[The following was provided by Erica Schurter, Software Support Analyst- Specialist, UMKC Information Access.] UMKC faculty members are invited to register for the 2010 UMKC Instructional Technology Conference. Not sure you are ready to use technology in your courses yet? That’s okay. Join us anyway to see what all of the buzz is about. Registration [...]
Entries from July 27th, 2010
Faculty invited to 2010 UMKC Instructional Technology Conference
July 27th, 2010 · Comments Off · Announcement, Classroom Technology, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Support services, Technology
Tags: Instructional Technology Conference·online learning technologies
It’s the law: School supplies are tax free in Missouri August 6-8
July 27th, 2010 · Comments Off · Announcement, Faculty, Government and Higher Education, Staff, Students
It’s a tax free holiday. Since 2007, Missouri shoppers have been able to buy Back-to-School supplies without paying sales tax during the first weekend in August. This year that’s August 6-8. Missouri law stipulates that during that three-day period, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the first Friday in August and ending at midnight on Sunday, [...]
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UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance announces its 2010-11 Artist Series
July 27th, 2010 · Comments Off · Academic units, Announcement, Concerts, Lectures, Seminars, Panels and Symposia, Mission and Goals, Visual and Performing Arts
UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance’s Conservatory Artist Series, formerly called the Signature Series, will present six concerts during the 2010-11 season. The performances reflect the Conservatory’s new series partnerships with Kansas City’s leading arts organizations.
Tags: Conservatory of Music and Dance·Kansas City Symphony·Michael Stern·Robert Olson·Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company
UMKC College of Arts & Sciences offers new BLA online degree completion program
July 27th, 2010 · Comments Off · Academic programs, Academic units, Classroom Technology, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Technology
This fall, UMKC College of Arts & Sciences will introduce a new online degree completion program: Bachelor of Liberal Arts (BLA). Designed on the College’s current BLA class structure, the program’s online delivery expands on the university’s mission to serve non-traditional students by using an additional delivery system: the internet. Students in the degree completion program will normally [...]
UMKC’s Mel Tyler receives alumni award from Northwest Missouri State University
July 27th, 2010 · Comments Off · Administration, Announcement, Awards and honors, Divisions, Departments and Centers
Mel Tyler, UMKC Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, will receive the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mater, Northwest Missouri State University. Tyler, who received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northwest in 1980 and 1985, respectively, will be honored, along with five other alumni from the university, at an [...]
Tags: Distinguished Alumni Award·Mel Tyler·Minority Business Alliance of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce·Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
The question: Name UMKC staff who’s a contestant on this week’s game show, Jeopardy!
July 20th, 2010 · Comments Off · Staff
The answer: Alison Roberg, administrative assistant in the curriculum office at UMKC School of Medicine. In February 2010, the phone rang at Roberg’s desk in UMKC’s School of Medicine, where she works as administrative assistant in the curriculum office. The caller was a representative from Jeopardy!, notifying Roberg of her selection as a contestant on [...]
Tags: Jeopardy·School of Medicine
Green Clean – UMKC housekeeping joins sustainability revolution
July 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Mission and Goals, Staff, Sustainability
The nice “clean” smells are gone; but in their place is an environment that is not only clean but healthy. Welcome to 21st century housekeeping. UMKC’s Campus Facilities Management (CFM) and members of the housekeeping staff, who gathered at Tent State on campus last year, sounded just as radical about environmental issues as the most [...]
Tags: environmental issues·sustainability·sustainable products
Biosecurity: Our Regional & National Response Symposium
July 20th, 2010 · Comments Off · Community Connections, Life Sciences, Mission and Goals
On August 30, 8:00 a.m.– 2:00 p.m., the region is sponsoring a symposium: Biosecurity: Our Regional and National Response at the Kansas City Convention Center.
Tags: biological threats and diseases·Biosecurity symposium·Biosecurity: Our Regional and National Response·National Bio- and AgroDefense Facility (NBAF)
51st Street west of Rockhill Road closed until August 23, 2010
July 20th, 2010 · Comments Off · Announcement, Capital improvements
[The following was provided by UMKC Facilities Planning & Construction] To facilitate needed repairs to the campus steam distribution system, a section of 51st Street will be closed to vehicle traffic. This street closure is expected to last from July 19, 2010 to August 23, 2010. The work is isolated to the area immediately west [...]
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Provost announcement: Nancy Day appointed as UMKC Faculty Ombudsperson
July 14th, 2010 · Comments Off · Administration, Announcement, Communications, Faculty, Support services
Nancy Day has been appointed Faculty Ombudsperson. Day, who will begin her new position on September 1, 2010, has a doctorate in social psychology with an emphasis in organizational psychology from the University of Kansas, and a master’s degree in counseling psychology from UMKC. She joined UMKC in 1991 and is currently a tenured associate [...]
Tags: Bloch School of Business and Public Administration·Glass Ceiling of Greater Kansas City·Pierson Teaching Award·Research Advisory Panel·WorldatWork
