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UMKC’s urban teacher preparation program is the first of its kind

Kowthar Shire, Staff Writer
November 20, 2024

  The Institute for Urban Education (IUE) is an urban teacher preparation and scholarship program at UMKC that helps students serve Kansas City’s historically underserved public schools.   Through an effective cohort model, field experience and post-graduate mentorship,...

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson visits UMKC on Workforce and Education Tour

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson visits UMKC on Workforce and Education Tour

Hayden Baker
February 21, 2022

Gov. Mike Parson hosted a roundtable at UMKC to bring together Kansas City area leaders earlier this month.  Parson held the event, which took place in Bloch Executive Hall on Feb. 9, to discuss partnerships between the university and the workforce. Most of the nearly...

Row of windows down a hallway with sticky notes on the windows. One sticky note says plainly, "you deserve to feel safe"

RISE: Accessing campus resources for education, prevention and support

Anna Ryan
February 9, 2021

Eight minutes. If that’s all the time it took to get help, do you know where you’d go? For many students on campus, an action plan to prevent or respond to sexual violence isn’t at the forefront of their minds. If something were to happen, finding the resources necessary...

Coronavirus quick facts

Coronavirus quick facts

Sam Bellefy
March 15, 2020

Note: Due to the rapidly evolving nature of this situation, some facts and figures may fall out of date in a matter of hours to days. How many people are currently infected? As of the time of this article over 162,000 cases have been reported worldwide, with about 3,000...

Roo Report - Former ASUM member Brandon Henderson and University News staff writer Caleb Wilson talk higher education funding cuts

Roo Report – Former ASUM member Brandon Henderson and University News staff writer Caleb Wilson talk higher education funding cuts

Roo News
October 24, 2019

https://soundcloud.com/horatio-swavay/roo-report-s2e7 On this week's episode, the Roo Report is joined by UMKC student and ASUM member Brandon Henderson and staff writer, Caleb Wilson. Brandon recently wrote an op-ed for the University Newspaper about his frustrations with...

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