Get ready to ring in the academic year! Convocation will commence on Sunday, an event that is sponsored by the Provost’s Office and various academic units. The purpose of Convocation is to welcome our new undergraduate and transfer students to UMKC, introduce them to our campus, and help them engage with the faculty to support [...]
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 [...]
In the fall of 2012, the University College, designated to help incoming undeclared or exploratory students, will launch! Located in the Student Success Center, the University College will connect students with key support services and ultimately enable them to have more interactions with faculty and staff from the various colleges throughout UMKC. Faculty and staff [...]
Why create a University College at UMKC? The persistence rates of undeclared first-time, full-time students averages 55%, as compared to 74% for all UMKC first-time, full-time freshmen, and falls significantly below the 80-85% UMKC goal for first-time, full-time freshmen (Fall 2008, Fall 2009 and Fall 2010). Similarly, the persistence rates of undecided-transfer students average 63% [...]
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kim McNeley as the Associate Vice Provost for University College at UMKC. Dr. McNeley is currently at the University of Kansas, and has served in leadership roles providing academic support systems for students. She has experience with developing and implementing academic policies, academic support services, and [...]
SEARCH (Students Engaged in Artistic and Academic Research) supports undergraduate research in all disciplines at UMKC. Students that are interested in delving deeper into a subject than their classes may permit or would like to explore a topic of interest, while working with a faculty mentor, should check out SEARCH. SEARCH helps your students find [...]
Recently the academic and administrative leadership gathered for the annual Student Retention Retreat to discuss the importance of retention, the current retention and graduation rates at UMKC, and how we compare nationally. Presentations centered around improving retention and student success at UMKC, developing customer service skills for faculty and staff, and implementing UMKC’S Access to [...]
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 [...]
On Monday, The Chronicle of Higher Education published graduation rates from a sample of 1,400 colleges. They found that graduation rates have increased for 65 percent of the institutions surveyed, but 35 percent had decreases in graduation rates.* UMKC has been cognizant of graduation issues for quite some time and is working to “engage and [...]
In April 2009, the Registration & Records Office under the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management partnered with the Provost’s Office, the Academic Units and University Communications to create a new tool called Major Maps. The Major Maps website is designed to provide prospective and currently enrolled undergraduate students with the tools they need [...]
