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Shot from inside Rockhill Parking Garage at 4 pm Tuesday evening.  Even at later times the parking lots are still very full of students commuting to school.

A look into UMKC’s history as a commuter college

Hank Philgreen, Staff Writer
March 1, 2026

  Statistics from the Fall 2024 semester show that only 7% of the students live in college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing, and 93% of students live off campus.      UMKC has been a commuter school since its establishment in 1933, with the first residence hall...

Restoration team members from left to right: Alberto Villamandos, Viviana Grieco, Christopher Wolff, Adam Sisk, Victoria Dominguez

Historic Haag Mural Damage Prompts Restoration Project

Rex Stickney, RooTV Co-Executive Producer, Staff Writer
March 17, 2023

  Hundreds of students walk past the artwork on the second floor of Haag Hall, but how many actually stop and notice the priceless patchworks of plaster right in front of their face?   “I don’t know anything about them,” said Karion Jackson, a junior elementary education...

Ghost tours and school spirits with Chris Wolff

Ghost tours and school spirits with Chris Wolff

Henry Gamber
October 29, 2019

Did you know UMKC is haunted? Whether it’s the ghost of Harriet Barse at Epperson House, the spirits of the Dickeys in Scofield Hall or the ghost of actress Vaughn Burkholder rumored to still haunt the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, UMKC certainly has its fair share of...

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