Community Connect

UMKC’s Health and Wellness Video Series is a collection of six videos produced during UMKC’s 2021 Engagement Month Celebration. Each video highlights ways that UMKC is contributing to important work in the community in the field of healthcare.

MU Extension Community Economic Development Field Specialist Richard Proffer meets regularly with Risco residents to guide them to establishing a local limited use food store.

The UMKC Truman Fellows Program, an initiative of the UMKC School of Law, offers newly-licensed attorneys an opportunity to “learn by doing” under the mentorship of an experienced attorney and provides an opportunity for these attorneys to do public-interest work.

The Department of Economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) invites you to a discussion of the book ‘Mobile Girls Koottam: Working Women Speak’, featuring the author, Madhumita Dutta, Assistant Professor of Geography at Ohio State University, and co-creators, Sam PC and Madhushree.

UMKC is proud to return as the lead sponsor for the 5th annual Troostapalooza celebration!

As a public urban-serving university, UMKC is dedicated to connecting our campus and surrounding community. Our commitment to community engagement often takes many forms, including community-engaged teaching/learning, public-impact research, and volunteerism.

UMKC communications professor Erin Blocher leads a dynamic workshop on tips and best practices for effective email and digital communication for the workplace.

A lunch and learn seminar for human resource professionals, business owners, and leaders who make hiring and recruiting decisions. Participants learn about resources and best practices to recruit, retain, and support military veterans, and the benefits of hiring veteran candidates.

Incoming 2nd through 7th graders are invited to learn from the Kansas City basketball staff while playing live games, going through drills, and getting first-hand experience on what it is like to be a Kansas City Roo.

The Rainbow Read-In is an event with a crowd-sourced program. We invite you to attend as a listener, or to attend as a presenter to read, perform or share the work of historic and contemporary LGBTQIA+ creators.