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Outback in the Office

Manuel Rivera, Staff Writer
April 18, 2024

  While some students spent their spring break soaking up the sun, others job shadowed with employers on and off campus in a new program called “Take a Roo to Work.”    Created by the Assistant Director of Career Preparation, Megan Raney, UMKC students experienced...

Williams poses for a photo on Zoom with members of the UMKC Enactus team during their virtual national competition in May 2020. (Lindsey Temaat)

Making a difference, one handshake at a time

Lindsey Temaat
March 25, 2021

Ben Williams is a shining example of a professor who knows how to support his students during the pandemic.   Williams is the assistant teaching professor for the Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation Department at the UMKC Bloch School of Management and is the...

Student entrepreneur hopes to change the payment experience

Student entrepreneur hopes to change the payment experience

Tess Hogan
April 3, 2020

Brad Starnes, co-founder of the app DivviUp, recognized his entrepreneurial spirit at the age of 10. Now, as a UMKC student majoring in information technology with a minor in business administration, he is turning ideas into reality. “I’ve always been, in a way,...

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