Central Missouri State University is a 4-year public institution offering a diverse range of academic concentrations. The university is located in Warrensburg, a town of nearly 17,000 residents located 50 miles southeast of Kansas City. The university is widely known for their aviation, finance, College_Student_Personnel and photography programs. Kansas Attourney General Phill Kline received his undergraduate degree from CMSU. Athletic divisions include, basketball, baseball, football, golf, soccer, softball, cross-country, track and voleyball. The school's mascott is the Mules for the Men's teams and the Jennies for the women's teams.

The university houses and runs a NPR affiliate KTBG , at 90.9 FM and plays mostly album oriented, adult alternative rock plus a blues show and NPR shows.

History

Central Missouri State University started in 1871 as State Normal School, District #2. The name was later changed to Central Missouri State Teachers College in 1919, Central Missouri State College in 1946 and finally to Central Missouri State Univerisity in 1971. In 1965, the institution established a graduate school. The institution is currently considering a name change. In 2005, Missouri Governor Matt Blunt signed into law a provision that would authorize CMSU to change its name to The University of Central Missouri.

GIMPS

This university has a very important role in the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search it is currently the number 1 contributor to that project.[1]

The GIMPS project at Central Missouri State University is run by Curtis Cooper

KMOS-TV

The university operates KMOS-TV. In April, 2003 opening ceremonies were conducted for the station's new digital broadcasting and transmitter facility in Syracuse, Missouri, located about fifty miles from Warrensburg. The facility includes a 2000-foot (609 m) guyed mast, enabling it to serve a 20,000 square mile area.

External link

• cmsu.edu
• KMOS-TV Transmitter tower listing
• Article about new KMOS-TV facility