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| Motto | Education for Service |
| Type | Public university |
| Established | 1871; 154 years ago (1871) |
| Endowment | $42.89 million (2017)[1] |
| President | Roger Best |
| Provost | Tim Crowley[2] |
Academic staff | 424 Full-time and 156 Part-time[3] |
| Students | 13,734 (Spring 2024)[3] |
| Undergraduates | 8,019 (Spring 2024)[3] |
| Postgraduates | 5,715 (Spring 2024)[3] |
| Location | , Missouri ,United States 38°45′25″N93°44′28″W / 38.757°N 93.741°W /38.757; -93.741 |
| Campus | 1,561 acres (631.7 ha) |
| Colors | Cardinal and black[4] |
| Nicknames | Mules and Jennies |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division II –The MIAA |
| Mascot | Mo the Mule |
| Website | ucmo.edu |
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TheUniversity of Central Missouri (UCM) is apublic university inWarrensburg, Missouri, United States.
In 2024, enrollment was 13,734 students[5] from 48 states and 52 countries on its 1,561-acre campus. UCM offers 150 programs of study, including 10 pre-professional programs, 27 areas of teacher certification, and 37 graduate programs.
The University was founded in 1871 asNormal School No. 2 and became known asWarrensburg Teachers College. The name was changed toCentral Missouri State Teachers College in 1919,Central Missouri State College in 1945 andCentral Missouri State University in 1972. In 1965, the institution established a graduate school. In 2006, the name was changed to theUniversity of Central Missouri.
There are 150 majors and minors, 32 professional accreditations and 45 graduate programs. UCM has a high-tech, STEM-focused facility called the Missouri Innovation Campus in Lee's Summit, Missouri[6] and provides numerous online courses and programs.[7]
The university is considered a Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense.[8]
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences departments include:
Harmon College of Business and Professional Studies:The Harmon College of Business and Professional Studies is accredited byAACSB International. Other accreditations include Aviation Accreditation Board International and the Council on Social Work Education.[9] Departments include:
College of Education departments include:
College of Health, Science, and Technology academic units include:
The Honors College: Benefits of being an Honors College student include, but are not limited to, early enrollment, one-on-one advising, smaller classes, Honors-only courses and colloquia.[10]
The University of Central Missouri continues to hold an important role in theGreat Internet Mersenne Prime Search. The GIMPS project at UCM is a university-wide effort managed byCurtis Cooper and Steven Boone. As of 2022, UCM's team (curtisc) is currently the 10th place contributor to that project in terms of CPU power devoted to the project,[11] and is the only GIMPS team that has discovered fourMersenne primes: M43 230402457 - 1 with 9,152,052 digits,[12] M44 232582657 - 1 with 9,808,358 digits,[13] M48 257,885,161-1 with 17,425,170 digits,[14] and M49 274,207,281-1 with 22,338,618 digits.[15]
| Race and ethnicity | Total | ||
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| White | 76% | ||
| Black | 9% | ||
| Hispanic | 7% | ||
| Two or more races | 5% | ||
| International student | 2% | ||
| Asian | 1% | ||
| Unknown | 1% | ||
| Economic diversity | |||
| Low-income[a] | 32% | ||
| Affluent[b] | 68% | ||
The university has more than 185 student organizations with academic, cultural, recreational, community service and special interest clubs and associations. There are also more than 20 intramural sports to compete in, free movie nights on campus and a bowling alley and movie theater in the student union. Freshman and sophomore students are required to live in one of the 9 residence halls their first year to help ease the adjustment from high school to college. Students can also choose to live in one of ten Learning Communities, which places students with the same program of study together in the residence halls.[17]
The University of Central Missouri is home to 26 Greek organizations. Ten percent of UCM students are involved in Greek life.[18]
The UCM newspaper is calledThe Muleskinner; there is an online publication calleddigitalburg.com that covers the Johnson County area. These publications are entirely student-operated. The university also housesKMOS-TV.
UCM athletic teams compete in theMid–America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, or MIAA. The athletic division includesbasketball,baseball,women's bowling,American football,golf,women's soccer,softball,cross-country,track,volleyball andwrestling. UCM's athletic teams are called Mules (men) and Jennies (women). UCM has two mascots, a costumed anthropomorphic mule named Mo, and live mules named Tammy and Molly.
Basketball games are played in theUCM Multipurpose Building, renamed in February 2024 for longtime athletic director Jerry Hughes as the Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center. Built in 1976,The Multi, as it is known to students and alumni, has aseating capacity of 6,500 for basketball and volleyball games.[19] Football games are played on Vernon Kennedy Field atAudrey J. Walton Stadium. The stadium was erected in 1928 and underwent a major face-lift in 1995. The stadium officially holds 11,000 people, but crowds often approach 12,000.[20]
Keth Memorial Golf Course within Pertle Springs Park on the campus of the University of Central Missouri is an 18-hole grass greens course complete with a fully equipped pro shop.[21] Keth Memorial also is home for UCM golf and cross country competitions.[22]
The James C. Kirkpatrick Library (JCKL) is the library of the University of Central Missouri. It was named for former Secretary of State,James C. Kirkpatrick, Secretary of State in Missouri from 1965 to 1985.[23] There are over 480,000 circulating volumes.[24]
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