Dear faculty, staff and students,
On July 28, the Board of Curators voted to merge the roles of UM System president and MU chancellor. Since then, my fellow chancellors and I have worked collaboratively to navigate a potential path forward and establish a structure that ensures the voice of each university is heard and that our institutions work together for the benefit of our students and our state. Additionally, UM System Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer Ryan Rapp has been working to identify best practices for achieving operational changes to increase administrative efficiency and uphold operational excellence systemwide.
Collectively, we are pleased with our proposed processes as they will allow our four universities to grow and innovate. They will also leverage our collective strengths so we can deliver on our mission and pursue excellence in research, teaching and service. We’d like to collect any input fo