Acknowledgements UMKC’s HLC Accreditation self study was a large undertaking that required the help of many faculty, staff, students and community members.

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Steering Committee: Max J. Skidmore - Steering Committee Chair, Curators’ Professor, Dept of Political Science Marita Barkis - Director, Counseling, Health and Testing Services Margaret Brommelsiek - Chief of Staff, Office of the Chancellor Larry Bunce - Director of Institutional Research Peter Eaton - Associate Professor, Dept of Economics; Director, Center for Economic Information Barbara Glesner Fines - Associate Dean for Faculty, School of Law Mary Lou Hines Fritts - CIO and Vice Provost for Academic Programs Marcus Iszard - Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy Troy Lillebo - Special Assistant to the Chancellor Ronald MacQuarrie - Vice Provost and Dean, School of Graduate Studies Leo Morton - Chancellor Nancy Murdock - Professor and Chair of Counseling and Educational Psychology Jami Parkison - Writer, Public Relations G. Thomas Poe - Associate Professor, Dept of Communication Studies William Truog - Professor, School of Medicine Jakob H. Waterborg - Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences Charles Wurrey - Curators’ Teaching Professor, Dept of Chemistry Teresa Crew - Coordinator, Accreditation Steering Committee Romana Krycak - Graduate Research Assistant, Institutional Research David Atkinson - Curators’ Teaching Professor, Dept of Political Science Paul Shang - former Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Joan Dean - Curators’ Teaching Professor, Dept of English Language and Literature Mary Larson Diaz - former Deputy Chancellor for External Affairs Rick Axelson - former Director, Assessment and Planning, Institutional Research Rico Drake - Graduate Research Assistant, Counseling and Educational Psychology Lori Laster - Administrative Associate, School of Biological Sciences Criterion Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs Criterion 1: G. Thomas Poe - Associate Professor, Dept of Communication Studies Criterion 2: Barbara Glesner Fines - Associate Dean for Faculty, School of Law Larry Bunce - Director of Institutional Research Criterion 3: Ronald MacQuarrie - Vice Provost and Dean, School of Graduate Studies Marcus Iszard - Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy Criterion 4: William Truog - Professor, School of Medicine Peter Eaton - Associate Professor, Dept of Economics; Director, Center for Economic Information Criterion 5: Margaret Brommelsiek - Chief of Staff, Office of the Chancellor Leo Morton - Chancellor Self Study Editors and Writers: Max J. Skidmore - Curators’ Professor, Dept of Political Science Jami Parkison - Writer, Public Relations Teresa Crew - Coordinator, Accreditation Steering Committee Charles Wurrey - Curators’ Teaching Professor, Dept of Chemistry Web Resource Room: Jakob H. Waterborg - Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences Teresa Crew - Coordinator, Accreditation Steering Committee Self Study Design Team: Erick R. Schmidt - Editor, UMKC Creative Services Eric Gapsch - Graphic Designer, UMKC Creative Services Sarah Berlin - Graphic Designer, UMKC Creative Services Suzanne King - Editor