10/29/2018
UMKC Neighborhood Advisory Council
The next Neighborhood Advisory Council meeting is Wednesday December 5, 2018. Read further for other campus updates.
UMKC Campus Updates
New Chief of Staff in the Chancellor’s Office
Kimiko Black Gilmore began her new role as Chief of Staff in the Chancellor’s Office, beginning Oct. 15. Gilmore is a proud Roo, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology here in 1989. She is a current member of the UMKC College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Association, the UMKC Chancellor’s Advisory Board to the Women’s Center and the UMKC Alumni Governing Board. In addition to her strong ties to our university, Gilmore has deep connections to our city. She comes to us from the City of Kansas City, where she has worked as Assistant City Manager since 2012. She has extensive experience in successfully leading strategic initiatives and special projects, which will be the core functions of her role at UMKC.
New UMKC Chancellor C. Mauli Agrawal is focusing on building community and investing in research. Click the link to listen to his recent interview on KCUR.
http://www.kcur.org/post/seg-1-new-chancellor-seeks-renew-umkc-spirit-seg
Chancellor Agrawal has selected the Epperson House Taskforce Committee.
The Taskforce consist of students, faculty, alumni and staff. They will be brainstorming ideas for how Epperson House could be reimagined for the 21st Century campus.
UMKC is spending approximately $60,000 a year performing minimal maintenance and heating and cooling the building, according to Bob Simmons, UMKC Associate Vice Chancellor of facilities. “We’ve estimated that to really restore in a historic sense, the exterior of the building, to add the elevators, and to really make the building purposefully good for the next century is probably about an $8 to $10 million project,” Simmons said in a release from the Historic Kansas City.
https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2018/10/18/endangered-buildings-neighborhoods-kansas-city.html /444132/1
Fall Semester Enrollment
Numbers at a Glance
Total Enrollment for the Term 16,375
Total On Campus Enrollment 13,033
Total Dual Credit High School students 3,342
Number of international students attending 1,114
otal number of credit hours students registered for 173,115
There were a total of 1,197 first time college students. There were 1,175 full-time first-time college students and 22 part-time first-time college students.
Athletics
UMKC Women’s Soccer makes history
With this week’s rankings, UMKC Women’s Soccer moved ahead of Oregon and Boise State to reach the No. 8 position in the Pacific Region by the United Soccer Coaches. Just weeks ago, USC placed the Roos at No. 10, a first ever in program history.
Open Spaces on UMKC Campus
Spots on UMKC’s campus include, Brazilian sculptor Flávio Cerqueira made his debut exhibit in the U.S. with “Any Word Except Wait” that can be found on the University Walkway. The UMKC Gallery of Art is home to a video installation from New York-based Italian artist Federico Solmi. The National Toy and Miniature Museum reveals one part of Kansas City-based artist Randy Reiger’s project that explores childhood memories and adulthood anxieties through collections of toys. The project “Dreams of Flight” is separated into three components, “complementary yet independent,” according to Reiger.
We look forward to seeing you at the December 5 NAC meeting.
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