[This information is provided by Scott Laurent, Manager of the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities.]
The Office of Services for Students with Disabilities is the focal point on the UMKC campus for services for students with disabilities. Our goal is to create a welcoming and supportive environment at UMKC for students with disabilities. We do this by working with you to develop a set of academic accommodations that are designed to give you equal access to the learning environment here at UMKC. We also partner across the University to create a campus atmosphere that makes all students with disabilities feel welcome and supported.
The first step is to call our office at 816.235.5696 and make an appointment. We do require that students provide clinical documentation of their disability. Guidelines for documenting various disabilities are on our website at http://www.umkc.edu/disability/documentation_current.asp. During this meeting we’ll get acquainted, discuss your disability-related needs and agree upon a set of accommodations designed for you and they way your disability impacts you. All accommodations are provided at no charge to you.
We are located in the University Center, on the upper level in Room 131. We are here to help, so stop by and see us!
[The following information is provided by the UMKC Activity & Program Council. Join them every Thursday at 7pm in room 302 of the Student Union to learn more and to get involved!]
The purpose of the Activity & Program Council is to provide quality social, educational and entertainment-based activities and programs to the UMKC student body and community that address the six areas of the Wellness Wheel: emotional, intellectual, occupational, physical, social and spiritual well-being. The Activity & Program Council strives to build school spirit and to provide individual students with opportunities in leadership development, programming, and arts and events management.
The first Monday of every month you’re accustomed to those bright yellow APC Good Morning Roos bags. You’ve attended, or wish you had, some of our recent events such as Relax on the Rooftop, APC’s Annual Talent Show, He Say-She Say: Battle of the Sexes, APC Presents Common, and APC Worlds of Fun College Night. Now join us and have a say in events to come!
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[This 3-part study tip about writing essays was provided by Lindsey Martin-Bowen, J.D. She is a lecturer with the English and PACE departments, as well as the WEPT Coordinator for UMKC. Her organization process should make writing an essay easier for any class! Remember the WEPT is coming up on November 3rd!]
An organizational format that feature writers often use can also apply to organizing college essays. Remember, each part indicates a section of a “five-paragraph theme” that you should then expand into a multi-page essay. Here’s the structure for a feature (or an essay) I share with my students:
Hey: This grabs the reader’s attention. Journalists refer to it as a “hook.” It should be so interesting that it engages readers immediately so they want to finish reading the work. Writers use such rhetorical devices as narratives, setting scenes, questions and answers, or beautifully structured and rhythmic language to entice the reader into the work.
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Are you wondering what the WEPT is or when you may need to take it? This week’s seminar topic is on preparing for the Written English Proficiency Test (WEPT). The purpose of this seminar is to help students understand the reason of WEPT and to prepare for the test when it comes time for them to take it. WEPT is designed to determine undergraduate students’ proficiency in writing academically. The Writing Center will be coming as a guest speaker during this seminar to help students prepare for the WEPT as well as inform students of the process and procedures of taking the WEPT. In addition to information from the writing center, students will be practicing their skills of MLA citation.
As always, these seminars will take place throughout the week in the following locations:
- 10/12 Tues 12:00pm Location: New Student Union: Multicultural Student Affairs Suite
- 10/13 Wed 3:00pm Location: Oak Street Residence Hall Classroom
- 10/14 Thurs 5:30pm Location: Oak Street Residence Hall Classroom
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