February 18, 2008
Contact: Scott Charton
Office: (573) 882-9724
Cell: (573) 864-9672
Email: chartons@umsystem.edu
Gary Forsee officially takes office today, February 18, as the 22nd President of the University of Missouri System. Mr. Forsee will be available to visit with reporters at 1 p.m. today in the conference room of the Old Alumni Center, located just west of University Hall across Carrie Francke Drive (adjacent to the clubhouse of A.L. Gustin Golf Course). A mult box will be provided. Audio will be posted later this afternoon on the UM Web site.
Video from the media availability will be distributed by satellite from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. CST today. Feed information:
Galaxy 26, C-band, Transponder 5
Downlink Freq: 3800 MHz
Audio Split 6.2 MHz (Mic)/ 6.8 MHz (Nat)
Contact: UM Cooperative Media Group, (573) 882-7794
Newsrooms: for your further planning purposes, on February 21, Mr. Forsee will address Missouri publishers and editors during the Missouri Press Association-Associated Press Day at the Capitol. Mr. Forsee is to speak from 9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. in the Senate Lounge on the third floor of the Missouri State Capitol Building. For more information on MPA-AP Day, contact Doug Crews, Executive Director of the MPA in Columbia, at (573) 449-4187.