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Roo News wins first place for website, nine total awards at MCMA conference

Roo News wins first place for website, nine total awards at MCMA conference

Roo News
April 11, 2022

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...

SGA October updates: hygiene resources, Roos Give Back and climate resilience

SGA to revive once rejected health referendum

Daisy Garcia Montoya
January 25, 2021

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...

Student organizations move online following campus closure

Student organizations move online following campus closure

Daisy Garcia Montoya
April 1, 2020

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...

Coronavirus cuts UMKC experience short for international students

Coronavirus cuts UMKC experience short for international students

Daisy Garcia Montoya
March 31, 2020

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,...

Muslim student association hosts Islamic awareness week

Muslim student association hosts Islamic awareness week

Daisy Garcia Montoya
March 9, 2020

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...

UMKC kicks off monthly celebration of world cultures

UMKC kicks off monthly celebration of world cultures

Daisy Garcia Montoya
March 3, 2020

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...

Student radio show hosts discussion with local leaders

Student radio show hosts discussion with local leaders

Daisy Garcia Montoya
March 3, 2020

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...

UMKC hosts the College Democrats of Missouri spring convention

UMKC hosts the College Democrats of Missouri spring convention

Daisy Garcia Montoya
February 24, 2020

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,...

Students confused over UMKC’s inclement weather policy

Students confused over UMKC’s inclement weather policy

Daisy Garcia Montoya
February 18, 2020

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...

UMKC’s Violence Prevention and Response Program raises stalking awareness

UMKC’s Violence Prevention and Response Program raises stalking awareness

Daisy Garcia Montoya
February 3, 2020

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...

UMKC advisor grows Latinx success

UMKC advisor grows Latinx success

Daisy Garcia Montoya
January 28, 2020

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...

Students reflect on success of First Gen Roo program

Students reflect on success of First Gen Roo program

Daisy Garcia Montoya
January 28, 2020

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...

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