The human race is capable of inflicting an incredible amount of hatred and malice upon members of its own in an unfathomable variety of ways. This propensity for heartlessness, soullessness… Read more »
Wanda Beard: The moral compass of the environmental sciences department
Wanda Beard spent more than two decades as a teacher, starting at the now defunct University High on the UCM campus. Beard, 83, died Aug. 18 at Warrensburg Manor Care… Read more »
UCM student competes in Pokemon tournament
Leonard Craft III spent his weekend in Nashville where he competed in the 2018 Pokémon World Championships. It is the largest tournament of the year, where the best players in… Read more »
Theatre students excited about new professor
The University of Central Missouri has a new theatre professor. Mary Trotter joined UCM after teaching at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. Trotter’s new students said they were excited… Read more »
Two UCM students receive prestigious Fulbright grant
Noelle Brooks, senior international studies major, and Marena Coonrod, a graduate in special education, were selected as Fulbright students, which allows them to teach English abroad. “It is probably the… Read more »
Friends, family, faculty remember Randy Diltz
Randy Diltz is being remembered by friends and family as a charismatic, talented and loving 19-year-old, after he died in a car accident Aug. 19 near the Route 13 bypass… Read more »

Grant advances research at UCM
Two undergraduate students from UCM are busy on research projects thanks to the Undergraduate Scholars Grant. Daniel Akin, senior biology major, and Jessica Den Dekker, junior economics major, were awarded… Read more »

State of the University 2018
Interim President Roger Best delivers the State of the University Address Aug. 22.