UMKC Roo News took home nine awards at this year’s Missouri College Media Association (MCMA) awards. In competition against the largest universities in Missouri, the newspaper has continued to build on its past success, notably earning first place in website design. “I...

A health and wellness referendum that failed to pass in Spring 2020 is making its way into the Student Government Association (SGA) chambers once again. Speaker of the Senate Caroline Moriarty says that a health referendum is a priority of hers for the spring semester. “I...

General body meetings? Cancelled. Conferences? Cancelled. Any other event you had planned for the rest of the semester? Cancelled. With over 300 student-led organizations, student life on campus took a direct hit when the campus canceled all events for the rest of the year...

For many students, this spring semester was an opportunity to study abroad. What no one expected was that a worldwide pandemic would cut that opportunity short. A group of six Colombian international students, Luis Páez, Alexandra Vega Camelo, Julián Núñez, Daniela Lizarazo,...

Islamic Awareness Week (IAW), presented by the Muslim Student Association (MSA) from March 2-6, gave students an opportunity to learn about Islam and the Muslim community on campus. With a series of daily events, the (MSA) hoped to educate students by correcting misconceptions...

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures will be dedicating each month to a different country as a way to expose students to diverse cultures around the world. The objectives of this initiative are to raise awareness of other cultures, promote study abroad and...

College students are constantly faced with questions about their post-graduation plans. How does one decide what their purpose should be? How does one become successful? FiredUpKC, a student-led organization and K-ROO radio program, held an event called The Shift last week...

Politically active students from all over the state traveled to UMKC this past weekend to attend the College Democrats of Missouri Spring Convention. UMKC hosted the second annual convention for the first time after it was held at MU last year. The two-day convention,...

Don’t you hate going outside only to feel like you’re about to freeze your hands off? Wearing layers upon layers just to get to class? Students faced this challenge last Thursday when they walked through what Fox 4 Kansas City reported as -15 degree wind chills. Several...

Are you feeling afraid because someone won’t leave you alone? Has their behavior gone from a weird attachment to something that seems like stalking? UMKC’S Violence Prevention & Response Program (VPR) held an information table last week at the Miller Nichols Library...

Ivan Ramirez is your go-to man. He’ll help you start a new student organization on campus, advise you on what you want to do with the rest of your life, and even provide snacks. If you ever feel lost with life or school, go to his office room 320C inside the Multicultural...

For first generation  students (those whose parents did not graduate college), support can seem sparse. In response, the First Gen Roo program launched in the fall of 2019 for incoming freshmen within the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) who identified themselves as...