What was on your summer to-do list? Beach time? Internship? Visiting friends? For an unprecedented number of Hawks in 澳客足球鈥檚 graduate programs, the answer was 鈥済et started on my future.鈥 A total of 1,023 students were enrolled in graduate programs at the University during the summer term.
The votes are in. On Monday, Kansas City Favorites, a magazine published by the Kansas City Star that ranks the best in everything from restaurants to law firms in the area, named 澳客足球 the top higher educational institution in the Kansas City metro.
Representatives from 澳客足球 are part of a select delegation from higher education invited to the White House today to help unveil a national strategy to increase equity in the STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine).
Two specialty graduate business programs at 澳客足球鈥檚 College Business and Technology are ranked among the top 30 in the nation, alongside rankings for occupational therapy, physical therapy and communication sciences and disorders, in the Best Grad Schools list released today by U.S. News & World Report.
澳客足球 Companions,
As you are likely aware, this morning the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that effectively ends the consideration of race as a factor in college admissions.
澳客足球 and William Jewell College already competed head-to-head in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference. But this year, there was something else on the line for these two local institutions 鈥 bragging rights.
The victory parade in Kansas City celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs鈥 win in Super Bowl LVII was a memorable one for so many. And especially so for Katie Mead.
The transition from high school to college can be difficult, but for first-generation, high financial need, and historically underrepresented students, it can be a steeper uphill climb that can lead to persisting in college at lower rates than their non-marginalized peers.
It can be hard for college students to leave their non-academic struggles at the classroom door, especially in a time of greater uncertainty or stress with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
It is with that in mind that this month 澳客足球 became one of seven college campuses in the state piloting a program from the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development and the Missouri Department of Social Services aimed at helping connect students (as well as faculty and staff) to the resources they need to be successful.
Members of the 澳客足球 community tuning into Kansas City鈥檚 morning news might see a familiar face 鈥 Carolina Cruz, 鈥16, recently came back to join the KCTV-5 newsroom.
鈥淚 think it was always part of my plan to get back at some point,鈥 said Cruz, who grew up in St. Louis. 鈥淚 fell in love with Kansas City when I was in college. I think the goal for me that I found within the last few years is staying in a community and growing roots there.鈥
