UMKC Student Union

Visit the Student Union

UMKC Volker Campus
5100 Cherry Street
Kansas City, MO 64110

Hours:
Monday - Saturday: 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Sunday: 11:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

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Dining and Entertainment

Movies

To see our upcoming movies, please visit: UMKC Roo Groups

Gaming

Billiards tables and table tennis are located next to Starbucks on Level 2 of the Student Union. Students can enjoy billiards free of charge during operating hours. Please show your UMKC ID card at the Welcome Desk to check out pool balls, cue sticks, and ball rack, and table tennis accessories. Your UMKC Roo Card will be returned to you upon receipt of all equipment.

Dining

Starbucks
Chick-fil-a
Student Union Foodiverse
- Simple Servings
- Cherry St. Deli
- Joey's Pizza & Pasta
- Fresh Harvest
- Union Grill Co.
- 7 Spoons

For additional information about these or other dining venues on campus, visit the
UMKC Dining Services website.

People

Jody Jeffries, Director
Phone: 816-235-1086
Email

Gerald Blanton, Associate Director
Phone: 816-235-6994
Email

Harvey Phillips, Operations Manager, SU
Phone: 816-235-6243
Email

Janet Dexter, Operations Manager, ASSC
Phone: 816-235-6034
Email

Megan Via, Conference Support Specialist
Phone: 816-235-1412
Email

David Babcock, Business Manager, Roo Card Office
Phone: 816-235-1429
Email

Metzilyn Garlington, Student Union Administrative Assistant
Phone: 816-235-1406
Email

Jobs

At the UMKC Student Union, our professional and student staff members play a vital role in offering the best services and programs available to the students of UMKC and to our campus community. Our commitment to quality customer service provides a welcome and sustainable “living room” environment to our campus that values the diversity of all members of our community. Environment, service, and opportunity. That is what we are all about—working with a team of student affairs professionals in providing exceptional service plus networking.

The UMKC Student Union employs 25 to 30 students each year in a wide variety of part-time positions. Areas in which students may gain experience in include:

Event services and event production
Welcome desk
Maintenance/set-up crew
Facility management
Theater management

Benefits include:

Flexible work schedules
Relevant work experience
Team mentoring
Front seats to exciting campus events and experience

Become a part of something big during your time at UMKC. Experience the best of what UMKC has to offer while providing invaluable service to your peers, the campus community, and the Greater Kansas City community.

History

With a student body of approximately 14,500 and continuously increasing enrollment, students have outgrown the UMKC University Center. To support increasing enrollment and UMKC’s transformation into a residential campus, the new Student Union opened Friday, August 20, 2010. In the mid-2000s, Nick Clark—now a School of Medicine student—noticed this lack of space and worked with other students and the administration to plan a new Student Union. The first plan for a new Student Union did not pass a campus-wide vote, but the second plan passed in 2007.

The Student Union project was funded through $1 million in private funds, $500,000 in campus reserves and $36.8 million in revenue bonds. The debt will be serviced through student fees approved by students in a November 2007 referendum.

Using the design-build approach, McCownGordon worked with architecture firm Gould Evans to design and build a four-story student union. UMKC College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design alumni contributed to the design of the New Student Union, as well.

Located near UMKC’s residential halls at 51st and Cherry Streets, the $38.3 million Student Union features a green roof terrace and wide floor-to-ceiling windows with views of the Country Club Plaza, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and UMKC’s Stanley H. Durwood Soccer Stadium and Recreational Field.

Sustainability

At the request of and through the determination of UMKC Students, the UMKC Student Union was officially certified as a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold project in the spring of 2011. The facility, which opened in August of 2010 and received several architectural and environmental awards, features public transportation access, storm water control, natural lighting, skylights, high ceilings, a central stairway and a 6,300-square-foot multipurpose area that is divisible into quadrants.