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UMKC's RoosRead gathers students and staff for a year-long literary journey and a page-turning community.

A new reading initiative is taking shape on the UMKC campus

Alexandrea Erisman, Staff Writer
November 27, 2023

  UMKC unveiled a new initiative this year called RoosRead. The program is aimed to encourage students and staff to read a recommended book, fostering a sense of community and belonging by creating a campus-wide book club.    The Office of the Chancellor launched the...

Gizzi and Lannum are known for not breaking character or answering questions until their task has been completed (Cristian Martinez)

AreYouKiddingTV Visits UMKC

Ellen Beshuk, News Editor
September 5, 2023

  Despite the heat, dozens of students gathered outside UMKC’s Swinney Center today around 2 p.m. to see the popular YouTube duo.   A sign taped to Joey Gizzi’s shirt read, “The first person to bring us a football, kick a field goal through our arms and then dump...

Albania Andrade, Tanna Engle, and Leila Pedreros are pictured from right to left.

UMKC’s New Art Walk

Gabriel Flynn, Staff Writer
April 28, 2023

  UMKC has a multitude of statues and beautiful art pieces spread throughout the campus, but many students miss them because of the distance between each work.   Tanna Engle, a senior coordinator of fitness wellness and marketing, proposed the art walk after seeing a photo...

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