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With the increase need after COVID-19, the Care Center could benefit from additional funding.

“Stop Student Hunger” seeks funding from UMKC to support food-insecure students

EllieAna Hale, Staff Writer
April 26, 2023

   Show support for SSH by signing their petition.   As the rate of inflation climbs higher, more UMKC students are faced with food insecurity. Students are expected to perform their best even when food on their plates is becoming a possibility instead of a certainty.    The...

Kansas City Service Club

List of names from front to back: 

Grace Donnelli, Albert Guerra, Katelyn Gendron, Larry Smith, Loren May, Adriana Spangler, Trevor McCracken

UMKC Students Strive to Make a Change in the Community Through the Kansas City Service Club

Kenzie Eklund, Lifestyle and Culture Editor
April 25, 2023

  Three UMKC students, originally from St. Louis, were desperate to be active in the Kansas City community. After struggling to find an opportunity to volunteer as a group, they decided to fill that gap and create their own club - the Kansas City Service Club.    The...

Students and presenters waiting before the event.

Women In Business Hosts Climbing the Career Ladder (In Heels)

Catia Montelongo, Staff Writer
March 21, 2023

  Women in Business featured a unique panel of women specializing in various careers, skills and knowledge at the Bloch Executive Hall.    The panel, held on March 9, included four extraordinary women: Michelle Wimes; chief equity and inclusion officer at Children's Mercy...

Lucerna is excited to debut its seventeenth volume at its first in-person symposium since COVID-19.

Lucerna Presents its Seventeenth Volume of UMKC Student Research

Ellen Beshuk, Co-News Editor
March 19, 2023

  Every year, undergraduate research from any field of study contributes to the next volume of Lucerna. This research ranges from interpretations of literature to statistical analysis.      Founded in 2006, this student-run organization has publicized over 100 undergraduate...

Jesse Best (left) and David Rodriguez (right)

Design Build Fly Rises to the Challenge

Gabriel Flynn, Staff Writer
March 15, 2023

  Founded just a week before competition proposals were due, UMKC’s Design Build Fly group rushed together to seize this opportunity for victory.   As their name suggests, they must design, build and fly an airplane-styled drone and write a detailed proposal explaining...

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