Jose Ramirez is a 29-year-old international student studying for his doctorate in musical performance with the UMKC Conservatory. He is from Medellín, Colombia, and the youngest of three children in his family. Here are his thoughts on being an international student,...

Wenjie Cao traveled across the world to pursue his education, but his experience as an international student at UMKC has included loneliness and adversity. “The school has taken very poor care of international students, especially during the epidemic,” Cao said. “It...

Professor Joel Poor of the University of Missouri - Columbia (MU) was relieved of teaching duties last Monday. Poor was reprimanded by the university for comments he made to an international student earlier that day. The now viral twitter clip that spurred the investigation...