UM System Community Connect – What we do together

UM System Workforce Development Initiative

The UM System Workforce Development Initiative supports statewide and local business, government and education efforts to enhance Missouri’s 21st century workforce and ensure a vibrant, competitive economy.

UM System Health Care Finder

Search the Health Care Finder, an online tool shows more than 200 assets. Read more.

Presidential Engagement Fellows

Request a Fellow to make a presentation in your community. Read more.

COVID-19 Resources and Services

Health

UM System Office of Engagement
Year In Review

Economy, Education, Health

September Feature: Food Security

UMKC Office of Basic Needs

Latest Ways to Connect

S&T

S&T Child Development Center

The Missouri S&T child development center is currently planned to open in January 2022

S&T

UMKC

UMSL

UniverCities Exchange: Adolescent Adversity, Identity, and Resilience

UniverCitiesExchange returns for its third installment to discuss the state of mental health for Missouri schoolchildren.

UMKC, UMSL Child Development, COVID-19, Engagement Month, Engagement Week, Mental Health, Public Health, Youth Programming

UMKC

UMKC Receives $300K to Study Urban Entrepreneurship

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation supports Center for Neighborhoods three-year research project

UMKC Community Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Neighborhood Development, Workforce Development

MU

Student Engagement in a Real-World Setting-Ag Ed Ld 4340/7340

Students in Dr. Rebecca Mott’s Agricultural Education and Leadership Program Development course have the opportunity to partner with student collaborators from the University of Illinois College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.

MU Student Programs

UMKC

Power of Philanthropy Summit

Hartsook and the UMKC Bloch School of Management are excited to announce a joint presentation of the 2nd Annual Power of Philanthropy Summit.

UMKC Nonprofit, Professional Development

S&T

STEM K12 Teacher Collaboration Nights

Come network with other Missouri teachers.

S&T STEM Education

UMKC

Troostapalooza- 2021

UMKC is proud to serve as the lead sponsor for this year’s Troostapalooza celebration!

UMKC Community Engagement, Community Health, Economic Development, Workforce Development, Youth Programming

UMKC

UMKC Weekend of Service

UM System Extension and Engagement Week culminates in statewide days of service. UMKC has cultivated over 500 individual opportunities to serve on campus and in our local community.

UMKC Engagement Month, Engagement Week, Volunteerism

S&T

International Day of Peace

Join us for our 2021 International Day of Peace Commemoration!

S&T

UMKC

UM System’s Extension and Engagement Week- 2021

This week-long celebration — with events from all four UM System campuses — showcases the impact University engagement and extension programming have on addressing our state’s grand challenges in economic opportunity, educational excellence and access, and health and well-being.

UMKC Engagement Month, Engagement Week

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UMKC

The Opioid Epidemic: A Statewide Response- Session 1

Join us for the first session in a two-part conversation on the opioid epidemic. Learn where we are a in our fight against the opioid crisis and find out ways UM System Institutions and faculty are involved in the research and solutions to this national crisis.

UM System, UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Engagement Month, Engagement Week, Health Care, Mental Health, Public Health

UM System

UMKC

The Opioid Epidemic: A Statewide Response- Session 2

Join us for the second session in a two-part conversation on the opioid epidemic. We’ll discuss various approaches to addressing this health emergency in both urban and rural settings and find out how the average Missourian can get involved.

UM System, UMKC Community Engagement, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Engagement Month, Health Care, Mental Health, Public Health

UMSL

Chancellor’s Certificate in Volunteer Management

Volunteers are an essential resource for every nonprofit organization, regardless of mission or purpose. Recognizing the need for professional development in the critical field of volunteer management, MVMA and the NPML program will offer classes and events that individuals can use to qualify for a noncredit Chancellor’s Certificate in Volunteer Management from UMSL.

UMSL

Chancellor’s Certificate in Planning & Zoning

Entering its 18th year in 2021, the Fundamentals of Planning and Zoning Chancellor’s Certificate has educated hundreds of members of the St. Louis planning community.

UMSL Community Development

UM System

UMKC

Health Strategies for Rural Missouri

One of the many events in UM System’s 2021 Extension and Engagement Week lineup that showcases the impact University engagement and extension programming have on addressing our state’s grand challenges.

UM System, UMKC Engagement Month, Engagement Week, Health Care, Public Health, Rural Development, Rural Health

UM System

UMKC

Health Equity Keynote Presentation featuring Dr. Dwayne Proctor

UM System, UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Engagement Month, Engagement Week, Health Care, Public Health

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Featured Topics

Collaboration

New degree offered in water science and engineering

S&T Career Readiness, Collaboration, Continuing Education, Education, Engineering, Research and Data, Stem

This new interdisciplinary program will help prepare students for focused careers in natural science, water resource, conservation, environmental engineering, hydrology, and wastewater.

A New Online Exhibit Brings Insight into the 1968 Kansas City Uprising

UMKC Civil Rights, Collaboration, Community, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

LaBudde Special Collections at UMKC, in collaboration with the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center and Prospect Business Association, has put together an online exhibit highlighting the days following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

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Education

Free Tutoring for K-12 Students

S&T Education

Missouri S&T’s teacher education and certification department is offering free tutoring for students of faculty, staff and community members.

Interdisciplinary practicum & community organization partnership

S&T Community Health, Education, Rural Health

The Engineering Management senior design classes and Industrial-Organizational Psychology MS program partner with Phelps Health to help the organization address a community health issue. Undergraduate and graduate students provide consultation and data are collected by the instructors to study the effectiveness of this new practicum structure.

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Nonprofit

Power of Philanthropy Summit

UMKC Nonprofit, Professional Development

Hartsook and the UMKC Bloch School of Management are excited to announce a joint presentation of the 2nd Annual Power of Philanthropy Summit.

The Color of Money: Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Kansas City Philanthropy

UMKC Continuing Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Nonprofit

On select Tuesdays, the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership will present tools nonprofits can utilize to innovate and excel in today’s environment – building the foundation for a promising future.

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Professional Development

Power of Philanthropy Summit

UMKC Nonprofit, Professional Development

Hartsook and the UMKC Bloch School of Management are excited to announce a joint presentation of the 2nd Annual Power of Philanthropy Summit.

MIMH CE Circle

UMSL Continuing Education, Health, Mental Health, Professional Development, Professional Learning, Social Work, Training

The Missouri Institute for Mental Health (MIMH) CE Circle is a subscription-based service in which members receive live-online behavioral health trainings throughout the year. Members pay only one fee each year. At least 40 live-online opportunities over the course of the year will be available for members to receive training on a wide variety of […]