UMKC's First Gen Roo program honored National First-Generation College Celebration Day with a week dedicated to wellness and community, supporting students whose parents did not complete a bachelor's degree in the U.S.   The theme of the 2024 National First Generation...

  UMKC’s First Gen Roo program kicked off its National First Generation Celebration by hosting author Alejandra Campoverdi on Oct. 24 in the Student Union Theatre.   On the first leg of her book tour, the women’s health advocate and former White House aide to President...

  Chancellor Agrawal declared his desire for UMKC to be seen as the outstanding university it is on April 17 during the annual State of the University Address in the Student Union.    As the fiscal school year ends, UMKC looks ahead to renovation, research, campus changes...

For first generation  students (those whose parents did not graduate college), support can seem sparse. In response, the First Gen Roo program launched in the fall of 2019 for incoming freshmen within the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) who identified themselves as...