Staff Community Groups
What are Staff Community Groups?
Staff Community Groups aim to help you connect with your fellow Roo staff members through common interests and topics.
Groups
- New Parents, New Connections
- Join us for a coffee, lunch break, or a chance to bond with other new parents in a relaxed atmosphere. Although this group started for new parents, it is open to anyone interested in getting together to share resources around parenthood, care giving, and more.
Kim Kushner: kushnerkim@umkc.edu
Janey Stephens: stephensjm@umkc.edu
- Non-Fiction Book Club
- Interested in meeting other staff at UMKC and reading some non-fiction this summer? Join the staff council outreach group’s Non-fiction book club. Once our group is solidified, we will jointly select a book to read, whether it’s historical non-fiction, memoirs, biographies or professional/personal development.
Amelia Howard: howarda@umkc.edu
- Fiction Book Club
- The Fiction Book Group is a casual and informal gathering of staff interested in reading fiction for enjoyment purposes and in meeting with staff across the university who share a similar interest. The group meets in-person approximately every month, with each member taking a turn selecting a book for the group to read. All genres of fiction are accepted and appreciated.
Nate Addington: naddington@umkc.edu
- Arts Aficionados Club
- The Arts Aficionado’s Club is for anyone interested in the visual and performing arts. If you are a visual or performing artist, an art history buff, or just an art lover then please join the group!. We will meet once per month approximately (virtual or in-person available). Ideas for the group could include discussion of various topics in the arts.
Jennifer Lyles: jennifer.lyles@umkc.edu
Join a Group
Please feel free to reach out to group facilitator(s) directly if interested in joining their group.
Lead a Group
Looking to lead an existing group or create a new one? Contact the Communications Chair, James Shackelford, at jshackelford@umkc.edu.