There are trailblazers taking courses at UCM this fall. A new program offers students with special needs a unique opportunity to move onto campus and pursue a higher education. The THRIVE Program - which stands for Transformation, Health, Responsibility, Independence, Vocation and Education - gives 12 new students a chance to take courses with other UCM students, learn important job skills that will enable them to compete in the workforce and learn skills to live independently.
In February, the budget cut of state funds for domestic violence, proposed by the Missouri House Appropriations Committee for Social Services, helped determine the number of women and children Warrensburg's Survival Adult Abuse Center was able to assist and take into shelter. The center's budget was cut in half, about $2.37 million lost. Since then, 40 women and 39 children have been turned away from Survival. These numbers look to keep growing.
The drill for new college students remains pretty consistent: grab a campus map, buy some overpriced textbooks, save those quarters for laundry and don't forget to call home. But on a growing number of campuses, first-year students are hearing another message - "Please give.
He came from the city of Jesse James and wanted to make sure that everyone knows that 'St. Joe' is where your mail comes from. "Thank us for your mail, although it's kind of slow," said Eugene Stillman. The University of Central Missouri's campus advocate, Eugene Carter Stillman, was born and raised in St. Joseph, Missouri.
There is a new face on the sidelines this year working with Mules and Jennies athletes. Is it a coach? No, it's new head athletics trainer Ron DuBuque. DuBuque has been a trainer for more than 30 years at the college and professional levels. Before arriving at UCM in August, he was the director of sports medicine at the University of Missouri-St.