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Health and Wellness Video Series: Move More, Get More!

UMKC Collaboration, Community Engagement, Health, Public Health, Research & Data, Youth Programming

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.

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Collaboration Health Health Disparities Kansas City Program Public Health Research Youth
Integrating STEM + KC

Integrating STEM + KC

UMKC

A STEM capable workforce is integral to fostering the innovation needed for prosperity in Kansas City. This conference hosted by UMKC is meant to be a collaboration of researchers and professionals to design and implement STEM education improvements.

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Collaboration Community Conference Education Kansas City STEM
Move More Get More

Move More Get More

UMKC Collaboration, Community Engagement, Health, Public Health, Research & Data, Youth Programming

Move More Get More is a federally funded program to increase physical activity and nutrition among middle school students in Kansas City Public Schools.

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Collaboration Health Health Disparities Kansas City Program Public Health Research Youth
Professional EDGE

Professional EDGE

MU Business, Community Development, Professional Development, Workforce Development

In the Advanced Professional Development course, students work with a professional partner through MU Extension, the MU Office of Service-Learning, or corporate partners across the state to complete a professional project. Students address the business needs of the partner organization, and dedicate approximately 30 hours per student per semester to this effort.

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Business Collaboration Community Economic Development Education Outreach Partnership Program
Arts in the Park & Mistletowne Market Festivals

Arts in the Park & Mistletowne Market Festivals

MU Arts & Culture, Celebration, Community Development

For the past four years, the MU Extension Community Arts Program has partnered with the City of North Kansas City to present Arts in the Park and the Mistletowne Market festivals.

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Art Collaboration Economic Development Music Partnership
Des Lee Collaborative Vision

Des Lee Collaborative Vision

UMSL Arts & Culture, Collaboration, Community Development, Community Engagement, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Public Health, Research & Data

The Des Lee Collaborative Vision is a project that links the expertise and resources at universities with educational, cultural and social service institutions in the community. Working through a select group of endowed professors partnering with community entities, the DLCV is able to enhance education, improve the quality of life throughout the St. Louis area […]

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Art Business Collaboration Community Diversity Economic Development Education Health Health Disparities History Leadership Library Outreach Partnership Policy Research Science
MLK Day of Service

MLK Day of Service

UMSL Community Development, Education, Nonprofit, Youth Programming

A day of service on the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, the MLK Day of Service volunteer event is coordinated by UMSL students in collaboration with several community agencies and service organizations.

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Collaboration Community Education Volunteerism and Service
Des Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative

Des Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative

UMSL Arts & Culture, Education, Professional Development, Youth Programming

The Des Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative is dedicated to enhancing the quality, influence, attitudes, and accessibility of fine arts by connecting educators, artists, and performers with St Louis students. Special attention is given to underserved populations. The Collaborative is currently made up of 16 St. Louis area arts agencies and 17 St. Louis area […]

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Art Collaboration Community Education Equity Internship Music Outreach Partnership St. Louis
eMINTS Program

eMINTS Program

MU Education

The eMINTS National Center was created in partnership with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri Department of Higher Education to help schools and teachers meet the demands of digital age teaching and learning.

Collaboration Learning
KCSourceLink

KCSourceLink

UMKC Business, Community Development, Research & Data

KCSourceLink is your guide to entrepreneurship in Kansas City. We help aspiring startups and established businesses find the right business resources to start, scale or accelerate.

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Business Collaboration Community Entrepreneurship
Camp Ca-Pow (College Access – Planning Our Way)

Camp Ca-Pow (College Access – Planning Our Way)

MU Education, Summer Camp, Youth Programming

A free camp for middle school students that focuses on planning for the future.

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Camp Collaboration College
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
The Impact of a Global Pandemic on Local Child in Need of Care Cases

The Impact of a Global Pandemic on Local Child in Need of Care Cases

UMKC Collaboration, COVID-19, Social Work

Collaboration between UMKC School of Social Work and Assistant District Attorney in Wyandotte County to assess the impact of the COVID – 19 outbreak on local Child in Need of Care (CINC) cases.

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Collaboration Community Health
Inside Dinosaurs

Inside Dinosaurs

MU Education, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)

Professor Casey Holliday and colleagues participate in invited speaking engagements and demonstrations to community partners, schools and groups. We cover topics including the latest news and discoveries in paleontology, how animals and people work, and what kind of research and opportunities happen in the Integrative Anatomy program at MU.

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Animals Collaboration Education
Extra Credit Film Series

Extra Credit Film Series

MU Collaboration, Education

Extra Credit is a once-a-month movie series featuring a panel of MU researchers who expand on some aspect of a movie relation to their research and creative activities. This event also features a Q&A with the audience, and is a collaboration between The Connector and Ragtag Cinema.

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Art Collaboration Research
Leadership Academy in Character Education (LACE™)

Leadership Academy in Character Education (LACE™)

UMSL Education, Professional Development, Workforce Development

LACE™ is a complex and comprehensive year-long professional development experience for school leaders focused on character education.

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Character Education Collaboration Education
Project Daylight: Using Theater to Reduce Trauma in Adolescents

Project Daylight: Using Theater to Reduce Trauma in Adolescents

UMKC Arts & Culture, Collaboration, Education

Project Daylight provides theater opportunities for at-risk youth in order for them to work on issues of trauma. Three faculty with the School of Social Work and a number of MSW students will be conducting the Program Evaluation.

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Character Education Collaboration Education
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Community Workshops

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Community Workshops

UMSL Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Professional Development, Workforce Development

In spring 2020, the UMSL Office of Community Engagement and the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion piloted a free diversity and inclusion training for several UMSL community partners.

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Collaboration Workshop
St. Louis Regional Data Alliance

St. Louis Regional Data Alliance

UMSL Research & Data

Housed and supported in the Community Innovation and Action Center at UMSL, the St. Louis Regional Data Alliance builds shared data infrastructure and supports strong data actors who use quality data to improve people’s lives.

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Collaboration Research
Maximizing Northwest Missouri Communities through development of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Maximizing Northwest Missouri Communities through development of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

MU Business, Community Development, Workforce Development

The project is a joint program between the Community Foundation of NW Missouri, University of Missouri, the regional universities in the region, the regional planning commissions, economic development agencies, Department of Economic Development and USDA.

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Collaboration Community Entrepreneurship
Spanish Lake and Business Communications

Spanish Lake and Business Communications

UMSL Community Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education

In cooperation with the Spanish Lake Community Association and the Spanish Lake Community Development Corporation, UMSL students in Honors Business Writing create and develop professional business communications designed to meet community needs and goals.

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Collaboration Community Diversity Literacy
UMSL Accelerate

UMSL Accelerate

UMSL Business, Community Development, Education, Leadership, Workforce Development, Youth Programming

Accelerate offers advanced curriculum, expertise, mentorship, and experiences. Our evolving curriculum focuses on design thinking and innovation systems to develop insightful leaders with skills to bring ideas to market, start and grow new endeavors and solve problems creatively.

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Collaboration Community Entrepreneurship
Power Up Your Pantry

Power Up Your Pantry

MU Community Development, Education, Food, Health

Power Up Your Pantry is a University of Missouri program for food pantries and other hunger relief groups who are looking for ways to enhance their current operations and better meet the needs of the people they serve.

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Agriculture Collaboration Community
Engaged Mizzou: Office of Service-Learning

Engaged Mizzou: Office of Service-Learning

MU Collaboration, Community Development, Education

Service-Learning is the formal integration of community service into student instruction. Service-learning connects students with the community in partnerships that provide effective and far-reaching assistance to those in need.

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Character Education Collaboration Community Education
KC No Violence Alliance (NoVA)

KC No Violence Alliance (NoVA)

UMKC Collaboration, Community Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

NoVA is a multi-agency collaboration between Kansas City criminal justice agencies that focuses on addressing violent crime. Faculty within the Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology (in the College of Arts and Sciences) have worked with NoVA since 2013.

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Civil Rights Collaboration Community
Urban Youth Academy Development

Urban Youth Academy Development

UMKC Nonprofit, Youth Programming

The Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership at UMKC partnered with the Kansas City Royals major league baseball club to plan and support the development of its Kansas City Urban Youth Academy.

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Collaboration Community
Mapping the Diabetes Intervention System of the KC Metro Region

Mapping the Diabetes Intervention System of the KC Metro Region

UMKC Education, Health, Nonprofit

The School of Medicine, and the MCNL at UMKC, in collaboration with the Kansas City chapter of the ADA , developed a “map” to show organizations and programs that address the challenge of preventing and treating diabetes.

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Collaboration Health
College of Nursing Global Health Immersion

College of Nursing Global Health Immersion

UMSL Health, Nonprofit, Professional Development

Guatemala trip challenges nursing students to learn new diagnostic techniques, empowers future practice.

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Collaboration Diversity Education Training
The Collaborative Laboratory Internships and Mentoring Blueprint (CLIMB) Program

The Collaborative Laboratory Internships and Mentoring Blueprint (CLIMB) Program

UMSL Collaboration, Education, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math), Workforce Development, Youth Programming

CLIMB is a partnership between the University of Missouri–St. Louis and the Jennings and University City school districts. Each summer since 2015, UMSL has offered 10-15 paid summer internships for bright high school students from these districts. Structured weekly activities engage the CLIMB interns to think like a scientist and do research with UMSL faculty […]

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Collaboration Education Research
STL Youth Jobs

STL Youth Jobs

UMSL Collaboration, Community Development, Education, Workforce Development

STL Youth Jobs is a civic collaboration providing meaningful employment opportunities for at-risk youth in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Collaboration Community Education
Successful Second Chances AGAPE Reentry program

Successful Second Chances AGAPE Reentry program

UMSL Community Development, Education, Mental Health, Workforce Development

The program offers transitional and supportive housing, financial literacy, and identity and career readiness classes. It also assists with transportation, utilities, obtaining valid identification, mental health services and health care.

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Collaboration Community Health
Mizzou Youth Experience

Mizzou Youth Experience

MU Collaboration, Education, Youth Programming

The Mizzou Youth Experience collaborates between the University and the larger community to give 7th and 8th graders a unique inside look at the college experience and all of the benefits of pursuing a college degree at Mizzou.

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Collaboration Education

Collaboration Resources

Des Lee Collaborative Vision
Des Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative
KCSourceLink
Inside Dinosaurs
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Community Workshops
St. Louis Regional Data Alliance
Maximizing Northwest Missouri Communities through development of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Collaboration Services

Professional EDGE
Arts in the Park & Mistletowne Market Festivals
MLK Day of Service
The Impact of a Global Pandemic on Local Child in Need of Care Cases

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