All posts tagged "UMKC"
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UMKC legislative representative talks budget, tuition
Tuition hikes and budget slashing are typically contested issues when it comes to higher education. In the Missouri State legislature, there are reportedly no more...
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The Year in Headlines
Provost Bichelmeyer takes the wheel Weeks before the beginning of the semester, former Chancellor Leo Morton announced he would retire in Oct. 2017. UM System...
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Termination of tenured professor drives UMKC to litigation
What was first a termination of a UMKC faculty member has now turned into a city-wide scandal. UMKC is currently under litigation by former Bloch...
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Layoffs highlight UMKC budget struggles
Amid budget cuts across the UM system, UMKC last week announced the elimination of 17 academic and administrative jobs. Interim Chancellor and Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer...
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Could It Happen Here? UMKC social work organization presents active shooter discussion
What used to be unthinkable has unfolded again and again throughout the United States in recent years: active shooters at malls and on high school...
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Student’s best friend: UMKC professor’s research brings therapy dog to classroom
Ask communications professor Linda Kurz about her decades of research and teaching, and she’ll reveal an unexpected inspiration: her 12-year-old Polish lowland sheep dog, Max....
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Transgender student flourishes, advocates at UMKC
Annie Bolin “Hey, brother.” Kole Keeney was walking down a hallway in his high school when he heard it. It was a seemingly ordinary greeting...
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From emphasis to potential major: Will Anthropology claim its own title at UMKC?
Ally Hanson While scrolling through a UMKC course catalog, you can find sociology as a popular major offered at UMKC. Although many students are currently...
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Stamina and style: Iconic masterwork comes to UMKC
Clarate Heckler The music stops and suddenly you can hear them breathing. You can see the sweat beading down their foreheads and necks. You can...
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SGA President-elect quickly found roots at UMKC
Brandon Henderson For Student Government Assocation (SGA) President-elect Abdulmajeed Baba Ahmed, learning has always been a passion of his. First studying in his home country...
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“Once On This Island” at the Just off Broadway Theater
It’s been a long time since I’ve tapped my feet and moved my body all the way through a play, but last Friday, at the opening night of “Once...
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After two wins Friday, Softball falls to CSU Bakersfield
After a decent performance on Friday, winning both games in doubleheader against CSU Bakersfield, UMKC was unable to carry the momentum into Saturday for a third game against the...
Women’s Soccer cruises through Jewell
Evan Pilkington The UMKC Women’s soccer teamed cruised to another win on Sunday at home against William Jewell. Despite some rainy conditions earlier in the day, the game stayed...
