Media and Press Information

System-level media inquiries, including requests for interviews with University of Missouri System administrators or personnel, should be directed to the News Bureau at (573) 882-6211.

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University of Missouri System

Christian Basi
Director, Media Relations
329 Jesse Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
Telephone: (573) 882-4330
Email: basic@umsystem.edu

Campus-level media inquiries, including requests for interviews with campus administrators, professors or experts, should be directed to the individual campus.

University of Missouri-Columbia

Christian Basi
Director, MU News Bureau
329 Jesse Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
Telephone: (573) 882-4330
Email: basic@missouri.edu

University of Missouri-Kansas City

Anne Hartung Spenner
Vice Chancellor of Marketing and Communications 
317 Administrative Center
Kansas City, MO 64110
Telephone: (816) 235-1576
Email: spennera@umkc.edu

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Andrew Careaga
Director, Strategic and Marketing Communications
1870 Miner Circle
Rolla, MO 65409-0220
Telephone: (573) 341-4328
Email: acareaga@mst.edu

University of Missouri-St. Louis

Ron Gossen, APR, PMP^®
Senior Assoc. Vice Chancellor / Chief Marketing Officer
Faculty, College of Business Administration
401 Woods Hall
University of Missouri–St. Louis
Telephone: (314) 516-5776
Email: ron@umsl.edu

University of Missouri Extension

Dennis Gagnon
Director, Communications and Marketing
210 Whitten Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
Telephone: (573) 882-3875
Email: gagnond@missouri.edu

University of Missouri Health Care

Media Relations
24/7 on-call pager: (573) 876-0708
Email: muhcpublicrelations@health.missouri.edu

Reviewed 2018-11-30.