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Type: Community-Engaged Scholarship

The creation and dissemination of knowledge and creative expression that furthers the mission and goals of the University in collaboration with the community. Community-engaged scholarship addresses community needs through research, teaching and service in a mutually beneficial partnership. Quality and impact is determined by academic peers and community partners.

UniverCities Exchange

UM System, UMKC, UMSL Speakers & Lecture Series

UniverCities Exchange, an ongoing collaborative project between UMKC and UMSL, gathers community leadership alongside academic expertise to discuss problems and possible solutions to issues affecting the Kansas City and St. Louis Metro Areas.

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UMKC UMSL
Greek Studies Public Lecture Series

Greek Studies Public Lecture Series

UMSL Community Engagement, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Speakers & Lecture Series

A series of lectures on Greek culture.

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Arts Culture History
UMKC Public Health Researchers Enact National Guidelines

UMKC Public Health Researchers Enact National Guidelines

UMKC Health, Mental Health, Public Health, Youth Programming

Advocating for physical education as public health policy

Child Development School of Nursing and Health Studies Well Being
UMKC Center for Neighborhoods releases study on small apartment buildings for the City of Kansas City, Missouri

UMKC Center for Neighborhoods releases study on small apartment buildings for the City of Kansas City, Missouri

UMKC Community Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The UMKC Center for Neighborhoods has released a study of small apartments in the Central City Economic Development (CCED) area, including parts of 18 neighborhoods in KCMO.

Center For Neighborhoods Department of Architecture, Urban Planning + Design Neighborhood Development
UMKC Receives $300K to Study Urban Entrepreneurship

UMKC Receives $300K to Study Urban Entrepreneurship

UMKC Business, Community Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Workforce Development

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

Center For Neighborhoods College of Arts and Sciences Department of Architecture, Urban Planning + Design Entrepreneurship Neighborhood Development
Chancellor’s Certificate in Volunteer Management

Chancellor’s Certificate in Volunteer Management

UMSL

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.

Chancellor’s Certificate in Planning & Zoning

Chancellor’s Certificate in Planning & Zoning

UMSL Community Development

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.

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Students Work with Community in New Field Exploration Course

Students Work with Community in New Field Exploration Course

UMKC Community Engagement, Criminal Justice, Education

Field experience in the community in your chosen profession is a hallmark of a UMKC education.

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College of Arts and Sciences
UMKC Professor Calls on Community to Help Understand Climate Change Effects

UMKC Professor Calls on Community to Help Understand Climate Change Effects

UMKC Community Development, Community Engagement, Nonprofit, Research & Data, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)

Volunteers from across the metro helped collect data for a national research project

Climate Change College of Arts and Sciences Neighborhood Development Volunteerism and Service
UMKC Professor Publishes Findings of Church-Based Mental Health Intervention Study

UMKC Professor Publishes Findings of Church-Based Mental Health Intervention Study

UMKC Community Engagement, Health, Mental Health, Research & Data, Social Work

The study comprised of responses from 463 individuals at 11 churches in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas.

Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Counseling Health Equity Institute Metropolitan Universities Journal School of Medicine
UMKC’s Institute for Human Development Contributes to a New Abuse and Awareness Guide for Individuals with Disabilities.

UMKC’s Institute for Human Development Contributes to a New Abuse and Awareness Guide for Individuals with Disabilities.

UMKC Health, Health Care

The guide was developed in partnership with The Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council and the Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities.

Institute for Human Development Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities
Midwest Innocence Project

Midwest Innocence Project

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The nonprofit provides resources for and about wrongfully convicted individuals in the Midwest.

Civil Rights Midwest Innocence Project UMKC School of Law
Google Fiber Features KC STEM Alliance’s Report on Gender Gap

Google Fiber Features KC STEM Alliance’s Report on Gender Gap

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math), Youth Programming

Excerpts from the report are featured on Google Fiber’s Twitter.

Child Development KC Stem Alliance
Grant Helps Take the Lead Out of KC Homes

Grant Helps Take the Lead Out of KC Homes

UMKC Public Health, Research & Data

UMKC recieves HUD funding for partnership with Children’s Mercy and the city

School of Medicine UMKC Center for Economic Information
Boeing FLITE (Future Leaders in Thought and Experience) Program

Boeing FLITE (Future Leaders in Thought and Experience) Program

UMSL Business, Competition, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Leadership, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math), Workforce Development

Boeing FLITE is a 10-week competitive summer diversity-based business cohort of 4 participating schools (12 students: including Truman State, Howard University, Saint Louis University) living on the UMSL campus and working at Boeing. The cohort features rising sophomores immersed in a working internship at Boeing St. Louis while working in a professional environment within a […]

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Business Engineering Internship Leadership Learning Partnership St. Louis STEM Students
UMKC Professor offers Insights on Kanas City’s Economic Recovery in Interviews with Fox 4 and The Kansas City Star

UMKC Professor offers Insights on Kanas City’s Economic Recovery in Interviews with Fox 4 and The Kansas City Star

UMKC Community Development, COVID-19

Dr. Nathan Mauck, Associate Professor of Finance, offered his expertise in several interviews where he discusses the economic recovery Kansas City Businesses are experiencing during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

COVID-19 Economic Development Henry W. Bloch School of Management Workforce Development
Institute for Urban Education: Placing More Teachers of Color in Urban Schools

Institute for Urban Education: Placing More Teachers of Color in Urban Schools

UMKC Education, Leadership, Youth Programming

UMKC’s School of Education is developing innovative programs to foster the success of students in urban schools. An article written by Patricia O’Dell.

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Alumni Foundation School of Education UMKC
Saxophone Supreme: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker

Saxophone Supreme: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker

UMKC Arts & Culture, Collaboration

This exhibit, Saxophone Supreme, is a partnership between the American Jazz Museum and UMKC Libraries celebrating the Centennial of Charlie “Bird” Parker, one of the most influential musicians and composers of all time.

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Collaboration Kansas City History Music UMKC Libraries
KC Voices [podcast]: We Beg to Differ on Panhandling

KC Voices [podcast]: We Beg to Differ on Panhandling

UMKC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education

In this episode we meet some of the KC area residents who brave the winter cold, sweltering heat and dangerous road conditions to beg for your generosity.

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Civil Rights Community Education Health
EcoVillage Living Laboratory

EcoVillage Living Laboratory

S&T Education, Research & Data

Missouri S&T’s EcoVillage is being powered by advanced lead batteries. This living laboratory, which conducts renewable energy research, education and outreach, has been successfully running since 2018 with the support of the Consortium for Battery Innovation.

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Education Research
UMSL SUCCEED

UMSL SUCCEED

UMSL Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education, Workforce Development

UMSL Succeed at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis is a high quality, two-year model comprehensive transition and postsecondary education (PSE) program for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID) designed to provide the supports, partnerships, and experiences needed to prepare students for gainful employment, independent living, and a full life in the community. While […]

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Community Disability Equity Learning Partnership
UMSL Bridge Program

UMSL Bridge Program

UMSL Education, Youth Programming

Since its inception in 1986, the Bridge Program remains one of the most successful and widely emulated models for precollegiate programming in the St. Louis community.

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Character Education Community Leadership
Creating Whole Communities NLF

Creating Whole Communities NLF

UMSL Collaboration, Community Development, Education, Professional Development, Workforce Development

The mission of Neighborhood Leadership Fellows (NLF) is to increase and amplify the voices of North St. Louis City and County residents at the civic decision-making tables in order to produce more equitable regional policies for neighborhoods.

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Community Diversity Training
Robert G. Combs Language Preschool

Robert G. Combs Language Preschool

MU Education, Professional Development, Youth Programming

Early-intervention, language-focused preschool, run by SLHS (Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences) students under the supervision of licensed clinical faculty. Early intervention is important for kids with speech delays – no matter the specific delay or the cause.

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Child Development Education Research Training

Community-Engaged Scholarship Resources

Midwest Innocence Project
EcoVillage Living Laboratory

Community-Engaged Scholarship Services

UMKC Public Health Researchers Enact National Guidelines
UMKC’s Institute for Human Development Contributes to a New Abuse and Awareness Guide for Individuals with Disabilities.
EcoVillage Living Laboratory

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