IREX is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2013-2014 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program and Short Term Travel Grants Program. These innovative programs offer U.S. scholars and professionals the opportunity to conduct policy-relevant research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Researchers are able to increase their understanding of current regional issues, [...]
Our students are enjoying quite a year with the DAAD fellowships. The Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)/ German Academic Exchange Service “promotes international academic relations and cooperation” by offering programs and funding for students, faculty, researchers, and others in higher education. The aim of DAAD is “to enable young academic elites from around the world to [...]
Dr. Ron MacQuarrie, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Dean of Graduate Studies will be retiring on April 7, 2011 after 37 years of service at UMKC. In 1973, MacQuarrie began his tenure as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry where he taught and implemented research. In 1995 he accepted the position as [...]
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 [...]
The University of Missouri – Kansas City will hold its Second Annual Agapito Mendoza Scholarship Breakfast in honor of the late Associate Provost on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 7:30 a.m. in Pierson Auditorium. Last year over 200 campus and community members came together to raise $17,000 for scholarships to assist Latina/o students attending UMKC. [...]
UMKC Friends of the Library recently pledged $20,000 over the next 5 years to endow an annual scholarship open to degree seeking students from any school or discipline. For 2009, applicants were asked to submit a 500-1000 word essay responding to the phrase “What UMKC’s Libraries mean to me.” 49 essays were received from undergraduate, [...]
