“Increasing global competence, understanding and partnership” is the core of Missouri International Student Council’s mission statement, and the International Welcome Party provided cultural knowledge for all who attended. MISC sponsors the party every year, as international students from all over…
CAFNR sophomore shines bright in all roles, including state fair queen
Exuberant sounds of screaming and cheering filled the Mathewson Exhibition Hall as the 2019 Missouri State Fair Queen was announced. Chloe Momphard, a small-town girl, stares into the crowd with a beaming smile as she reminisces about her life leading…
Field day provides glimpse of diversity of agriculture industry and careers
Numbers tell the story — 181 miles. That is the farthest distance traveled by a school to arrive at the University of Missouri Bradford Research Facility south of Columbia on Tuesday, Sept. 18. With 40 stations and 1,997 students, the…
Annual state livestock judging contest brings more than 100 youth to MU campus
The University of Missouri is home to a lot of things: the first homecoming, students from all 50 states and even the 2018 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. MU is also home to the annual State 4-H Livestock…
CAFNR alum Christi Miller has had far-reaching impact on Missouri agriculture
It was at the University of Missouri, during a sophomore year lecture class in Waters Auditorium, where Don Ranly, journalism professor emeritus, gave Christi Miller the idea for agricultural journalism. Within the next 24 hours, Miller had changed her major…
Rural crime is tough to solve, but a special highway patrol unit is making a difference
Most of us consider the countryside of Missouri safe, crime free and tranquil. However, in the past 10 years, more than $13 million in stolen property and equipment has been recovered by a little known unit of the state Highway…