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UMKC Central – Your One-Stop Shop for Student Needs

January 29th, 2013 · Comments Off · Administration, Affiliated groups, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Mission and Goals, Staff, Students, Support services

[The following was provided by UMKC Central.] UMKC Central is your one-stop shop to take care of your core UMKC business transactions. At UMKC Central – located on Level 2 in the Atterbury Student Success Center – our Coordinators are able to assist you with any issues related to Admissions (domestic and

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UMKC FaCET Will Hold its Annual Symposium on Jan. 18, 2013

December 11th, 2012 · Comments Off · Administration, Affiliated groups, Diversity, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Lectures, Seminars, Panels and Symposia, Mission and Goals, Students

[The following was provided by the Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching.] The UMKC Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching Symposium will take place on Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 from 9:15 a.m.-2:30 p.m. in the Student Union, Room 401C. Daryl Smith, Ph.D. –

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Conservatory Academy Awarded Francis Family Foundation Grant

December 4th, 2012 · Comments Off · Academic programs, Academic units, Affiliated groups, Community Connections, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Mission and Goals, Staff, Students, Visual and Performing Arts

[The following was provided by the Office of Public Relations.] The Conservatory’s Academy at the University of Missouri-Kansas City has received two grants totaling $120,000 from Kansas City’s Francis Family Foundation.

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“Faculty Profile Series” – An-Lin-Cheng

November 20th, 2012 · Comments Off · Academic units, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Mission and Goals, Promotion and Tenure

[The following was provided by the Office of Public Relations.] This is another in an ongoing series of profiles of faculty members who have recently achieved tenure. These profiles are intended to provide illustrations of how some faculty reach that goal.

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An Invitation from Provost Gail Hackett to Attend Strategic Plan Listening Sessions

November 13th, 2012 · Comments Off · Administration, Announcement, Faculty, Mission and Goals, Staff, Students

[The following is a Nov. 7, 2012 UMKC announcement from Provost Gail Hackett.] Please accept my invitation to participate in a series of forums to discuss the ongoing implementation of our strategic plan.  The first of the forums will focus on the first goal of the strategic plan – Place Student Success at the Center. 

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Faculty Profile Series – Samuel Bouyain

November 13th, 2012 · Comments Off · Academic units, Awards and honors, Faculty, Mission and Goals, Promotion and Tenure

[The following was provided by the Office of Public Relations.] This is another in an ongoing series of profiles of faculty members who have recently achieved tenure. These profiles are intended to provide illustrations of how some faculty reach that goal.

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SOM Students Offer Free ‘15-Minute Physicals’ with Dr. Oz, to Air Later This Fall

November 13th, 2012 · Comments Off · Academic programs, Academic units, Affiliated groups, Community Connections, Faculty, Life Sciences, Mission and Goals, Research, Support services

[The following was provided by the UMKC School of Medicine.] On Oct. 30, approximately 30 UMKC School of Medicine students from years 3 to 6 joined TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz in providing free “15 Minute Physicals.” Nearly 150 volunteers performed more than 800 physicals throughout the day.

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“Faculty Profile Series – Jared Bruce

November 6th, 2012 · Comments Off · Academic units, Administration, Faculty, Mission and Goals, Promotion and Tenure

[The following was provided by the Office of Public Relations.] This is another in an ongoing series of profiles of faculty members who have recently achieved tenure. These profiles are intended to provide illustrations of how some faculty reach that goal.

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Literature of Prescription exhibit, Oct. 22 – Dec. 1

October 30th, 2012 · Comments Off · Affiliated groups, Community Connections, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Libraries, Life Sciences, Mission and Goals, Staff, Students, Visual and Performing Arts

[The following was provided by the Health Sciences Library.] Presented by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, this exhibit explores the story behind Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s indictment of the medical profession and the social conventions restricting women’s professional and creative opportunities.

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UMKC Gallery of Art Presents a New Exhibition Based on the Laws of Attraction

October 30th, 2012 · Comments Off · Academic units, Affiliated groups, Arts and Literature, Community Connections, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Mission and Goals, Staff, Students, Visual and Performing Arts

[The following was provided by the UMKC Gallery of Art.] The UMKC Gallery of Art’s newest exhibition, “Look Attractive,” will be on view from Nov. 8, 2012 – Jan. 14, 2013. This exhibition features work from seven national and international artists who address the subject of attraction. 

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