University of Missouri–Kansas City: Difference between revisions

| name = University of Missouri–Kansas City

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| former_name = Kansas City School of Law (1895-1938)<br>Kansas City Dental College (1881-1919)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lostcolleges.com/kansas-city-dental-college|title=Kansas City Dental College}}</ref><br>Western Dental College (1890-1919)<br>Kansas City-Western Dental College (1919-1941)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lostcolleges.com/355-western-dental-college|title=Western Dental College}}</ref><br>Kansas City College of Pharmacy (1885-1943)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lostcolleges.com/369-kansas-city-college-of-pharmacy|title=Kansas City College of Pharmacy}}</ref><br>Kansas City Conservatory of Music (1906-1959)<br>Horner Institute for Fine Arts (1914-1926)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://conservatory.umkc.edu/about-us/conservatory-history.html|title=UKMC Conservatory - Our History}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umkc.edu/about/history.html|title=UKMC - Our History}}</ref><br>University of Kansas City (1933-1963)

| motto = ''[[Salus populi suprema lex esto]]'' ([[Latin]])

| mottoeng = "{{nowrap|Let the welfare of the people}} be the supreme law"<ref>https://www.umsystem.edu/about-us/history {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326211739/https://www.umsystem.edu/about-us/history |date=March 26, 2019}} umsystem about us</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=UM Seal Guidelines and History| publisher= Curators of the University of Missouri |url=http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/departments/ur/resources/index.shtml| access-date=November 19, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129112506/http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/departments/ur/resources/index.shtml |archive-date=November 29, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="style_guide_2018">{{cite web |title=University of Missouri System Style Guide |publisher=Curators of the University of Missouri |date=September 7, 2018 |url=https://www.umsystem.edu/media/ur/UMSYSStyleGuide-Digital.pdf |access-date=February 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228191831/https://www.umsystem.edu/media/ur/UMSYSStyleGuide-Digital.pdf |archive-date=February 28, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

| established = {{start date and age|October 1, 1933}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.umkc.edu/history|title=History|work=umkc.edu}}</ref>

| type = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]

| accreditation = [[Higher Learning Commission|HLC]]

| parent = [[University of Missouri System]]

| academic_affiliations = {{hlist|[[Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities|CUMU]]|[[Great Cities' Universities|GCU]]|[[Coalition of Urban Serving Universities|USU]]|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]}}

| endowment = $152204.81 million (2023)<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Missour--Kansas City|url=https://www.usnewsumsystem.comedu/best-collegessites/umkcdefault/files/media/fa/investments/endowment-2518profile.pdf |title=Endowment Pool |publisher=University of Missouri System |access-date=May 5, 2024}}</ref>

| chancellor = [[C. Mauli Agrawal]]

| provost = Jennifer Lundgren

| administrative_staffundergrad = 310,900197 (2014Fall 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.umkc.edu/factsdata/dashboards/student-headcount.html |title=Facts:Term UniversityEnrollment ofStudent MissouriHeadcount –and KansasFTE City |publisher=Umkc.edu |access-date=AugustApril 2726, 20152024}}</ref>

The '''University of Missouri–Kansas City''' ('''UMKC''' or '''Kansas City''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. UMKC is part of the [[University of Missouri System]] and has a [[UMKC School of Medicine|medical school]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.umsystem.edu/|title=University of Missouri System|website=www.umsystem.edu|language=en|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref> AsFor ofthe 20202023-2024 academic year, the university's enrollment exceededwas over 1615,000300 students.<ref>{{Cite nameweb |title="auto4"Term Enrollment Student Headcount and FTE {{!}} Planning, Analysis and Decision Support {{!}} University of Missouri - Kansas City |url=https://www.umkc.edu/data/dashboards/student-headcount.html |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=www.umkc.edu}}</ref> It is the largest university and third largest college in the [[Kansas City metropolitan area]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/subscriber-only/2017/12/01/largest-colleges-and-universities-in-kc.html|title=Largest Kansas City-Area Colleges and Universities|last=Diaz-Camacho|first=Vicky|date=December 1, 2017|website=Kansas City Business Journal}}</ref> It offers more than 125 degree programs over 11 academic units.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Academics {{!}} University of Missouri–Kansas City |url=https://www.umkc.edu/academics/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=www.umkc.edu |language=en}}</ref> It is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=178402 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=13 September 2020 |archive-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204030334/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=178402 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine|School of Medicine]] is known for its six-year post-secondary program, wherein a student spends only six years obtaining both a [[Bachelor of Arts]] and [[Doctor of Medicine]] degree. The school operates two campuses, one in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], and one in [[St. Joseph, Missouri]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=UMKC’s School of Medicine To Open New Campus in St. Joseph With a Focus on Rural Health Care – UM System Community Connect |url=https://umsystem.cares.missouri.edu/engagements/umkcs-school-of-medicine-to-open-a-new-campus-in-st-joseph-with-a-focus-on-rural-health-care/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine|School of Medicine]] in Kansas City, Missouri, is locatedknown as the Health Sciences District campus or HSD. It is situated away from the main campus on [[Hospital Hill]], where it is connected to [[Truman Medical Center-Hospital Hill|University Health Truman Medical Center]], aan largeextensive research hospital. The St. Joseph campus, or STJ, is located within [[Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph - Medical Center|Mosaic Life Care]] hospital, with construction underway on a new $14.5 million, 22,000-square-foot medical school.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2023-08-30 |title=New UMKC School of Medicine Building Will Transform Health-Care Access in Missouri |url=https://community.umsystem.edu/engagements/new-umkc-school-of-medicine-building-will-transform-health-care-access-in-missouri-2/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=UM System Community Connect |language=en-US}}</ref>

The university is the home of [[New Letters]], a [[literary magazine]], as well as the nationally syndicated public radio program ''New Letters on the Air''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newletters.org/ontheair.asp|title=New Letters|work=newletters.org|access-date=July 18, 2006|archive-date=April 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430022335/http://newletters.org/ontheair.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> For over 50 years, UMKC has broadcast live, taped, and syndicated programming over [[KCUR]], the university's radio station and [[NPR]] affiliate.

In the 2022 ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' Best Colleges rankings, UMKC was ranked 249th in the National Universities category.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=O'Conell |first=Brian |title=University of Missouri--Kansas City |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/umkc-2518 |access-date=2023-12-08April 17, 2024 |publisherwebsite=[[U.S. News & World Report]]}}</ref>

UMKC is spread across multiple locales; the main Volker Campus, home to the majority of university operations, is located in Kansas City, Missouri's Rockhill neighborhood, east of the [[Country Club Plaza]], and adjacent to both the [[Stowers Institute for Medical Research]] and the [[Linda Hall Library]]. In 2017 the university, in collaboration with [[Truman Medical Center-Hospital Hill|University Health Truman Medical Center]], [[Children's Mercy Hospital]], the Missouri Health Department, the Jackson County Medical Examiners Office, and the Missouri Department of Mental Health Behavioral Medicine, formed the UMKC Health Sciences District on [[Hospital Hill]]. This district is a first-in-the-nation partnership between local and state governments, the university, and these nationally recognized healthcare faculties, designed to promote collaboration in research, innovation, education, grant funding, and community outreach, for the advancement of health and wellness in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trumed.org/about/umkc-health-sciences-district|title=Truman Medical Centers - UMKC Health Sciences District|website=med.umkc.edu|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref> Also in 2017, the university announced plans to expand its metropolitan identity with the construction of a downtown Campus for the Arts, located near the [[Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://info.umkc.edu/artscampus/|title=Downtown Campus for the Arts {{!}} Exploring the feasibility of a UMKC Campus for the Arts in downtown Kansas City|website=info.umkc.edu|language=en-US|access-date=February 23, 2017|archive-date=February 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227220623/http://info.umkc.edu/artscampus/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

UMKC has two campuses in Kansas City. Most of UMKC's main campus (Volker campus) is inside a square formed by Volker Boulevard (north), Oak Street (west), 53rd Street (south), and Troost (east). The "HospitalHealth Hill"Sciences District campus houses the health sciences academic departments. Directly across Troost from UMKC is [[Rockhurst University]], a Jesuit university.

===HospitalHealth HillSciences District Campus===

The HospitalHealth HillSciences CampusDistrict campus houses the [[nursing|School of Nursing]], the [[UMKC School of Medicine|School of Medicine]], the [[University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Dentistry|School of Dentistry]], and the [[pharmacy|School of Pharmacy]].

Epperson House is located south of 52nd St. between Oak and Cherry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://info.umkc.edu/perspectives/features/house-on-the-hill/ |title=House on the hill &#124; |publisher=Info.umkc.edu |access-date=August 27, 2015}}</ref> The [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor]]-[[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] structure was completed in 1923 at a cost of $450,000. Originally built as a private residence, Epperson House contained 48 rooms, six bathrooms, elevators, a swimming pool, and a billiard room, spread through four floors. The residence was built by Uriah S. Epperson, who was a banker, industrialist, and philanthropist who amassed significant wealth from insurance and meat-packing industries. The building was donated to the university in 1942 for use as a men's dormitory until 1956. Epperson is well known for its apparent hauntings, which earned it a spot on [[Unsolved Mysteries]] as one of the top five haunted houses in the United States. The house now sits vacant and unused, awaiting incite from the chancellor on what it will be used for next.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umkc.edu/virtualtour/epperson.asp|title=Epperson House|date=May 24, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524125004/http://www.umkc.edu/virtualtour/epperson.asp |archive-date=May 24, 2006 }}</ref><ref>[http://media.www.unews.com/media/storage/paper274/news/2004/10/25/News/Epperson.House.Shrouded.In.Haunted.History-780629.shtml Epperson House shrouded in haunted history – News] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331221511/http://media.www.unews.com/media/storage/paper274/news/2004/10/25/News/Epperson.House.Shrouded.In.Haunted.History-780629.shtml |date=March 31, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Halloween FLASHFlash spooky house |url=http://www.kansascity.com/static/Entertainment/halloween/HalloweenFLASH//spookyhouse.swf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029185203/http://www.kansascity.com/static/Entertainment/halloween/HalloweenFLASH//spookyhouse.swf |archive-date=October 29, 2008 |access-date=February 24, 2024 |website=www.kansascity.com }}</ref>

Swinney Recreation Center was built in 1941, and was gifted to the university by E. F. Swinney. There are five basketball courts, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, racquetball and squash courts, weight-training center, soccer field, and indoor and outdoor tracks at the recreation center. Along with the [[Kansas City Club]] and the [[Pembroke Hill School]], Swinney is one of only three locations in Kansas City containing squash courts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. SQUASHSquash District: Missouri Squash |url=http://www.ussquash.com/ssm/pages/Club_information.asp?orgid=127 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717181246/http://www.ussquash.com/ssm/pages/Club_information.asp?orgid=127 |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |access-date=February 24, 2024 |website=www.ussquash.com}}</ref> University students, faculty and staff have access to the center, and paid memberships are open to others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umkc.edu/virtualtour/swinney.asp|title=Swinney Recreation Center|date=December 11, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051211093057/http://www.umkc.edu/virtualtour/swinney.asp |archive-date=December 11, 2005 }}</ref>

As of 2020Fall 2022, 67% of the university's students lived in housing that was owned by UMKC, operated by it, or affiliated with it.<ref name="auto4:0" /> The remainder lived off-campus.<ref name="auto4:0" />

The Oak Place Apartments arewere located at 5050 Oak Street on land once occupied by the demolished Twin Oaks Apartments. Twin Oaks construction on Oak Place was started in 2007 and Oak Place was opened to students in 2008. Oak Place consistsconsisted of two four story apartment complexes separated by an above ground parking structure. Oak Place houseshoused around 500 students in 1, 2, and 4 bedroom suite style apartments, each complete with a kitchen. Common areas includeincluded lounge areas, an academic room, and 1 computer lab in each building.

Greek Life at the University of Missouri–Kansas City is administered by the Office of Student Involvement's Fraternity and Sorority Affairs. UMKC is home to 2624 Greek Letter Organizations (8six social fraternities, 8seven social sororities, one multicultural sorority, and 10ten professional fraternities). Although the Greek population is relatively small (4.5% of the overall student population), it maintains a proud heritage, and several chapters have received awards from their organization's international offices.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greek Life {{!}} Student Involvement {{!}} University of Missouri - Kansas City |url=https://www.umkc.edu/get-involved/programs/greek-life/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=www.umkc.edu}}</ref>

*'''[[Alpha Sigma Alpha]]|''Alpha Sigma Alpha'']] (2011–present2011–2023)

* ''[[Lambda Chi Alpha]]'' (1976–2015, 2022–present2022–2023)

*'''[[Sigma Phi Epsilon]]|''Sigma Phi Epsilon'']] (1977–present1977–2022)

*'''[[Beta Theta Pi]]|''Beta Theta Pi'']] (1989–2018)

*'''[[Lambda Theta Phi]]|''Lambda Theta Phi'']] (2010–present2010–?)

*[[Kappa Sigma|'''Kappa Sigma''']] (2022–present)