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Established in 1839, the University of Missouri knows what it means to be first. We were the first public university west of the Mississippi River. We are home to the world’s first journalism school. We started the tradition of homecoming.
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Mizzou is the University of Missouri’s nickname and is...
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The usage of the term "Mizzou" was first recorded in a campus yell that used the phrase "Mizzou, Rah, Rah." The commonly accepted origin is that the word is a shortened version of the university's (then-known as the Missouri State University) initials, MSU.
The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. Founded in 1839, MU was the first public university west of the Mississippi River. [13]
Mizzou is the University of Missouri’s nickname and is pronounced muh-ZOO. The word Mizzou is an example of clipping; a longer word, Missouri, becomes shortened (or clipped) to Mizzou, which is similar but shorter.
May 4, 2018 · Story by Brian Consiglio. It has been 40 years since Jess Bushyhead graduated from Mizzou, and he has been changing Hollywood’s film industry ever since. The Raytown, Missouri native traveled to Los Angeles a few months after graduation in 1978 to pursue a career in the television industry and has been calling California home ever since.
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May 28, 2021 · The University of Missouri is Established. The Missouri Legislature passed the Geyer Act in 1839 to establish funds for a state university — the first public university in the Louisiana Purchase. Citizens of Columbia and Boone County then pledged $117,921 in cash and land to secure the location, beating out five other central Missouri counties.
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Missouri gets its name from a tribe of Sioux Indians of the state called the Missouris.
