Brian L. Foster
Faculty:	4,021 (Fall 2006)[3]
Staff:	12,212 (Fall 2006)[2]
Students:	28,253 (Fall 2006)[4]
Undergraduates:	21,551
Postgraduates:	6,702
Location	Columbia, Missouri, USA
Campus:	Urban, 1,358 acres (main campus) 17,895 acres (total MU area)
Colors:	Black and MU Gold           [5]
Nickname:	Tigers
Mascot:	Truman the Tiger
Athletics:	NCAA Division I, Big 12
Website:	www.missouri.edu

The University of Missouri-Columbia (often referred to as University of Missouri, Mizzou, MU) is a public land-grant university in Columbia, Missouri. MU was founded in 1839 as the first public university west of the Mississippi River and is the flagship of the University of Missouri System. It is Missouri's largest university and public research institution and one of only 34 public universities in the United States to be an elected member of the prestigious Association of American Universities. Current enrollment exceeds 28,000 with students from every county in Missouri, every state in the nation, and more than 100 foreign countries. The University of Missouri is a public land-grant research university system. ... Image File history File links MU_logo. ... Image File history File links University_of_Missouri_seal_bw. ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... 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MU has over 20 schools and colleges and is one of only six public universities in the United States with medicine, veterinary medicine, law, engineering, and agriculture schools all on one campus. It is most widely known for its programs in journalism (the world's first, founded in 1908), agriculture, law, life sciences, and veterinary medicine. The Missouri School of Journalism [2] is the world’s first school of journalism. ... Year 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ... Biology studies the variety of life (clockwise from top-left) E. coli, tree fern, gazelle, Goliath beetle Biology is the science of life (from the Greek words bios = life and logos = word). ... Veterinary medicine is the application of medical, diagnostic, and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife, and production animals. ...

History

Main article: History of the University of Missouri

MU was founded in 1839 as part of the Geyer Act to establish a state land-grant university, the first west of the Mississippi River.^{[citation needed]} The year of its founding, the citizens of Columbia and Boone County pledged $117,921 in cash and land to beat out five other central Missouri counties for the location of the state university. The land on which the University was eventually constructed was just south of Columbia's downtown and owned by James S. Rollins, who is known as the "Father of the University." It was the first public university in Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase and was designed in part upon Jefferson's original plans for the University of Virginia. Jefferson's original tombstone was given to Mizzou by his heirs in July 1883. Francis Quadrangle, featuring the Columns and Jesse Hall. ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... For the river in Canada, see Mississippi River (Ontario). ... Boone County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. ... James Sidney Rollins (April 19, 1812 – January 9, 1888) was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Missouri. ... Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 N.S.–4 July 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–09), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the United States. ... For the musical, see Louisiana Purchase (musical) and Louisiana Purchase (film). ... The University of Virginia (also called U.Va. ... Headstones in the Japanese Cemetry in Broome, Western Australia A cemetery in rural Spain A typical late 20th century headstone in the United States A headstone, tombstone or gravestone is a marker, normally carved from stone, placed over or next to the site of a burial. ... Year 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Francis Quadrangle, featuring the Columns and Jesse Hall, prior to the movement of construction equipment into this area for the Reynolds Journalism Institute.

In 1864, while in the midst of the Civil War, the board of curators suspended operations of the University. It was during this time that the residents of Columbia formed a "home guard" unit that became notoriously known as the "Fighting Tigers of Columbia". This name was given because of the group's steadfast readiness to fight against any form of invading force that was hoping to plunder the city and university. Later, in 1890, an alumnus suggested the University's newly-formed football team be called the "Tigers" out of respect for those who fought to defend Columbia. The College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources was opened. In 1888 the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station opened. This grew to encompass ten centers and research farms around central Missouri. MU soon added schools of law and medicine. Image File history File linksMetadata Mizzou_Jesse. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Mizzou_Jesse. ... The Quad as it appears today David R. Francis Quadrangle is the historical center of The University of Missouri. ... Jesse Hall from the Quad Jesse Hall is the main administration building for the University of Missouri–Columbia. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... Year 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... The Missouri Tigers athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of the University of Missouri–Columbia. ... For the toll-free telephone number see Toll-free telephone number Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ... For the chemical substances known as medicines, see medication. ...

The burning of Academic Hall.

On January 9, 1892, Academic Hall, the institution's main building, fell victim to a disastrous fire rumored to have been caused by one of Edison's first electric generators. The fire completely gutted the building, leaving little more than six stone Ionic columns standing. After the fire, there was a campaign to move the University to Sedalia; however, Columbia was able to rally against the move. The columns, which still stand today, became a symbol of the campus and form the center of Francis Quadrangle, the oldest part of campus. At the southern end of the quad is Academic Hall's replacement, Jesse Hall. Built in 1895, Jesse Hall is home to many administrative offices of the University and to Jesse Auditorium. The area of campus around the quadrangle, where the buildings are built of red brick, is known as "red campus." East of the quadrangle, many buildings were built in 1913 and 1914 of white limestone. This section is known as "white campus." In 1908 the world's first journalism school was opened at MU. It became famous worldwide for its "Missouri Method" of teaching. In 1911, MU held the first homecoming at the football game between MU and the University of Kansas. After World War II, universities around the country grew at an extraordinary pace and MU was no exception. This was due in part to the G.I. Bill, which allowed veterans to attend college with the assistance of the federal government. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Architects first real look at the Greek Ionic order: Julien David LeRoy, Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce Paris, 1758 (Plate XX) The Ionic order forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and... Sedalia is a city located in Pettis County, Missouri, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 50 and U.S. Highway 65. ... The Quad as it appears today David R. Francis Quadrangle is the historical center of The University of Missouri. ... Jesse Hall from the Quad Jesse Hall is the main administration building for the University of Missouri–Columbia. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Homecoming (disambiguation). ... The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Servicemens Readjustment Act of 1944 (better known as the G.I. Bill) provided for college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as GIs or G.I.s) as well as one year of unemployment compensation. ...

Events at the University of Missouri were instrumental in the desegregation of universities and schools nationwide. In the winter of 1935, four graduates of Lincoln University—a traditionally black school about 30 miles (50 km) away in Jefferson City—were denied admission to MU's graduate school. One of the students, Lloyd L. Gaines, brought his case to the United States Supreme Court. On December 12, 1938, in a landmark 6–2 decision, the court ordered the State of Missouri to admit Gaines to MU's law school or provide a facility of equal stature. Gaines, however, disappeared in Chicago on March 19, 1939 under suspicious circumstances. The University granted Gaines a posthumous honorary law degree in May 2006.^[6] Undergraduate divisions were integrated by court order in 1950, when the University was compelled to admit African Americans to courses that were not offered at Lincoln University. 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Lincoln University of Missouri is located in Jefferson City. ... In the United States, Historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) are colleges or universities that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the African American community. ... Nickname: Coordinates: , Country United States State Missouri Counties Cole and Callaway Government  - Mayor John Landwehr Area  - City  28. ... This article needs cleanup. ... The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City 234. ... is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1963, the University of Missouri officially added Columbia to its name to fit the naming scheme of the newly created four-campus University of Missouri System. However, on 29 November 2007, the Board of Curators voted unanimously to allow MU to drop Columbia from its name in promotional media in response to a campaign started by MU faculty, administration, and alumni who felt the university might be perceived as a regional institution due to its name. The name University of Missouri-Columbia will still be used for official business. Such a campaign had long been dormant, but was revived when the University of Missouri–Rolla was allowed to change its name for similar reasons.^[7] For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... The University of Missouri is a public land-grant research university system. ... is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... UMR redirects here. ...

MU has more than 250,000 living alumni worldwide.

Campus

View of the Columns and Jesse Hall down the Avenue of the Columns.

MU is located in Columbia, Missouri just south of downtown. The campus is designated a botanical garden by the state of Missouri. The campus can be split into several divisions of which the most notable are Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixelsFull resolution (3008 × 2000 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixelsFull resolution (3008 × 2000 pixel, file size: 2. ... Jesse Hall from the Quad Jesse Hall is the main administration building for the University of Missouri–Columbia. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: Country United States State Missouri County Boone Government  - Mayor Darwin Hindman Area  - City  59 sq mi (138. ... Inside the United States Botanic Garden Washington, D.C. Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes. ...

• Red Campus
  • David R. Francis Quadrangle
  • Jesse Hall
  • Switzler Hall
• White Campus
  • Memorial Union
• MU Sports Park
  • Hearnes Center
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Mizzou Arena
  • Taylor Stadium
  • Walton Stadium
• Discovery Ridge Research Park
• MU Research Park
  • University of Missouri Research Reactor Center
• East Campus
• University of Missouri Hospitals and Clinics
  • Columbia Regional Hospital
  • Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
  • University of Missouri Hospital
  • Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital
• Lemone Industrial Area

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Academics

The University's academic divisions include:

• College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
  • School of Natural Resources
• College of Arts and Science
  • School of Fine Arts
  • School of Music
• Trulaske College of Business
  • School of Accountancy
  • Crosby MBA Program
• College of Education
  • School of Information Science and Learning Technologies
• College of Engineering
• College of Human Environmental Sciences
  • School of Social Work
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• School of Health Professions
• School of Medicine
• Sinclair School of Nursing
• School of Journalism
• School of Law
• Graduate School
  • Truman School of Public Affairs

MU is one of only six public universities that houses a law school, medical school, and a veterinary medicine school all on the same campus. In Missouri, MU is the designated land-grant university (along with Lincoln University), the largest public research institution, and the only university that is both a member of the Association of American Universities and designated as a "Doctoral/Research Extensive" university by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Only 34 universities in the nation have both such designations. The University of Missouri Research Reactor Center is located in the MU Research Park and is the largest university research reactor in the U.S. The Arts is a broad subdivision of culture, comprised of many expressive disciplines. ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... Fine art is a term used to refer to fields traditionally considered to be artistic. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... The Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. ... Accountancy (profession)[1] or accounting (methodology) is the measurement, statement or provision of assurance about financial information primarily used by managers, investors, tax authorities and other decision makers to make resource allocation decisions within companies, organizations, and public agencies. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... Not to be confused with informatics or information theory. ... Engineering is the discipline of acquiring and applying knowledge of design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... Social Workers are concerned with social problems, their causes, their solutions and their human impacts. ... Veterinary medicine is the application of medical, diagnostic, and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife, and production animals. ... Allied health professions are clinical healthcare professions distinct from the medical and nursing. ... For the chemical substances known as medicines, see medication. ... Nursing is a profession focused on assisting individuals, families, and communities in attaining, re-attaining, and maintaining optimal health and functioning. ... The Missouri School of Journalism [2] is the world’s first school of journalism. ... For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ... For other persons named Harry Truman, see Harry Truman (disambiguation). ... Public Administration can be broadly described as the development, implementation and study of government policy. ... Land-grant universities (also called land-grant colleges or land grant institutions) are institutions of higher education in the United States which have been designated by Congress to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. ... Lincoln University of Missouri is located in Jefferson City. ... The Association of American Universities (AAU) is an organization of leading research universities devoted to maintaining a strong system of academic research and education. ... Carnagie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1905 and chartered in 1906 by an Act of Congress. ... The University of Missouri Research Reactor Center (MURR) is home to a tank-type nuclear research reactor that serves the University of Missouri–Columbias Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute (NSEI). ...

In 1908, the Missouri School of Journalism (known colloquially as the "J-school"), the world's first school of journalism, was founded in Columbia. The University of Missouri System also owns and operates KOMU-TV, the NBC/CW affiliate for Columbia and nearby Jefferson City. It is a full-fledged commercial station, but is also a working lab for journalism students. The MU School of Journalism also operates the Columbia Missourian which trains students in reporting, editing and design in a real newsroom managed by professional editors. Year 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Missouri School of Journalism [2] is the world’s first school of journalism. ... Broadcast center on U.S. Route 63 south of Columbia KOMU-TV (Channel 8) is the NBC affiliate serving the cities of Columbia and Jefferson City, Missouri along with several surrounding counties in central Missouri. ... This article is about the television network. ... The Crimson White, known colloquially as The CW, is the student-run newspaper of the University of Alabama. ... Alternate uses: see Jefferson City (disambiguation). ...

Athletics

Main article: Missouri Tigers

Faurot Field during a football game

The Missouri Tigers are members of the Big 12 Conference. Mizzou is the only school in the state with all of its sports in the NCAA Division I, the nation's highest level of college sports. Their colors are black and old gold. Athletic sports include men's and women's basketball, baseball, cross country, football, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, swimming and diving, softball, swimming, track, tennis, volleyball, women's soccer, and wrestling. Former football coach Dan Devine holds the record for most wins on the gridiron. Additionally, former basketball coach and alum Norm Stewart maintains the record for most wins on the hard court. The current head coach of the men's basketball team is Mike Anderson. Gary Pinkel is the current head football coach. Coaches of other sports included women's golf coach Stephanie Priesmeyer, men's golf coach Mark Leroux, baseball coach Tim Jamieson, softball coach Ehren Earleywine, cross country coach Jared Wilmes, men's swimming and diving coach Brian Hoffer, track and field coach Rick McGuire, wrestling coach Brian Smith, gymnastics coach Rob Drass, soccer coach Bryan Blitz, tennis coach Blake Starkey, and volleyball coach Wayne Kreklow. The Missouri Tigers athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of the University of Missouri–Columbia. ... Image File history File links MU_athletic_mark. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixelsFull resolution (3008 × 2000 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixelsFull resolution (3008 × 2000 pixel, file size: 1. ... Faurot Field, also known as Memorial Stadium, is a stadium in Columbia, Missouri. ... The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located in the central United States. ... 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. ... Division I (or DI) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... This article is about the sport. ... This article is about the sport. ... The Minnesota State Highschool Cross Country Meet A cross country race in Seaside, Oregon. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... This article is about the sport. ... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, balance, endurance, gracefulness, and kinesthetic awareness, and includes such skills as handsprings, handstands, split leaps, aerials and cartwheels. ... For other uses, see Lacrosse (disambiguation). ... Swimmer redirects here. ... Soft ball is also a sugar stage Softball is a team sport popular around the world but especially in the United States. ... Swimmer redirects here. ... A womens 400 m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Finland. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ... Association Football (soccer) is the most prominent team sport for women in many countries, and one of the few womens team sports with professional leagues (the other global one being basketball). ... This article is about collegiate wrestling. ... Dan Devine (December 22, 1924 - May 9, 2002) was a football coach who served as head coach at three colleges and also served for four years as head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1971 to 1974. ... Norm Stewart was an American college basketball coach. ... Mike Anderson (born December 12, 1959, in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American college basketball coach, who was appointed as the head mens coach at the University of Missouri on March 26, 2006. ... Gary Pinkel (born April 27, 1952) is the head football coach at the University of Missouri. ...

MU football games are played on Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. Built in 1926, the stadium has an official capacity of 68,349, and features a nearly 100 ft. wide "M" behind the north end zone. Men's and women's basketball games are played at the Mizzou Arena, located just south of the football stadium. The Hearnes Center hosted men's and women's basketball from 1972 to 2004 and is still used for other athletic and school events. Faurot Field, also known as Memorial Stadium, is a stadium in Columbia, Missouri. ... Mizzou Arena is an indoor arena on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. ... Hearnes Center was a 13,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Columbia, Missouri. ...

The official mascot for Missouri Tigers athletics is Truman the Tiger, who was born on September 16, 1986. Truman was named following a campus-wide naming contest in honor of Missouri's only U.S. President, Harry S. Truman. Previously MU had two mascots, a male and a female, but neither had an identity. Truman was acclaimed the "Best Mascot in the Nation" for the second time, in national competition in 2004. Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... Truman the Tiger is the official mascot of the athletic teams of the University of Missouri Tigers. ... is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... For other persons named Harry Truman, see Harry Truman (disambiguation). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Today, Truman can be seen cheering on the Tigers and mingling with supporters at Mizzou athletic events as well as pep-rallies, alumni association functions, and frequent visits to Columbia area schools.

On November 24, 2007 the Mizzou football team played their biggest rivals, KU. At that time KU was ranked #2 and MU was ranked #4. At the end of the game they defeated KU, 36-28. The following day MU was ranked #1 in the country for only the second time in its history (November 14, 1960, 1 week). On December 1st 2007, the Mizzou football team lost the Big 12 Championship game in San Antonio, Texas to Oklahoma 38-17 falling out of national title and Bowl Championship Series contention. They will play in the Cotton Bowl January 1, 2008 at Dallas, Texas at 10:30 on the Central Time Zone on The Fox Network. is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The 2007 Border Showdown logo The Border Showdown is the name of an intense rivalry between the University of Missouri and University of Kansas athletic teams, the Missouri Tigers and the Kansas Jayhawks. ... is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Campus Life

Greek Life

Main article: MU Greek Life

MU is home to one of the oldest and largest Greek systems in the nation. The University is home to the first chapter of an existing national fraternity founded at a public institution west of the Mississippi and the first national fraternity founded west of the Mississippi. Currently, more than 70 Greek-letter organizations remain active at MU. // When the Missouri Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi was founded at the University of Missouri–Columbia, it became the first chapter of a fraternity founded at any public university west of the Mississippi River. ...

Residential Life

Gillett Hall is an undergraduate residence hall on the campus of The University of Missouri campus. ... Hudson Hall is an undergraduate residence hall on the campus of The University of Missouri campus. ...

Traditions

Alma Mater

The Alma Mater for the University of Missouri is Old Missouri. It was written in 1895 and is sung to the tune of Annie Lisle and has two verses. Before and after athletic events, sometimes only the first verse is used. The first and second verses are more commonly sung at student orientation, commencement/graduation ceremonies and Mizzou Alumni Associationevents. Both verses are followed by the chorus. Annie Lisle is the name of an 1857 ballad by Boston, Massachusetts songwriter H. S. Thompson and published by Oliver Ditson & Co. ...

First Verse

Old Missouri, fair Missouri
Dear old Varsity.
Ours are hearts that fondly love thee
Here's a health to thee.

Chorus

Proud art thou in classic beauty
Of thy noble past
With thy watch words: honour, duty,
Thy high fame shall last!

Second verse

Every student, man and maiden
Swells the glad refrain.
'Till the breezes, music laden
Waft it back again.

Chorus

Proud art thou in classic beauty
Of thy noble past
With thy watch words honour, duty,
Thy high fame shall last!

Homecoming

MU is credited with establishing the tradition of Homecoming in the United States, which was subsequently adopted by most colleges and high schools across the country. The tradition began in 1911 when athletic director Chester L. Brewer invited alumni to "come home" for the big football game against KU. A spirit rally and parade were planned as part of the welcome home celebration for alumni. MU's homecoming celebration has been named the best Homecoming in the nation and a model homecoming program by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Since 1999, the homecoming blood drive has earned the Guinness Record as the nation's largest. For other uses, see Homecoming (disambiguation). ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. ... This article is about the year. ...

Tap Day

Tap Day is an annual spring ceremony in which the identities of the members of the six secret honor societies are revealed. The participating societies are QEBH, Mystical Seven, LSV, Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board, and the Rollins Society. The ceremony, first held in 1927, takes place at the base of the Columns on Francis Quadrangle. QEBH is a senior honorary society that is unique to the University of Missouri-Columbia. ... Current members of Mystical Seven prepare to be revealed at Tap Day 2005. ... A Low Speed Vehicle operates under the same restrictions as a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV) but without the specification of battery electric power. ... Omicron Delta Kappa, or OΔK, is a national leadership honor society. ... The ‘Langtry’ toque A toque (pronounced /tok/; for /tuk/ see Canadian variant below) is a type of hat with a narrow brim or no brim at all. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Notable alumni

MU has been home to scores of people from Sam Walton to Sheryl Crow for the full list see: List of University of Missouri–Columbia alumni. Samuel Moore Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 6, 1992), born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma was the founder of two American retailers Wal-Mart and Sams Club. ... Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American blues rock singer, guitarist, bassist, and songwriter. ... Notable former students of the University of Missouri–Columbia. ...

Notable faculty

For a complete list see: List of University of Missouri–Columbia faculty Notable faculty of the University of Missouri–Columbia, also see Category:University of Missouri–Columbia faculty // Albert Lewin film director and producer George Caleb Bingham American artist Phil Bengtson head coach of the Green Bay Packers Jerry Berndt football coach Chester Brewer football coach Frank Broyles athletic director William Duane...

• George Caleb Bingham American artist
• Frank O. Bowman III, law, noted scholar in the area of Federal Sentencing
• Henry C. Dethloff, historian, author of more than two dozen books in variety of fields, formerly with Texas A&M University
• Carl Esbeck, law
• Don Faurot, football, invented the Split-T formation
• William Least Heat-Moon, author of Blue Highways, a cult classic, and other novels
• Dennis R. Heldman, food scientist
• Steve Hofmann, mathematics, involved in solving Kato's Conjecture (1988-)
• Sergei Kopeikin, physicist, conducted widely publicized experiment to measure the speed of gravity (2000–)
• Barbara McClintock, cytogenetics pioneer (1936–1941)
• J.P. Moreland, philosopher, theologian, and Christian apologist.
• Charles Griffith Ross, White House Press Secretary
• Ernie and Lotti Sear, Plant Geneticist who pioneered methods of transferring desirable genes from wild relatives to cultivated wheat in order to increase wheat's resistance to various insects and diseases. Member of the National Academy of Sciences, past president of the Genetics Society of America, winner of the Wolf Prize, inducted into the ARS-USDA Science Hall of Fame. The plant growth facility on the Campus of Mizzou is named after him.
• Frank Stack, American cartoonist
• Lewis Stadler, genetics, performed early experiments on the effects of X-rays in producing mutations in corn.
• Zbylut Twardowski, nephrologist and pioneer in kidney dialysis
• Thorstein Veblen, sociologist and economist, author of The Theory of the Leisure Class (1911–1918)
• Walter Williams founder of the world's first journalism school, author of the Journalist's Creed

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J. P. Moreland is a well-known Christian author and apologist, and professor of theology at Biola University in La Mirada, California (suburban Los Angeles). ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Christian apologetics is the... Charles Griffith Ross (1885 - 1950) was a U.S. journalist. ... 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Presidents of The University

There have been 20 presidents of the University of Missouri, John Lathrop is the only one to have served separate terms.

• John Hiram Lathrop (1841-1849)
• James Shannon (1850-1856)
• William Wilson Hudson (1856-1859)
• Benjamin Blake Minor (1860-1862)
• John Hiram Lathrop (1865-1866)
• Daniel Read (1866-1876)
• Samuel Spahr Laws (1876-1889)
• Richard Henry Jesse (1891-1908)
• A. Ross Hill (1908-1921)
• John Carleton Jones (1922-1923)
• Stratton Brooks (1923-1927)
• Tyler Pete Davis (1927-1931)
• Walter Williams (1931-1935)
• Frederick Middlebush (1935-1954)
• Elmer Ellis (1955-1966)
• John C. Weaver (1966-1970)
• C. Brice Ratchford (1971-1976)
• James Olson (1977-1984)
• C. Peter Magrath (1985-1991)
• George A. Russell (1991-1996)
• Manuel T. Pacheco (1997-2002)
• Elson S. Floyd (2003-2007)
• Gordon H. Lamb (interim) (2007-present)

Lathrop as President of The University of Missouri John Hiram Lathrop was a well-known American educator during the early 19th century . ... Lathrop as President of The University of Missouri John Hiram Lathrop was a well-known American educator during the early 19th century . ... Dr. Samuel S. Laws is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio part of the Old Miami period from 1809 through the beginning of the civil war in which an impressive roster of men emerged from that small college in Ohio to accomplish great feats for society. ... Stratton D. Brooks, as he appeared in the 1915 Sooner Yearbook. ... Born on June 22, 1871 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Tyler Pete Davis is known most for his influential role in shaping the University of Missouri. ... A Creed for My Profession: Walter Williams, Journalist to the World by Ronald T. Farrar University of Missouri Press 1998 ISBN 0826211887 Walter Williams (July 2, 1864 - July 29, 1935) was the founder of the Missouri School of Journalism and a former president of the University of Missouri. ... John Carrier Weaver (May 21, 1915 - March 10, 1995) was a professor of geography, and college administrator for several major American universities. ... James Olson (born October 8th, 1930) is an american actor from Evanston, Illinois and graduate of Northwestern University who did stage work in and around Chicago before his 1956 film debut in The Sharkfighters. ... C. Peter Magrath was the eleventh president of the University of Minnesota, serving from 1974 to 1984. ... Elson S. Floyd is an American educator who is currently president of Washington State University. ...

Points of interest

The Fountain and Statue of Tiger Plaza, located on the Mel Carnahan (South) Quadrangle

Tower of Memorial Union

• McAlester Arboretum
• Mizzou Botanic Garden
• Thomas Jefferson tombstone
• Jesse Hall
• Memorial Union
• David R. Francis Quadrangle
• Mel Carnahan Quadrangle (Tiger Plaza)
• Student Recreation Center (Voted best in the nation by Sports Illustrated- 2005/06)

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See also

• Missouri Students Association
• KOMU-TV
• The Maneater
• MUTV

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External links

• University of Missouri
• MU Athletics
• Mizzou Alumni Association
• University of Missouri System
• Missouri Students Association

References

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