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A student looks at the Giving Day website where information regarding how much money has been donated and how many donors have participated.

Annual UMKC Giving Day raises over $1 million for the school

Robert Stone, Staff Writer
March 17, 2025

  After a slow start, UMKC’s Annual Giving Day event managed to collect $1,211,910, almost five times more than the campus's original goal of $250,000.    The event, which is mostly focused on alumni and other non-student associates of the school, offers matching donations...

The construction blocks off one of the walkways, limiting access to Haag Hall and other buildings nearby.

Construction fences force UMKC students to maneuver around the Quad

Lilah Manning and Robert Stone
February 1, 2025

  Students on UMKC’s Volker Campus have been navigating daily detours around the Quad for the past three months due to major construction.   Where major walkways once trafficked students, six-foot-tall fencing now blocks off the Quad from most sides. It prohibits students...

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