Join us for a discusion with four legends of the American Civil Rights Movement.
Returning for the first time since 2019, the UMKC Culture Fest celebrates our uniqueness while exploring the ways we are all connected.
Calling all amateur artists and designers!
Co-sponsored by the Kansas City Athenaeum and the Kansas City Public Library. This talk is part of the KCPL’s Missouri Valley Sundays series.
Paid internship provides experience, peace of mind
The Sam Nakis Annual Memorial Lecture – Crete from the Homeric Age to Rome: Mixing, Myths and Monsters
UMKC’s Students Training in Academia, Health, and Research (STAHR) Partnership is a two-part program to increase the number of students from disadvantaged backgrounds entering health care programs and to better prepare them for success.
UMKC’s Annual African American Read-In is a celebration of African American literature and literacy.
The UMKC Trustees and School of Humanities and Social Sciences are proud to introduce the Marilyn T. and Byron C. Shutz Lecture Series. This annual series will host lectures, seminars, and workshops in fields such as creative writing, literature, and art history.
The UMKC School of Law’s continuing legal education’s topical and timely events and commitment to outstanding customer service have gained a national reputation for excellence.
The UMKC School of Law’s continuing legal education’s topical and timely events and commitment to outstanding customer service have gained a national reputation for excellence.
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.
The UMKC School of Law’s continuing legal education’s topical and timely events and commitment to outstanding customer service have gained a national reputation for excellence.
The Chancellor’s Certificate in Workplace Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) is a highly interactive, cohort-based, online professional development program that explores the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
MU Pre‐Employment Transition Service (Pre‐ETS) offers no‐cost pre‐employment transition services to Missouri high school students with disabilities to prepare them for the transition from high school to post-high school training and/or employment.
Join UMKC in this “unbearable” event and show your bravery as you support local Special Olympics athletes by walking, running, or crawling into the most frigid winter waters that Missouri has to offer.
Join Clio founder and UMKC’s William T. Kemper Associate Research Professor of Digital and Public Humanities, Dr. David Trowbridge for this workshop open to the community.
October is Social Justice Month at UMKC, and our 2022 social justice book is Dr. Kim Nielson’s “A Disability History of the United States.” Hosted by the UMKC Libraries, the annual Social Justice Book Discussion provides readers the opportunity to further the conversation regarding Dr. Nielson’s work and ideas. Join us for this virtual discussion […]
A series of lectures on Greek culture.
The UMKC Cockefair Chair and members of the talented faculty at UMKC deliver short, engaging courses on national issues, Kansas City history and current events and literature and the arts. Join in to experience thoughtful analysis on a variety of subjects.
Educate-Organize-Advocate is UMKC’s social justice conference for students, faculty, staff, and the Kansas City-area community.
Be part of an epic celebration of diversity at World Culture Festival- Kansas. Featuring LIVE global music and dance performance, well-being sessions, guest speakers, and an international food-truck bonanza.
Join us for a night with featured speaker, Dr. John Baugh. Registration is required for this free
Virtual event offers CLE credit, or free for non-credit attendees
Join us at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts as we celebrate UMKC Day at the Kansas City Symphony!
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.
UM System’s annual Extension and Engagement Week 2022 is almost here! This year, we have extended our time together to discuss All Things Food with pre- and post-conference sessions.
The SPARK (Senior Peers Actively Renewing Knowledge) Flossie Pack Center for Lifelong Learning offers continuing education classes. SPARK’s classes are open to all who have a passion for learning, meeting new people, sharing time and experiences, and pursuing an active stimulating life.
The UMKC Cockefair Chair and members of the talented faculty at UMKC deliver short, engaging courses on national issues, Kansas City history and current events and literature and the arts. Join in to experience thoughtful analysis on a variety of subjects.
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 Social Justice Book and Lecture Series brings to campus thought leaders in various fields from across the country to explore issues of social justice.
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.
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.
Since 2008, UMKC’s Divison of Diversity and Inclusion has hosted the annual César Chávez Lecture for UMKC students, staff, faculty and the Kansas City community.
UMKC’s Critical Conversations series is about taking thoughtful action on campus and in our community to ensure lasting and comprehensive reform through Roos Advocate for Community Change, a campus-wide effort announced in June following the death of George Floyd in 2020.
Join Dr. Pamela Newkirk on Friday, April 8th at 6PM CST to learn about her most recent work, “Diversity, Inc”.
Join us for a fascinating panel discussion in-person or on Zoom to celebrate International Working Women’s Day, Tuesday, March 8th, 11 am
The Center for Neighborhoods is hosting a series of voter registration drives in the community.
Join us for a fun hands-on way to engage in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). In the past, students have worked on projects like building a structurally sound bridge, developing coating for pills, understanding features of buoyancy and static electricity, creating towers, and more.
The African American Read-In is a celebration of African American literature and literacy. Participate by reading excerpts from poetry, speeches, stories, songs, and other works created by African American authors and artists. Or, just come to listen, reflect, and enjoy the presentations. Join us on February 21, 2022 as a listener or a presenter!
Students and urban small businesses both benefit from the program.
The Chancellor’s Certificate in Workplace Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) is a highly interactive, cohort-based, online professional development program that explores the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. This non-credit bearing program is open to all professionals in the Greater Saint Louis community.
Beginning with the Rosa Parks Lecture on Social Justice and Activism in 2007 and annually since 2009 with the Martin Luther King Lecture Series, the Division of Diversity and Inclusion honors these individuals’ tremendous contributions to furthering civil rights by bringing national thought leaders to campus.
2022 Keynote Speaker: Ashley M. Jones
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.
