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Local business leaders offer advice to aspiring entrepreneurs at UMKC

Local business leaders offer advice to aspiring entrepreneurs at UMKC

Yusra Azzeh
November 15, 2021

All around UMKC, current students and future entrepreneurs are learning the skills they'll need to jumpstart their own businesses. To help prepare UMKC students for lifetimes of business ingenuity, KC Source Link, a UMKC Innovation Center program, hosted Global Entrepreneurship...

UMKC students gather for an open discussion on domestic violence

UMKC students gather for an open discussion on domestic violence

Yusra Azzeh
November 8, 2021

1 in 10 women have been raped by an intimate partner. This statistic, presented at a Resources, Intervention, Support and Education (RISE) event, is what characterized the need for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. RISE used last month as an opportunity to...

What is UMKC doing to cultivate an anti-racist campus?

What is UMKC doing to cultivate an anti-racist campus?

Yusra Azzeh
October 25, 2021

UMKC expanded the conversation on anti-racism by hosting a workshop specially crafted for faculty and staff members.  This month’s workshop, “Cultivating Antiracist Assessment Practices: A Faculty Workshop Series,” was part of UMKC’s Shutz Lecture Series designed...

Re-envisioning Native American identities in art and literature

Re-envisioning Native American identities in art and literature

Yusra Azzeh
September 28, 2021

Earlier this month, the Shutz Lecture Series hosted an event titled “Re-Envisioning Native American Identities in Visual Art and Literature,” which featured various Native American artists and guest speakers.  Guest speaker Gregg Deal is a Native American artist...

University of Missouri Board of Curators extends indoor mask mandate

University of Missouri Board of Curators extends indoor mask mandate

Yusra Azzeh
September 28, 2021

Earlier this month, the University of Missouri Board of Curators voted to extend the campus mask mandate until Oct. 15. Upon the new expiration date, the board will meet again to discuss whether another extension is necessary.   Mun Y. Choi, the president of the...

Betty Rae’s releases new Roo-inspired ice cream flavor

Betty Rae’s releases new Roo-inspired ice cream flavor

Yusra Azzeh
September 7, 2021

Betty Rae’s released a new UMKC-inspired ice cream flavor called “Roo Blue Swirl” on Aug. 25.  The new flavor is a tangy blueberry and lemon swirl with pieces of vanilla crumble. The owner, Alec Rodgers, took direct inspiration from UMKC when creating the flavor. “The...

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