NASCAR Star Carl Edwards Helps MU Online Students Celebrate Commencement Via Internet

MU creates first virtual graduation ceremony for students completing online degrees

May 16, 2008

Welcoming remarks, speeches and congratulatory messages from family and friends are all components of a traditional commencement ceremony. This year, graduates who earned their degrees online through the University of Missouri will enjoy all of this including Pomp and Circumstance, but no cap or gown is required! They even get a special bonus - a message from NASCAR sensation and Columbia native Carl Edwards. Full story

A Mountain of Failure Leads to Phenomenal Success in Humanitarianism

2008 MU Freshman Summer Reading Program Pick: Greg Mortenson's 'Three Cups of Tea'

May 15, 2008

"Here (in Pakistan and Afghanistan), we drink three cups of tea to do business; the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family, and for our family we are prepared to do anything - even die." -- This is the tradition Haji Ali, chief of the Korphe village explained to Greg Mortenson as he attempted to fulfill his promise to create an education system in the foreboding territory that bred the Taliban. Full story

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