2008season - UMKC Athletics

aboutthe university
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umkcsenior staff
CHANCELLOR
Guy Bailey
VICE CHANCELLOR FOR STUDENT
AFFAIRS AND ENROLLMENT
MANAGEMENT
Mel Tyler
INTERIM PROVOST AND ASSISTANT
VICE CHANCELLOR FOR ACADEMIC
AFFAIRS
Betty M. Drees
INTERIM VICE CHANCELLOR FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Rick Anderson
INTERIM VICE CHANCELLOR FOR
UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
Curt Crespino
SCHOOL DEANS
Biological Sciences
Lawrence A. Dreyfus
College of Arts and Sciences
Karen S. Vorst
Computing and Engineering
Walter Rychlewski III
Conservatory of Music and Dance,
Interim
James Mobberley
Dentistry
Michael J. Reed
Education
Linda L. Edwards
Graduate Studies
Ronald A. MacQuarrie
Henry W. Bloch School of Business
& Public Admin.
O. Homer Erekson
Law
Ellen Y. Suni
Medicine
Betty M. Drees
Nursing
Lora Lacey-Haun
Pharmacy
Robert W. Piepho
University Libraries
Sharon L. Bostick
the history of
umkc
Although talk of a
university in Kansas
City began as
early as the 1890s,
it was not until the
1920s that talk
turned to action. In
the postwar decade,
a board of trustees
comprising leading
businessmen was
established, and in
1929 the charter
for the University
of Kansas City was
granted. The dream
became a reality
when William Volker,
a local philanthropist
for whom the
93-acre Volker Campus is named,
presented the board with the 40-
acre nucleus of the present campus
site in Kansas City’s Rockhill
district.
The University of Kansas City, a private,
independent university, began
its first classes on Oct. 2, 1933,
with 264 students.
In the eventful decades following
that day, the University developed
rapidly, in part due to its affiliation
with several area professional
schools. This included the Kansas
City School of Law in 1938, the
Kansas City-Western Dental College
in 1941, the Kansas City College
of Pharmacy in 1943 and the
Conservatory of Music in 1959.
Also established were the School
of Administration (1953), the School
of Education (1954), the Division for
Continuing Education (1958), the
School of Graduate Studies (1964),
the School of Medicine (1970) and
the School of Nursing (1980).
On July 25, 1963, the University
of Kansas City became the fourth
institution in the University of Missouri
System. The University’s
name was changed to University of
Missouri-Kansas City.
umkc missionand values
mission
• Lead in the life and health sciences
• Deepen and expand strength in the visual and performing arts
• Develop a professional workforce through collaboration in urban issues and education
• Create a vibrant learning and campus life experience
values
• Education first
• Discovery and innovation
• Integrity and accountability
• Diversity, inclusiveness and respect
• Energized collaborative communities
Just minutes from the Country Club Plaza and the Nelson-Atkins Art Museum, UMKC’s Volker Campus is the hub of
activity for the 14,000 students enrolled. The initial land grant for the campus came from William Volker, a local philanthropist,
and the University of Kansas City offered its first classes on Oct. 2, 1933.
umkc today:
a universe of knowledge in a
city of opportunity
Today’s UMKC has everything a
student looks for in a major American
university: a classic, serenely
beautiful, wooded campus situated
in the heart of a thriving cultural
district; top faculty populated with
respected scholars and practitioners;
a diverse student body of approximately
14,200 attendees from
every state and 62 countries; a full
menu of in-class and extracurricular
activities; top learning facilities
and up-to-the minute technological
resources; and a respect for tradition,
balanced by commitment to
the future.
UMKC has something else, as well
— a unique partnership with the
major American city it calls home.
Kansas City has an international
reputation for livability, beauty, history
and a dogged determination
to get things done. The University
takes seriously its roles as educator,
cultural access point, academic
standard-bearer and a homeaway-from-home
for students from
all segments of society, while holding
firm a commitment to engage
and lead the larger community in
a variety of ways as a forwardthinking
cultural, intellectual and
educational center point. The result
is a relationship mutually beneficial
to all parties.
With more than 14,200 students and a
group of nationally-recognized faculty
and dedicated staff members, UMKC
truly is a universe of knowledge in a city
of opportunity.