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New library scanners provide paper jam relief through smart technology
The new Knowledge Imaging Center (KIC) scanners on campus allow students to save documents electronically with little hassle. The new scanners are able to scan any textbook, magazine or newspaper article, class notes, photos and other materials and send them to an e-mail address or portable flash drive. The image can also be transferred into a PDF. The text within a scanned image from the PDF files can then be pasted into reports or research papers. The image … Read entire article »
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School of Pharmacy wins first ever National Challenge Award
Pharmacy students reach out to the community for medication challenge The School of Pharmacy was awarded the National Challenge Award in the first-ever Script Your Future Medication Adherence Challenge. This year was the inaugural year for the award, making UMKC one of the first three schools to receive it. The School of Pharmacy, founded in 1885, is the only public pharmacy school in Missouri. “This is a tremendous national honor for the UMKC School of Pharmacy,” said Russell Melchert, Ph.D., Dean of the UMKC School of Pharmacy. “Our faculty and student leaders worked diligently to cast a wide educational net to raise awareness about this important health indicator. This is a strong testament to the dedication of students, faculty and staff at the School of Pharmacy and a proud reflection of the culture … Read entire article »
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‘Let the Good Times Roll’ Trivia Night brings ’50s flair to Court Warming week with help of student volunteers
Last Tuesday’s Trivia Night added a 1950s pop culture spin to the annual Court Warming tradition. A total of 44 participants, in 11 teams of four, gathered at the Student Union to answer questions about ’50s music and entertainment. Additional non-competing spectators watched from the sides of the room as junior Esther Finney emceed the trivia questions and other Trivia Night student volunteers collected answer sheets and tallied scores. In keeping with the “Let the Good Times Roll” … Read entire article »
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Police Blotter
Feb. 18 3:09 a.m. Tampering Officers responded to a fire alarm and found a pull station had been activated in Oak Street Residence Hall. 3:43 a.m. Property damage Chairs had been thrown out of a window in Oak Street Residence Hall, causing damage to the roof and chairs. 7:36 p.m. Larceny A student left a camcorder in the Student Union and returned to find it missing. Feb. 19 10:57 p.m. Tampering Officers responded to a fire alarm and found a pull station had been activated in Oak Street Residence Hall. Feb. 20 3:21 p.m. Larceny A student left a textbook unattended in the Miller Nichols Library and returned to find it missing. 4:21 p.m. Larceny A student left a laptop unattended in the Bloch School and returned to find it missing. 9:40 p.m. Felony Warrant Officers assisted Jackson County Sheriffs to arrest a party with a … Read entire article »
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Truman and Obama? Truman Center President’s Day speaker compares the two presidents during election year
Historian of the United States Senate Donald Ritchie discussed U.S. presidential relationships with Congress in the lecture “A Conflicting Legacy” at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library on President’s Day. The event was sponsored by UMKC’s Truman Center. Ritchie is the author of Congress and Harry S. Truman: A Conflicted Legacy, a collection of essays which examine President Truman’s often contentious relationship with Congress. As November’s 2012 presidential election approaches and election campaigns begin to pick up momentum, Ritchie investigates presidential relations with Congress from Truman’s day all the way up to our present presidential system under Barack Obama. Keeping president Obama’s upcoming re-election campaign at the forefront of his discussion, the Ph.D. scholar of the University of Maryland at College Park identifies the “constitutional principle of checks and balances” … Read entire article »
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Prose, poetry and ‘food for the soul’
Library Read-In celebrates African-American history The first of two parts of the 2012 African-American Read-In, hosted by the University Libraries were filled with poetry, song, laughter, dance and sweet potato cookies. Event host Gloria Tibbs has been an information commons and teaching and learning librarian at Miller Nichols Library (MNL) for 11 years. She opened by thanking her colleagues and UMKC alumni for helping organize the event. She said she’s learned to wear elastic-banded pants and come prepared for the annual Read-In. “I know that I’m going to be fed with food for the soul,” Tibbs said. “And I’ll loosen my belt to make room for more.” The event ran from 3 to 4:30 p.m. last Tuesday in the iX Theatre at MNL and included 17 sharers. Special collections director Stuart Hinds kept time from a … Read entire article »
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SIFE Financial Corner
A vehicle is one of the biggest purchases most graduates will make after college. Talking with a car salesman is one of the potential obstacles and can be the difference between your dream car or a car that shouldn’t even be street legal. To avoid making a bad purchase, here are some things to consider: Leasing When leasing a car, the dealership basically buys the car for the customer and then leases the car to the customer in return for monthly rental payments. At the end of the lease, the financier gives the customer the option to purchase the vehicle in return for a final installment (residual value). Alternatively, the customer may choose to “trade in” the vehicle, or re-finance the residual and continue the lease. APR The annual percentage rate incorporates all these expenses … Read entire article »
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UMKC ranked among the ‘Top 75 Best Value public schools’ by ‘The Princeton Review’
UMKC was named one of the “Top 75 Best Value Public Schools” in the nation by The Princeton Review in its 2012 edition of “The Best Value Colleges.” The review categorizes these schools by tuition, financial aid, program offerings, enrollment, location, academic performance and student survey responses. The Princeton Review cited UMKC’s affordability, the Henry W. Bloch School of Management, the Conservatory of Music and Dance, and the six-year med program as reasons for the high ranking. Also noted was the school’s extensive financial aid. While The Princeton Review is not affiliated with Princeton University, the yearly journal is recognized as a leading resource for prospective college and university students. The Princeton Review also praised UMKC’s faculty: “Some professors are really good and give a lot of insights. They go out of their … Read entire article »
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Workshop promotes violence prevention through awareness
V-Day’s goal to raise awareness about widespread violence against women isn’t meant for female ears only. The V-Men Workshop at UMKC, sponsored by the Women’s Center, emphasized that 95 percent of violence against women is committed by men. The workshop’s presentation intended to inform males of all ages of the everyday atrocities some women suffer, or as workshop host Robert Greim said, “to help men consider things they maybe wouldn’t have considered before.” The workshop included several startling … Read entire article »
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UMKC provides free HIV/ STI testing
Last Thursday, UMKC partnered with Student Health and Wellness, the Kansas City, Mo. Health Department and The Good Samaritan Project to sponsor a free health clinic to test for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV. The clinic took place in the Student Union from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The “Know Your Status” program is a free service that offers testing for HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. In addition to testing, the program also offers advice on safe sex and abstinence. The “Know Your Status” clinic usually takes place about twice a month, with two sessions in January and two sessions in February. There will also be two sessions in March. The next scheduled clinic is March 8. The clinic is under the umbrella of The MindBody Connection, a service offered by UMKC to … Read entire article »
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