The Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life announces the 21st Century Leadership Academy, May 22 – 27, 2016 in St. Louis, MO. Apply to Represent UMKC as a Shear Fellow. Application Deadline: March 25, 2016 Spend a week with outstanding student leaders and savvy women in public life: women judges, women office holders […]
The Human Relations Area Files at Yale University is pleased to announce a one-year internship in memory of HRAF’s former President, Melvin Ember. The intent of the internship is to learn about cross-cultural research and methods through practical experience. Some of the main goals will be: 1) helping Carol Ember, President of HRAF, prepare modules […]
When: Sunday, February 21, 2016 at 2:00pm Where : Kansas City Public Library Central – Downtown The impact of Kansas City’s Guadalupanas (Latina religious group) on their Westside neighborhood has been considerable since this religious organization of Mexican American women was founded nearly 80 years ago. It is responsible for preserving the historic church of […]
WHAT Each year Alpha Kappa Delta sponsors an undergraduate and graduate student paper competition. APPLICANTS Alpha Kappa Delta welcomes submissions from current undergraduate and graduate students who are members of the Society, whether or not they are involved in AKD chapter activities. PRIZE Available are various cash prizes and $1,000.00 in travel expenses to the […]
Please join us for the screening of a new documentary on the Gulen Movement with Director of the film Terry Spencer Hesser on Feb 11, 2016 at the Cinemark Palace at the Plaza in Kansas City. Love Is A Verb is an examination of a social movement that began in Turkey in the 1960’s and […]
Anthropology Associate Professor, Dr. Jenny Huberman, started off 2016 by traveling to England to present at paper at “The Futures of the End of Life Symposium” at Lancaster University. The symposium brought together a group of international and interdisciplinary scholars who are interested in studying death in the digital age. Dr. Huberman is currently developing […]
