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UMKC alumni trio creates app to help students transition to off-campus life

UMKC alumni trio creates app to help students transition to off-campus life

Breanne Blankenship
March 17, 2022

Brad Starnes and his co-founders, Nolan McMichael and Joe Allen, are UMKC students working to improve roommate relationships by solving the problem of money management and paying bills.  The trio’s app, “Splitsy,” is made to automatically divide bills between roommates...

PAL Program, FSA partner for first-ever academic success workshop

PAL Program, FSA partner for first-ever academic success workshop

Breanne Blankenship
February 1, 2022

The Peer Academic Leader (PAL) Program and UMKC Fraternity and Sorority Affairs (FSA) held their first joint academic success workshop on Wednesday afternoon in the Student Union. Workshop leaders titled the event “Your GPA Sucks But You Don’t,” which focused on giving...

Freshmen, Abigail Weiler smiling with her arms crossed and the words "UMKC SGA" above her and "Abigail Weiler, Chief of Staff" below her

SGA Appoints Abigail Weiler as Chief of Staff

Lindsey Temaat
February 4, 2021

SGA President Mahreen Ansari appointed Abigail Weiler as chief of staff this week, making her one of the first freshmen to serve on the executive branch in at least four years. Weiler is a political science major, serves as the secretary for UMKC Delta Zeta, and writes for...

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