MEDIA ADVISORY: MU to Celebrate $1 Million Pledge from Students to Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Story Contact(s):
Nathan Hurst, hurstn@missouri.edu, 573-882-6217
WHAT: MU administrators and students will celebrate a $1 million pledge made by leaders from MizzouThon, a University of Missouri student-led philanthropic organization. The money, once raised, will help fund the recent renovation of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the MU Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
WHO: Speakers include:
- R. Bowen Loftin, MU chancellor
- Tom Hiles, MU vice chancellor for advancement
- John Pardalos, director of the NICU
- Erin Ehlers, MizzouThon student representative
WHEN: 1 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12
WHERE: Mizzou Student Center, 1st Floor