Welcome to "name change conversations," a weblog designed to inform the UMR community about Chancellor John F. Carney III's proposal to change the university's name to one that better describes its mission as a technological research university. While this is a university website, and is being managed by the UMR director of communications, its purpose is to foster a conversation about the proposal. In other words, we want this blog to be:

• a source for useful information about the proposed name change.

• a forum discussion about the issues being raised by the proposal.

• an avenue for providing up-to-the-minute information about the proposal.

The audience for this site is the university community in the broadest sense. This means students, alumni, faculty, staff, corporate recruiters and all our other various constituents. We want to hear from you, so make your voice known in the comments section. All we ask is that you keep your comments focused on the topic, cordial and respectful in tone, and as brief as possible.

So with that, I'll point you to the white paper that outlines the reasons for considering a name change and open it up for comments. This will be the main blog post for the first week or so of this website. Stay tuned for more information soon.

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