Dear 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Mizzou 
  community, 
  
 
   
  
Chancellor 
  Loftin 
  is 
  traveling 
  back 
  to 
  Columbia 
  and 
  asked 
  us 
  to 
  share 
  
the 
  following 
  information 
  with 
  you. 
  
 
   
  
Last 
  night, 
  with 
  the 
  help 
  of 
  the 
  Mizzou 
  family, 
  MUPD 
  identified 
  the 
  
person 
  who 
  disrupted 
  the 
  LBC 
  Royalty 
  Court 
  rehearsal 
  and 
  whose 
  
behavior 
  and 
  racist 
  remarks 
  made 
  members 
  of 
  our 
  community 
  feel 
  
hurt 
  and 
  angry. 
  
 
   
  
The 
  individual 
  has 
  been 
  moved 
  from 
  campus 
  by 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Student 
  
Conduct, 
  pending 
  the 
  outcome 
  of 
  the 
  conduct 
  process. 
  
 
   
  
The 
  chancellor 
  and 
  MUPD 
  have 
  both 
  asked 
  us 
  to 
  express 
  their 
  
appreciation 
  to 
  the 
  Mizzou 
  family 
  for 
  their 
  assistance 
  in 
  identifying 
  
this 
  individual 
  and 
  reaching 
  out 
  to 
  the 
  appropriate 
  authorities. 
   
  We 
  
also 
  want 
  to 
  thank 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  LBC 
  Royalty 
  Court 
  and 
  others 
  
present 
  for 
  supporting 
  each 
  other 
  and 
  immediately 
  reporting 
  this 
  
behavior 
  to 
  MUPD. 
   
  Because 
  our 
  students 
  were 
  willing 
  to 
  speak 
  with 
  
MUPD, 
  the 
  police 
  were 
  able 
  to 
  obtain 
  information 
  critical 
  to 
  
identifying 
  the 
  responsible 
  individual. 
  
 
   
  
Racism 
  and 
  all 
  prejudice 
  is 
  heinous, 
  insidious 
  and 
  damaging 
  to 
  
Mizzou. 
   
  It 
  hurts 
  students’ 
  education 
  and 
  experience 
  including 
  their 
  
mental 
  health 
  and 
  academic 
  achievement. 
   
  That 
  is 
  why 
  all 
  of 
  us 
  must 
  
commit 
  to 
  changing 
  the 
  culture 
  at 
  this 
  university. 
  
 
   
  
We 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  remind 
  students 
  and 
  faculty 
  that 
  the 
  MU 
  Counseling 
  
Center 
  is 
  available 
  for 
  crisis/emergency 
  walk-­‐in 
  appointments 
  during 
  
business 
  hours 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  reached 
  at 
  882-­‐6601 
  – 
  this 
  number 
  is 
  
answered 
  24 
  hours 
  a 
  day. 
  
 
   
  
We 
  are 
  asking 
  every 
  student 
  on 
  our 
  campus 
  to 
  use 
  this 
  week 
  and 
  
weekend 
  not 
  only 
  to 
  celebrate 
  and 
  value 
  all 
  of 
  our 
  Homecoming 
  
traditions, 
  but 
  also 
  take 
  care 
  of 
  each 
  other 
  and 
  help 
  everyone 
  have 
  a 
  

 safe 
  and 
  fun 
  celebration. 
   
  
As 
  Chancellor 
  Loftin 
  noted 
  yesterday, 
  and 
  we 
  want 
  to 
  emphasize, 
  
anyone 
  who 
  experiences 
  racial 
  discrimination 
  can 
  file 
  an 
  online 
  report 
  
at:
• Bias 
  Incident 
  Report 
  Form: 
  https://equity.missouri.edu/bias-­‐
reporting/ 
  
• Student 
  Conduct 
  Incident 
  Report 
  
Form: 
  http://conduct.missouri.edu/incident-­‐report-­‐form/ 
  
You 
  also 
  may 
  contact:
• Assistant 
  Vice 
  Provost 
  Ellen 
  Eardley 
  – 
  573-­‐882-­‐3880 
  
• Chief 
  Diversity 
  Officer 
  Noor 
  Azizan-­‐Gardner 
  – 
  573-­‐882-­‐6282 
  
• Senior 
  Coordinator 
  of 
  Student 
  Conduct 
  Julie 
  Drury 
  – 
  573-­‐882-­‐6597 
  
• Interim 
  Associate 
  Vice 
  Chancellor 
  of 
  Human 
  Resources 
  Jatha 
  
Sadowski 
  – 
  573-­‐882-­‐4859 
  
• Senior 
  Associate 
  Provost 
  Ken 
  Dean 
  – 
  573-­‐882-­‐6597 
  
MUPD 
  can 
  be 
  reached 
  at 
  573-­‐882-­‐7201 
  or 
  for 
  emergencies 
  911.
Please 
  do 
  not 
  hesitate 
  to 
  reach 
  out 
  to 
  us 
  if 
  you 
  have 
  concerns.
Sincerely,
 
  
Garnett 
  Stokes, 
  PhD 
  
Provost 
  and 
  Executive 
  Vice 
  Chancellor 
  for 
  Academic 
  Affairs 
  
 
  
Cathy 
  Scroggs, 
  PhD
Vice 
  Chancellor 
  for 
  Student 
  Affairs