Republican Senator Norma Champion of Springfield threatened to fillibuster the bill that would clear the way for Northwest to become part of the MU system.
JEFFERSON CITY - Springfield Senator Norma Champion threatened to filibuster a bill containing the proposed merger between Northwest Missouri State University and the University of Missouri system. Champion says she'll block the merger as long as MU opposes dropping the regional designation from the name Southwest Missouri State University, a school in her district. Champion offered an amendment that would've made the merger contingent upon passage of the SMS name change bill. The S..
That option, presented by Sen. Norma Champion, R-Springfield, would give the UM system its $190.4 million and the rest of the state's universities another $100 million to create life science projects.
"When you are able to use the name to reflect what the school is doing, that will help you market it," said Norma Champion, R-Greene County, one of the bill's proponents. "I believe it will strengthen higher education throughout the state."
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