All are encouraged to celebrate the Faculty and Staff Campaign with a day of campus service. Faculty and staff volunteers at both Volker and Hospital Hill campuses will have the opportunity to engage in landscaping, painting, general cleanup, and other projects. Units with high percentages of their employees contributing to the Faculty and Staff Campaign [...]
During this time of year when most of us take a break from work and spend time with our families, we tend to get caught up in the giving of gifts, keeping everyone entertained, and trying to keep our own stress levels down during all of the commotion! But what about giving the gift of [...]
Mark your calendars! UMKC’s Conservatory of Music and dance is hosting their annual celebration and benefit event at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in November. Crescendo 2012 will feature 250 students and faculty performing various songs and dance numbers ranging from jazz to classics. This event is an annual celebration designed to support [...]
Researchers at the UMKC School of Medicine Vision Research Center have been awarded a $1.125 million grant from the National Eye Institute at the National Institutes of Health to study and develop new drug therapies for protecting the optic nerve and retina in chronic degenerative eye disease. Research will be led by Peter Koulen, PhD, [...]
The UMKC Foundation has been leading a university capital campaign to raise $250 million by 2016 to fund campus projects such as the new Bloch Building, Miller Nichols Library renovations, scholarships, and faculty endowments. The Foundation has raised just over $125 million in the past three years, surpassing the halfway mark to its goal. In [...]
Thanks to a $32 million donation from Henry W. Bloch, the Bloch School of Management is abuzz this holiday season with the anticipated 50,000 square foot addition that will be located just north of the existing building. UMKC is teaming up with BNIM Architects and JE Dunn Construction Co. with a goal of groundbreaking the new [...]
We are excited about the official launch of the $250 million Capital Campaign. By working toward empowering students to achieve, attracting and retaining outstanding faculty, and creating facilities that enhance learning in our students, we are following our vision to become a model urban research university. The Star’s November 8, 2011 editorial says UMKC is [...]
The University of Missouri South African Education Program Committee has announced the 2012 competition for funds. The committee sponsors two competitions for funds to conduct projects in South Africa. The first is the University of Missouri/University of the Western Cape Linkage Program. The second competition is the South African Partnership Program. Both initiatives have a [...]
The UMKC Foundation announced a $1,000,000 estate gift from Jo Anna Dale in support of scholarship endowments for the College of Arts and Sciences Department of English and the Conservatory of Music and Dance. The gift will provide a $500,000 endowment for the English Department, and a $500,000 endowment for the Conservatory for scholarships. Dale hopes that [...]
Research shows that practicing gratitude is related to happiness and improved health. In the spirit of Thanksgiving why not take the time to think about, talk about or even list those present people or things in your life for which you are grateful like your loved ones, your education, and your ability to think, reason [...]
