Mizzou admissions director to give update on enrollment

The executive director of admissions for the University of Missouri will meet in Fulton Saturday to talk about how the admissions office has been trying to increase student enrollment over the past several months, according to a news release.

ABC 17 News previously reported Feb. 2 that the university was seeing an increase in applications at every campus.

According to application data, there were 15,060 applications for Mizzou in 2017 and 17,583 in 2018, showing a 16.8% increase.

Chuck May, executive director of admissions, is expected to talk student recruitment efforts.

While the news release didn’t go into further detail about the efforts, MU officials have talked about certain actions they’ve taken to increase enrollment.

ABC 17 News reported some of those efforts, including the university hiring a branding agency to help increase enrollment.

The meeting is free and open to the public. It takes place at the Callaway County Mizzou Alumni chapter, 1851 Underground, 111 E 5th Street at 6 p.m.

The presentation will be followed by a watch party for the Missouri-Kentucky basketball game.