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UMKC law students’ high scores shine in record-breaking bar exam year

Lucas Campbell and Lilah Manning
November 19, 2024

Law students at UMKC are not just passing their exams—they’re setting new records and raising the bar for academic excellence. Nearly 90.6% of law students passed the bar exam for the first time in 2024, a number 9% higher than last year and 5% higher than the average...

 Oropeza and O’Leary with donations for the resource drive.

UMKC’s Bloch Heritage Hall hosts Resource Drive through November 21

Liv Centa, Staff Writer
November 8, 2024

 The new Uplift Resource Drive in the Bloch School wants to provide resources to the unhoused population of KC, and Alice Oropeza is ready to take action.    Community members will be able to donate items until Nov. 21 and the supplies, such as hygiene items, will go directly...

The Missouri Hope website.

UMKC nursing students participate in the Missouri Hope Program

Analisa Alvey, Staff Writer
November 7, 2024

  17 UMKC BSN students and one PhD nursing student attended an immersive disaster exercise called the Missouri Hope program that prepares participants for emergency disaster situations.    In this three-day experience students are trained to treat and transport patients...

Campaigners on campus near the Miller Nichols Library.

Students on campus are divided by the vote coming up on Nov. 5.

Alexandrea Erisman, Intern
November 5, 2024

   While polling across the state has the majority of voters in support of lifting Missouri’s two-year-old abortion ban, some students have found it hard to silence their opinions on the subject.  Amendment Three has been the topic of conversation for Missourians as...

“Go Vote” bracelet making booth.

The pressure and responsibility of casting a first vote

Aubrionna Mead, Staff Writer
November 4, 2024

  As she flipped through her household’s mail, UMKC journalism major Natalie Adams came across an envelope that altered her thoughts completely. In bold letters that read “Board of Elections,” Adams, a first-time voter, was reminded that in just a few months, the future...

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