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MU Parents Association Annual Restaurant Crawl in Downtown Columbia
Saturday, April 14 from 2 to 5 PM
Register and pick up map and tickets from 2 to 3 PM in the lobby of Reynolds Alumni Center.
Tickets: $10 each or 4 for $25
Every ticket will go into a basket for a drawing to be held at the end of the event.  Pick up your map that day to tell you the location of the drawing.  Great prizes have been donated by local businesses so there will be several winners!

A FUN OUTING FOR FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND MU STUDENTS. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE AN MUPA MEMBER TO ATTEND.

RESERVATIONS REQUESTED BY CALLING 574-882-5539 AND LEAVE A MESSAGE OR EMAIL mupa@missouri.edu with how many will attend.

May 2006

>> 2006-2007 Executive Committee of MUPA Board was elected at April board meeting:

President: Kay Hoflander
Vice President: Doug Krile
Treasurer: Tom Budde
Recording Secretary: Judy Westmoreland
Corresponding Secretary: Jenise Comer

Spring 2006

>> Second Annual MUPA Restaurant Crawl will be on April 8, 2006 from 4-7pm.
Details to be announced.

>> Feb. 21 --Kansas City area Town Hall forum with university officials and members of MUPA, 7 pm, Hilton Inn, I-70 at Blue Parkway, Independence. An opportunity for MU parents to ask questions and get answers.

October 2005

>> It's time to apply 2005-2006 MU Parents Association grants.

The deadline is Nov. 18, 2005. Check here for more information

September 2005

>> The Followings are four 2005 bookstore $100 drawing winners. Congratulations!

Breann Muich, Chaas Thompson, Katie Krawczak, John Wagner

>>It's time to apply 2005-2006 MU Parents Association grants. The deadline is Nov. 18, 2005.

Check here for more information.

>> The next board meeting will be at 10am, Sept.24 in the T.O. Wright Room of the Alumni Center.

July 2005

>> A Nation of Wimps: from Psychology Today

Summary: Parents are going to ludicrous lengths to take the bumps out of life for their children. However, parental hyperconcern has the net effect of making kids more fragile; that may be why they're breaking down in record numbers.

Click http://cms.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20041112-000010.html to see more.

April 2005

>> 2005-2006 Executive Committee of MUPA Board was elected at April board meeting:

President: Kay Hoflander
Vice President: Doug Krile
Treasurer: Debra McFarland
Secretary: Diane Brinker, Shelly Messenger