The Universities WeblogFinding the best college for youMizzou Shuts the Door- June 20, 2008 The University of Missouri-Columbia has decided to stop taking applications from potential freshmen for the 2008-09 school year, according to University Business. Mizzou&39;s freshman class for next year (students who have already been accepted and paid their deposit) has reached a record size of 5,860 incoming students. That&39;s about 850 more than last year. Mizzou decided to close the doors on Monday. JayBuffington According to the Associated Press, Chancellor Brady Deaton said it was...http://www.universities-weblog.com/50226711/mizzou_shuts_the_door.php Va. Tech Settles with Victims' Families- June 19, 2008 University Business is among the blogs covering this today. A settlement has been reached between the Commonwealth of Virginia and the families of most of the Virginia Tech shooting victims. According to UB, "A Virginia judge on Tuesday approved an $11 million settlement from the state to the families of victims killed or injured in last year&39;s Virginia Tech shootings." shizhao The settlement covers 24 of the 32 victims on the April 16, 2007 campus shooting spree at Virginia Tech. It also..http://www.universities-weblog.com/50226711/va_tech_settles_with_victims_families.php WVU President Resigns, Finally- June 7, 2008 West Virginia University President Mike Garrison resigned to after weeks of pressure of the Heather Bresch affair, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Garrison&39;s resignation is not effective until September 1st, so he has about 12 weeks to aid the university in it&39;s transition to new leadership. The Post-gazette describes garrison&39;s resignation this way:It capped six months of turmoil sparked by the revelation that top WVU administrators falsified records to retroactively...http://www.universities-weblog.com/50226711/wvu_president_resigns_finally.php WVU Board Supports President Mike Garrison- June 1, 2008 In an emergency session on Friday, the West Virginia University Board of Governors "found nothing to suggest that President Mike Garrison influenced the awarding of an unearned Executive M.B.A degree to Mylan Inc. executive Heather Bresch." This, according to an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Bresch controversy has plagued WVU since the post-Gazette broke the story six months ago. Bresch is the daughter of West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin. She was awarded an Executive MBA in...http://www.universities-weblog.com/50226711/wvu_board_supports_president_mike_garrison.php |