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Successes that include 5.1 percent growth in new freshmen, a 3.4 percent increase in new transfer students, and a 1.1 percent increase in student retention are being experienced at the University of Central Missouri.
September 15, 2017A travel mission designed to promote opportunities for international students and to develop new partnerships benefiting students at the University of Central Missouri, President Charles Ambrose and a small group of UCM faculty and staff were welcomed today to the largest university in Nepal.
September 15, 2017It doesn’t matter how old you are, if you have been living in the United States since Sept. 11, 2001, chances are you still likely feel the emotional impact that has stirred the nation since the worst act of terrorism to ever occur on American soil. This includes university students, according to Brig. Gen. John Nichols, guest speaker at the 2017 Patriot Day on the University of Central Missouri campus.
September 11, 2017Successes that include 5.1 percent growth in new freshmen, a 3.4 percent increase in new transfer students, and a 1.1 percent increase in student retention are being experienced at the University of Central Missouri.
September 15, 2017A travel mission designed to promote opportunities for international students and to develop new partnerships benefiting students at the University of Central Missouri, President Charles Ambrose and a small group of UCM faculty and staff were welcomed today to the largest university in Nepal.
September 15, 2017It doesn’t matter how old you are, if you have been living in the United States since Sept. 11, 2001, chances are you still likely feel the emotional impact that has stirred the nation since the worst act of terrorism to ever occur on American soil. This includes university students, according to Brig. Gen. John Nichols, guest speaker at the 2017 Patriot Day on the University of Central Missouri campus.
September 11, 2017
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