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, track and voleyball. The shool's mascott is the Mules

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; some of the front runners include University of Central Missouri and Missouri Central University.

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] (http://mersenne.org/ips/tops.shtml)

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

External link

• cmsu.edu (http://www.cmsu.edu/)