Employee affinity groups are no longer supported on campus as UMKC complies with new federal guidance.  “Employees can still form and participate in affinity groups,” said Stacy Downs, UMKC director of strategic communications. “But consistent with federal guidance,...

  Neurodivergent mother of three children with cognitive disabilities, Kendra (Kay) Patterson proposed the Accessibility Student Council (ASC) to SGA in March. ASC Founder Patterson is also a 37-year-old senior at UMKC majoring in liberal arts with a minor in psychology.   “My...

  In an email sent to students, faculty and staff on Mar. 12, Chancellor Mauli Agrawal stated that UMKC will exercise fiscal caution and restraint as the school faces possible budget cuts in the next year.    “The past few years have brought generous state appropriations,...

 Following the closure of the central office of Diversity and Inclusion on Nov. 1, UMKC faces a new deadline to comply with anti-DEI legislation demanding the removal of all diversity and inclusion programs.   As of Feb. 18, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe stated that all state...

  Chancellor Mauli Agrawal announced the closure of the central office of Diversity and Inclusion on Friday Oct. 25, as UMKC plans to move to a decentralized campus inclusion structure beginning Nov. 1.   “UMKC has had a largely successful decentralized model for years,”...