2009 Features

Published: 9/24/2009 10:08:10 AM |

 

A 7,000 mile journey to creative thinking

7,068 miles to fulfill a dream. Based solely on the recommendation of her neighbor, Jieyi Xu traveled from Shanghai to Kansas City to become a student...  Full Story >>
Published: 9/16/2009 12:23:35 PM | Video

 

Working on the front line of patient care

Coleen Davis found her calling early in life. “I knew ever since I was little that I liked taking care of people,” said Davis, a 2009 graduate of ...  Full Story >>
Published: 9/10/2009 9:10:38 AM |

 

Balanced among the disciplines

In the third-floor Gait Laboratory at the UMKC School of Computing and Engineering (SCE), a research subject adorned with reflective body markers and ...  Full Story >>
Published: 8/28/2009 11:28:05 AM |

 

A legacy of love

Like several students in the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance, independent jazz musician and alto saxophonist Jaleel Shaw cites Jazz Studies chair...  Full Story >>
Published: 8/26/2009 11:13:22 AM |

 

New School of Dentistry dean hits the ground running

For Marsha Pyle, DDS, MEd, the path that led her to UMKC and her position as the new dean of the School of Dentistry began in Kenton, Ohio — a small...  Full Story >>
Published: 8/25/2009 4:08:00 PM |

 

Tracy Stevens, M.D.

Tracy Stevens Spotlight Award Tracy Stevens (M.D. ’90, School of Medicine) says it’s the people she’s surrounded herself with – friends, fam...  Full Story >>
Published: 8/17/2009 7:27:57 AM |

 

Mentoring it forward

Benita Jones knows what it’s like to go to an inner-city high school where academic excellence and encouraging mentors are sometimes few and far bet...  Full Story >>
Published: 7/31/2009 10:29:06 AM |

 

Spirit of service soars at UMKC Dental School

To witness the human side of dental education, you need only stand in a corner of the reception area of the Rinehart Clinic at the School of Dentistry...  Full Story >>
Published: 7/20/2009 2:49:05 PM |

 

Margaret Evans

Margaret Evans (B.A. '71 College of Arts and Sciences, M.P.A. ’72, Bloch School of Business and Public Administration) has defied the odds ever sinc...  Full Story >>
Published: 7/20/2009 9:44:41 AM |

 


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