On the evening of Sept. 27 , UMKC unofficially broke the Guinness World Record for the most people participating in a robotic dance at the same time and place. The dance, which was choreographed by UMKC Conservatory dance students, involved more than 650 participants. The event paid tribute to the UMKC Libraries new book retrieval robot [...]
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UMKC Robot Dance sets world record – watch video
October 4th, 2010 · Comments Off · Academic units, Community Connections, Diversity, Students, Visual and Performing Arts
Tags: book retrieval robot·Conservatory dance students·Guinness World Record·Stanley H. Durwood Soccer Stadium
Save the Date(s): UMKC faculty & staff check out these 2010 Homecoming Week events!
September 21st, 2010 · Comments Off · Academic units, Administration, Affiliated groups, Announcement, Capital improvements, Community Connections, Libraries, Students, Visual and Performing Arts
Community service, free lunches and receptions, new building tours, pep rallies, soccer games and dancing to break the Guinness World Record – it’s all going on during UMKC 2010 Homecoming Week, September 25–October 2 – and you’re invited!
Tags: Campus and Neighborhood Clean Up Day·Conservatory of Music and Dance·Guinness World Record·homecoming week·Miller Nichols Library·Stanley H. Durwood Soccer Stadium
By our students, for our students: New Student Union opens just in time
August 24th, 2010 · Comments Off · Announcement, Capital improvements, Community Connections, Mission and Goals, Students, Sustainability, Uncategorized
As students return to campus this week, they will be greeted with a bird’s-eye view of Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza, a new theater, new restaurants and ultimately, a 109,000-square-foot new Student Union. With a student body of approximately 14,500 and enrollment projected to increase by 21 percent in 2011, students have outgrown the UMKC University [...]
Tags: Country Club Plaza·Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art·Stanley H. Durwood Soccer Stadium
