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Line 1: {{Infobox_University [[image:umkc.jpg\|thumb\|150px\|University logo]]▼ \|name = The University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC) ▲\|image = [[image:umkc.jpg\|thumb\|150px\|~~University~~UMKC logo]] \|motto = ''Salus populi suprema lex esto'' (''The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law'') - motto of the State of Missouri \|established = [[1929]] \|type = [[Public school\|Public]] \|president= [[Guy H. Bailey]] (chancellor)\| city = [[Kansas City, Missouri\|Kansas City]] \|state = [[Missouri]] \|country = [[United States\|USA]] \|undergrad = 9,363 \|postgrad = 4,863 \|staff= 1,040 \|colors = Old Gold and Royal Blue\| campus = 100 acres\| \|website= [http://www.umkc.edu/ www.umkc.edu] }} The '''University of Missouri - Kansas City''' (~~abbreviated~~often referred to as '''UMKC''') is an institution of higher learning located in [[Kansas City, Missouri\|Kansas City]]~~. The university got its start as an independent university in~~, [[~~1933~~Missouri]], ~~and~~[[United ~~was~~States\|USA]]. ~~originally~~ ~~known~~Its asmain ~~the~~campus ~~''University~~is ofin Kansas City''.s Rockhill Inneighborhood ~~[[1963]] it became part~~east of the [[~~University~~Country ofClub ~~Missouri~~Plaza]] ~~system, and by [[2002]] its active enrollment had grown to over 13,000 students~~. ==History== Its student body has included future mayors of Kansas City, such as Ilus Davis and Charles Wheeler, and a future U.S. president, [[Harry S. Truman]]. A member of the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]], [[Casey Stengel]], attended, as did a former [[Lieutenant Governor]] of [[Missouri]], Hilary Bush. [[H&R Block]], the [[tax return]] preparation and financial services company, was co-founded by [[Henry W. Bloch]], another former student. The School of Business is named after Bloch and is ranked high nationally. United States Supreme Court Justice [[Charles Evans Whittaker]] attended law school at UMKC, when the law school was a separate school called the Kansas City School of Law. Also, [[John Ciardi]], the famed poet and etymologist, and Pulitzer-prize winning author Richard Rhodes, taught here. The university was originally chartered in [[1929]] as the University of Kansas City, a private institution with a board of trustees comprised of prominent Kansas City businessmen. The idea to found a private institution of higher learning in Kansas City came from the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce in the mid-1920s. Classes began in [[October]] of [[1933]] with a faculty of 17 and a student enrollment of 264. The University of Kansas City grew quickly, and soon incorporated other existing local private institutions of higher learning. The Kansas City School of Law, which was founded in the 1890s and located in [[downtown Kansas City]], merged into the university in [[1938]]. The Kansas City-Western Dental College followed in [[1941]] and the Kansas City College of Pharmacy merged in [[1943]]. This was followed by the the Kansas City Conservatory of Music in [[1959]]. During this period, the university also established a the School of Administration in [[1953]], the School of Education in [[1954]], the Division for Continuing Education in [[1958]]. On [[July 25]], [[1963]], the university became part of the [[University of Missouri]] system, which maintained other campuses in [[Columbia, Missouri\|Columbia]], [[Rolla, Missouri\|Rolla]], and [[St. Louis, Missouri\|St. Louis]]. Accordingly, the university's name was changed to the University of Missouri - Kansas City. =Athletics=▼ ~~UMKC's mascot is Kasey [[Kangaroo]] (the original version of which was drawn by Walt Disney) and their teams go by the nickname the ''Roos''.~~ After this, UMKC established the School of Graduate Studies in [[1964]], the School of Medicine in [[1970]], the School of Nursing in [[1980]], the School of Basic Life Sciences in [[1985]] (which was renamed the School of Biological Sciences in the mid-1990s), and the School of Computing and Engineering in [[2001]]. By [[2002]], its active enrollment had grown to over 13,000 students. ==Academics== ===Academic units=== Today, the academic divisions of UMKC are the [[liberal arts\|College of Arts and Sciences]], the [[education\|School of Education]], the [[nursing\|School of Nursing]], the [[business\|Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration]], the [[medical school\|School of Medicine]] (one of only four in Missouri), the [[law school\|School of Law]] (also one of only four in Missouri), the [[engineering\|School of Computing and Engineering]], the [[biology\|School of Biological Sciences]], the [[music\|Conservatory of Music]], the [[dentistry\|School of Dentistry]], the [[graduate school\|School of Graduate Studies]], and the [[pharmacy\|School of Pharmacy]]. The School of Medicine is regionally known for its six-year post-secondary program, wherein a student spends only six years obtaining both a [[bachelor of science]] and [[doctor of medicine]] degree. The school is located away from the main campus on "Hospital Hill," where it is connected to Truman Medical Center, a large research [[hospital]]. The School of Law produces more future judges than any other law school in Missouri, according to local [[Kansas City economy\|business publication]] ''Ingram's Magazine''. In addition, the law school is known for having the highest passage rate on the Missouri [[bar examination\|bar exam]] of any of the state's four law schools. ===Notable faculty=== Notable faculty, past and present, include: [[Steve Ballard]], professor of [[political science]] [[Douglas E. Cowan]], professor of [[religious studies]] [[Kris Kobach]], Daniel L. Brenner Professor of Law, former White House fellow and politicical candidate [[Jan Kregel]], post-Keynsian economist, professor of [[economics]] [[Zhou Long]], contemporary classical composer, professor of musical composition [[Harris Mirkin]], professor of political science [[Chen Yi]], contemporary classical composer, professor of musical composition [[Rich Zvosec]], [[basketball]] coach ▲==Athletics== UMKC's mascot is Kasey [[Kangaroo]] (originally drawn by [[Walt Disney]]) and its teams go by the nickname the ''Roos''. The school's colors are old gold and royal blue. It is a member of the [[Mid-Continent Conference]]. The men's basketball team plays at Kansas City's [[Municipal Auditorium]] arena. <!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[image:UMKCLogo1.jpg]] --> <!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[image:UMKC2.jpg]] --> ==Distinguished Alumni== Ryan Barber: soccer player for the [[Kansas City Wizards]] [[major league soccer]] team Henry Bloch: Chairman of the Board of [[H&R Block]] (namesake of UMKC's School of Business and Public Administration) Hilary Bush: former [[Lieutenant-Governor]] of Missouri [[Danny Carey]]: [[drummer]] for the band [[Tool (band)]] [[John Carmack]]: video game programmer [[John Ciardi]]: poet and etymologist Ilus Davis: Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri Tony Dumas: basketball player for the [[Dallas Mavericks]] [[Sean Philip Harrington]]: theatre director [[Juris Hartmanis]]: computer scientist [[Clarence M. Kelley]]: director of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], 1973-1978 [[Willie Lanier]]: middle-linebacker for the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] football team [[Henry M. Morris]]: the "father of modern 'creation science'" [[Bill Reardon]]: prolific [[Kansas]] politician [[Richard Rhodes]]: [[Pulitzer Prize]] winning [[journalist]] [[Mikel Rouse]]: music composer [[Shelby Storck]]: television producer [[President of the United States\|President]] [[Harry S. Truman]] [[William L. Webster]]: Missouri politician Charles Wheeler: Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri *[[Supreme Court of the United States\|US Supreme Court]] Justice [[Charles Evans Whittaker]] ==See also== Line 21 ⟶ 87: {{Mid-Continent Conference}} ~~{{US-university-stub}}~~ [[Category:Kansas City metropolitan area]]

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