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Faculty Ombudsperson Created Blackboard Site with Numerous Faculty Resources

February 26th, 2013 · Comments Off · Affiliated groups, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty

[The following was provided by the UMKC Faculty Ombudsperson.] The UMKC Faculty Ombudsperson has developed a Blackboard site containing multiple resources to help you with numerous topics, including:

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Spoken word artists perform “A Night of Poetry”

February 26th, 2013 · Comments Off · Affiliated groups, Alumni, Community Connections, Diversity, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Staff, Students, Visual and Performing Arts

[The following was provided by the Office of Public Relations.] Spoken word artists Azure Antionette and Mayda del Valle will perform “A Night of Poetry” at the University of Missouri-Kansas City at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26 in Pierson Auditorium, Atterbury Student Success Center. A reception will take place at 5:30 p.m.

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UMKC Assistant Professor Selected for NASA Science Team

February 19th, 2013 · Comments Off · Affiliated groups, Awards and honors, Community Connections, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Research

[The following was provided by the Office of Public Relations.] The European Space Agency has selected Mark Brodwin, University of Missouri-Kansas City assistant professor of physics and astronomy, as one of its NASA-nominated science team members to participate in its Euclid mission.

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What’s Old? What’s New? – “The New Normal”

February 19th, 2013 · Comments Off · Administration, Affiliated groups, Alumni, Community Connections, Diversity, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Lectures, Seminars, Panels and Symposia, Staff, Students

[The following was provided by the Office of Public Relations.] Ari Shapiro, NPR’s White House Correspondent and an award-winning journalist, will deliver the 6th Annual UMKC Pride Keynote Address at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 7. His topic will be “The Next LGBTQ Generation – The New Normal.”

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UMKC SCE E-WEEK Blood Drive Will Be Held on Thursday, Feb. 28

February 19th, 2013 · Comments Off · Academic units, Affiliated groups, Community Connections, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Staff, Students

[The following was provided by the School of Computing and Engineering.] The School of Computing and Engineering E-Week Blood Drive will be held from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28 in room 557 in Flarsheim Hall. The drive is sponsored by the student chapters of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers and [...]

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Sue Shear 21st Century Leadership Academy Applications due March 4

February 19th, 2013 · Comments Off · Affiliated groups, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Lectures, Seminars, Panels and Symposia, Staff, Students

[The following was provided by the UMKC Women’s Center.] The Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life announces the 21st Century Leadership Academy, May 19 – 24, 2013 in St. Louis, Mo. Applications are now being accepted for those interested in representing UMKC as a Shear Fellow. Application Deadline is March 4, 2013.

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Communiversity’s Wholistic Health Fair Will Take Place March 24

February 19th, 2013 · Comments Off · Affiliated groups, Alumni, Community Connections, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Lectures, Seminars, Panels and Symposia, Staff, Students

[The following was provided by the Office of Communiversity.] The UMKC Communiversity Wholistic Health Fair, a bi-annual event since 1999, will take place between 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 24 at the UMKC Student Union. The fair will host 56 exhibitors and 20 workshops.

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UMKC Makes Princeton Review Top 75 ‘Best Value,’ Second Consecutive Year

February 12th, 2013 · Comments Off · Affiliated groups, Alumni, Community Connections, Faculty, Staff, Students

[The following was provided by the Office of Public Relations.] The University of Missouri-Kansas City is listed as one of the Top 75 public universities in the U.S. by The Princeton Review for the second consecutive year.

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UMKC Law School Listed Among ‘Best Law Schools for Black Students’

February 12th, 2013 · Comments Off · Academic units, Affiliated groups, Alumni, Awards and honors, Community Connections, Diversity, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Staff, Students

[The following was provided by the Office of Public Relations.] The School of Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City has been listed as one of “the best law schools for black students” in the 2013 Edition of The Black Student’s Guide to Law Schools.

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Information Services Made Updates to the UMKC Mobile Apps

February 12th, 2013 · Comments Off · Administration, Affiliated groups, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Staff, Students, Support services, Technology

[The following was provided by Information Services.] Information Services has recently made major updates to UMKC’s mobile apps, currently available for Apple iOS and Google Android devices. Below is a list of the new available features:

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