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 the first time ever, people outside the Conservatory have the chance to participate in a band at UMKC. No matter their major or year, students can join together to play music.   Campus Band counts as an elective class or extracurricular club. While the program...

Sarah Clough, a senior at the UMKC Conservatory, has faced the pandemic head-on throughout the past semesters, battling discouragement and lower enjoyment levels from classes.  Although her professors have found new and unique ways to make students’ time useful, she...

Lingering in the hushed dawn of downtown Phoenix, Arizona, international student and freshman Kwan Leung Ling had no idea where his academic and musical pursuits would lead him. As Ling anxiously waited for his bus and subsequent two-hour ride to Scottsdale Community College,...

Most classes are online this semester at UMKC, with professors lecturing via Zoom and screen sharing their PowerPoint slides to students. For Conservatory students, the transition to online learning has come with unique difficulties.  UMKC Conservatory graduate student...