UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI

The 'University of Central Missouri' (formerly 'Central Missouri State University') is a four-year public institution in Warrensburg, Missouri a town of 16,342 in Johnson County, Missouri.

Contents

History

Greek Life

School Songs

Fight Song

Alma Mater

GIMPS

College of Business Administration

Athletics

Media

Famous alumni

External links

History

The University started in 1871 as ''State Normal School, District #2''. The name was changed to ''Central Missouri State Teachers College'' in 1919, ''Central Missouri State College'' in 1946, and ''Central Missouri State University'' in 1971. In 2005, Missouri Governor Matt Blunt signed into law a provision authorizing Central Missouri State University to change its name, if so desired, to the ''University of Central Missouri''. The University's name was changed on September 20, 2006. In 1965, the institution established a graduate school.

Greek Life

Prior to the 1960s, most fraternities had off campus houses surrounding campus. After fires at the Tau Kappa Epsilon and Acacia houses, fraternities and sororities were consolidated into university-owned buildings resembling residence halls - known as Panhellenic Hall and the Fraternity Complex. The Fraternity Complex is an octagon-shaped building consisting of 8 "wedges", each holding one Greek chapter, with the center originally containing a dining hall. This design won an architectural award soon after its construction. This tradition continued until the fall semester of 2005 when Sigma Phi Epsilon opened an off-campus traditional Greek house, and Sigma Nu began construction of a similar house off campus as well and was finished by Fall 2006. However, soon after completion of the Sigma Nu house, the chapter's charter was revoked following a hazing incident. The house was leased to the UCM chapter of Alpha Tau Omega in the summer of 2007.

School Songs

Fight Song

''Go Mules''
Go Mules! Fight to win for the team we love the best

Go Mules! Don't give in, put our name above the rest.

Fight! Fight! Fight!

Go Mules! We're for you and we let the whole world know

That at U-C-M, it's go, Mules go!

Alma Mater

Central State stands proud and noble, serving all who ask.

In the center of our nation, joyful in her task

Red and Black her colors fly, faith and vision, dreams unite.

Leading all who look for truth, to hold her honor bright.

Our beloved Alma Mater, Hail to Central State.

GIMPS

The University of Central Missouri continues to hold an important role in the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search. The GIMPS project at UCM is a university-wide effort managed by Dr. Curtis Cooper and Dr. Steven Boone. Central's team (curtisc) is currently the No. 1 contributor to that project ([1]), and has discovered the two largest prime numbers known, M43 2^30402457 - 1 ([2]) with 9,152,052 digits and M44 2^32582657 - 1 ([3]) with 9,808,358 digits.

College of Business Administration

The Harmon College of Business Administration offers degrees in Marketing, Accounting, Management, CIS, and Finance.

Athletics

Main articles: Central Missouri Mules and Jennies

Central Missouri's athletic teams compete in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, or MIAA. The school colors are Cardinal and Black. Athletic division include basketball, baseball, women's bowling, football, golf, women's soccer, softball, cross-country, track, volleyball, and wrestling. UCM's athletic teams are called 'Mules' (men) and 'Jennies' (women) they have a living mascot named Mancow, and another named Mo the Mule. Central Missouri's Director of Athletics is Jerry Hughes.
Basketball games are played in the UCM Multipurpose Building. Built in 1976, ''The Multi'', as it is known to students and alumni, has a capacity of 8,500 for basketball games. Football games are held at Audrey J. Walton Stadium at Vernon Kennedy Field. The stadium was erected in 1928 and underwent a major face-lift in 1995. The atadium officially holds 10,000 people, but crowds oftentimes approach 12,000.
Central Missouri's campus also includes 18-hole Keth Memorial Golf Course. Keth Memorial is complete with a fully-equipped pro shop. It is also the home facility for Mules’ golf, as well as Mules’ and Jennies’ cross country.

Media

The university houses and runs an NPR affiliate, KTBG, at 90.9 FM ("The Bridge"), which features the NPR newsmagazines and other NPR shows such as Car Talk, with music consisting mostly of album-oriented, adult alternative rock along with a blues show and World Cafe. The university also operates a PBS affiliate: KMOS-TV.
The university also produces a weekly newspaper named ''The Muleskinner''. The paper is produced by students and is overseen by a faculty advisor.

Famous alumni

★ Dale Carnegie - Author of ''How to Win Friends and Influence People''

★ Mark Curp - Former World and American record holder in the Half-Marathon

★ Grant Curtis - Executive Producer of Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3.

★ Todd Devoe - Wide Receiver formerly of the Denver Broncos. Currently playing for the CFL's Toronto Argonauts.

★ Butch Reed - Professional Wrestler

★ James Evans - Inventor of Cheerios

★ Roderick Green - Defensive End and Outside Linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers

★ Allan Kayser - Actor; played the role of Bubba Higgins on Mama's Family

★ Phill Kline - former Kansas Attorney General; currently the District Attorney for Johnson County, Kansas.

★ Erich "Mancow" Muller - Hosts Mancow's Morning Madhouse, a Chicago-based radio show that has been syndicated across the U.S.

★ Carrie Nation - Leader of the Temperance Movement

★ David Steward - CEO of World Wide Technology, Inc., the world's largest African-American owned company

★ Chuck Palumbo - Professional Wrestler

★ Delanie Walker - Tight End for the San Francisco 49ers

★ Henry Mason - Former NFL Wide Receiver and long-time University of Wisconsin-Madison Assistant Football Coach

★ David Holsinger - World Famous Wind Ensemble Composer

★ Jeff Wright - Former Nose Tackle for the Buffalo Bills

★ Toby Korrodi - Quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals

★ Jerry Reuss - former pitcher; best known for his years with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

★ Vern Kennedy - former pitcher in the major leagues; baseball field at UCM is named for him.

External links

★ UCM Athletics