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UMKC recently updated the mask mandate to strongly recommend students and faculty wear them. (Thomas White)

OPINION: COVID confusion on campus

Thomas White
November 16, 2021

UMKC’s policies regarding COVID have gone into “half-pregnant” territory. Both masking and vaccination are “strongly encouraged,” which, in practice, translates to no coherent direction.  Admittedly, it is an odd time when — we hope — we are nearing the...

Students wearing face masks and standing on the UMKC Volker campus speaking to one another

Coronavirus Update: Cases increase on campus; UMKC plans return after Thanksgiving

Emma Hilboldt
November 16, 2020

UMKC reported the second-most positive coronavirus cases on campus in a single day following Halloween weekend.  The uptick in on-campus cases came at the same time as the U.S. had a record-setting 100,000 cases in a single day. The rise in cases has not appeared...

Expanding Health and Wellness Services, on-campus childcare among SGA’s top priorities for 2020

Expanding Health and Wellness Services, on-campus childcare among SGA’s top priorities for 2020

Lucas Cuni-Mertz
January 20, 2020

UMKC’s Student Government Association (SGA) revamped itself last semester, passing a new constitution, expanding its executive branch and creating its own Supreme Court. With a new look in a new decade, the SGA is setting out ambitious plans to improve campus life. According...

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