The University of Missouri-Kansas City will open a new center this fall to help students who arrive without a major decide what to study and reduce their dropout rate. About 350 students come to the Kansas City campus every year without a major, and nearly four out of five of them don’t graduate. UMKC’s overall [...]
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 [...]
An Invitation to meet the Candidates for: Dean of the School of Graduate Studies/Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs Candidates for the deanship of the School of Graduate Studies with a dual role of Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs will be on campus April 18 – 20, 2011. To view curriculum vitas and interview schedules click [...]
Governor Jay Nixon has designated April 19-24, 2010 as Graduate Education Week in Missouri. UMKC will be hosting several events that celebrate excellence in graduate education: • Saturday, April 10 – Preparing Future Faculty Seminar: “Faculty Roles Seminar” Presenters will represent a variety of types of institutions of higher education in 201 Haag Hall. • [...]
2010 will be the 21st year of the School of Graduate Studies fellowship program. Last year we gave ten types of awards, presenting more than 50 graduate fellowships with a total value of over $700,000. Superior Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards:The School of Graduate Studies gives an award recognizing superior graduate teaching assistants. Faculty and departments [...]
