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Eat for Life 10 Week Summer Class – Learn to love your food and respect your body

May 1st, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized

 [The following was provided by the Health for Life: T.E. Atkins UM Wellness Program.] Enroll now for online course. Discover the benefits of this innovative approach to weight management and re-discovering the joy of eating. If you have a history of chronic dieting, have rigid “healthy” rules about eating or find yourself eating when you’re stressed, [...]

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UMKC will honor 16 alumni and one family at Awards luncheon on April 26

April 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Academic units, Awards and honors, Community Connections, Diversity, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Uncategorized

[The following was provided by the Office of Public Relations.} UMKC will honor its outstanding alumni for 2011-12 at a luncheon event this week – on Thursday, April 26 – at the Westin Crown Center Hotel. Each year, the UMKC Alumni Association recognizes 16 alumni and one family with top honors. The Class of 2012 [...]

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UMKC Voluntary Energy Management Program: Make Your Pledge Today

April 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized

[The following was provided by UMKC Sustainability office.] In January 2011, the Energy Sub-Committee of the UMKC Sustainability Team was formed based upon the adopted goals for 2011. The subcommittee works to reduce the amount of energy used on campus through a voluntary energy management program.  Other energy initiatives includes renewable alternative sources of energy, [...]

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Conservatory in the Schools: Music’s impact on students’ lives [video]

March 13th, 2012 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

UMKC’s Conservatory in the Schools takes the university into the community through partnerships with 24 schools in the area.  Conservatory programs — Musical Bridges, Ensembles in the Schools, and Composers in the Schools — touch the lives of hundreds of students throughout the Kansas City Area.

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UMKC BkMk Press author nominated for Chautauqua Prize

March 13th, 2012 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

[The following was provided by UMKC BkMk Press.] Stephanie Powell Watts, a UMKC BkMk Press author, has been nominated for the 2012 Chautauqua Prize for her collection of short fiction, We Are Taking Only What We Need (BkMk Press, 2011). The winner will be announced in April 2012, and if chosen, Watts will travel to [...]

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UMKC Bookstores textbook buyback programs help save students’ money

May 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

[The following was submitted by UMKC Bookstores.] Textbook buyback is really important in helping UMKC Bookstores provide affordable course materials for students – specifically impacting available quantities of used and rental books. If a faculty member is reusing a textbook for either the summer or fall 2011 semester, we’ll pay up to 50% of the [...]

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UMKC’s Student Union and Miller Nichols Library receive two awards

April 19th, 2011 · Comments Off · Academic units, Administration, Awards and honors, Capital improvements, Community Connections, Libraries, Students, Uncategorized

[The following was provided by UMKC Office of Public Relations.] UMKC’s new Student Union and the Miller Nichols Library have each received two local awards. Kansas City Business Journal’s 2011 Capstone Award for Architectural Design [See update below.] Southtown Council’s 2011 Beautification Award

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UMKC Entrepreneurship Scholars Program now accepting applications

April 5th, 2011 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

[The following was provided by the UMKC Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.] Do you know a student who’s dreamed of being his or her own boss?  The UMKC Entrepreneurship Scholars Program is now accepting applications from UMKC students for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.  The Entrepreneurship Scholars Program is a UMKC campus-wide program designed to prepare brilliant [...]

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Give Kids a Smile: UMKC Dental School provides free dental care to area schoolchildren

February 8th, 2011 · Comments Off · Academic units, Community Connections, Faculty, Life Sciences, Mission and Goals, Students, Uncategorized

[The following was provided by UMKC Office of Public Relations.] The smiles of local elementary school children filled the clinics and corridors of the UMKC School of Dentistry (SOD) during Give Kids a Smile day on Friday, Feb. 4. All of the 240 dental operatories in the School of Dentistry’s main clinic and virtually all [...]

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2011 Venture Creation Challenge applications now being accepted

January 10th, 2011 · Comments Off · Academic units, Announcement, Awards and honors, Community Connections, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Scholarships, Students, Uncategorized

Do you know a UMKC student who is hoping to start a new business? Applications are now being accepted for the UMKC Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation’s 2011 Regnier Family Foundations Venture Creation Challenge. If you know a student who might be interested in competing for this award, please tell them to visit the Henry [...]

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