Alcohol Prevention Team is Most Recognized in Nation. . . Grant Funds Minority Graduate Education . . . Dispute Resolution Center Receives National Attention. . . The CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, a nonprofit alliance of 500 global corporations and leading law firms established to develop alternatives to the high cost of litigation, awarded the Outstanding Practical Achievement Award to the School of Law's Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution. The center, created in 1984 to teach law students and lawyers comprehensive, efficient and fair methods for managing and resolving disputes, received the honor for pioneering work in integrating dispute resolution into MU's curriculum and for assisting other law schools to do the same.
Publications are Nationally Honored. . .
Mizzou's major student recruitment, annual report, fund-raising, research and alumni publications continue to receive numerous national honors. Most recently, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education awarded MU the 1999 Silver and the 1998 Grand Gold medals for Overall Publications Programs. In an effort to internationalize the undergraduate experience at MU, Ronald Ratti, an economics professor, is working with graduate students from the Korean Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to bring Korean officials to MU to serve as teaching assistants. Currently 20 percent of Korean government employees studying at U.S. universities are at MU where they share their firsthand experience in international finance and trade and industrial policy with students. In response to a growing demand from non-traditional students to pursue educational opportunities more tailored to their lifestyles, MU's Extension Teaching program has changed its focus along with its name.