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Living and Working in Harmony
By Patricia O’Dell
Margaret and Charles Athey both received scholarships to support their degrees in music education and went on to devote their careers to teaching thousands of students in choir and instrumental studies. They have recently donated $20,000 to endow a scholarship to the UMKC Conservatory in an effort to give back the opportunity that was so essential to their lives. (more…)
Donors Set Their Sights on Vision Research Center’s Work
By Jean Peat
Situated prominently on the corner of 21st and Charlotte is UMKC’s Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Research Center, a bustling center of excellence within UMKC’s new Health Sciences District. Yet, despite the cutting-edge research and advanced academics taking place under its roof, many are unaware of the critical position it plays in improving the treatment of eye disease for people in our community and beyond. (more…)
Kemper Gift Allows Advocacy to Advance
By Patricia O’Dell
Rafe Foreman is the Douglas R. Stripp Dean’s Distinguished Professorship of Law and Director of Advocacy at UMKC School of Law. His passion, however, is not for honors or titles. (more…)
Encore Performance
By Jean Peat
When the opportunity arose for Mark Mattison to combine his love for arts, UMKC and Kansas City, he jumped at the chance to become the Conservatory’s new director of major gifts. (more…)
UMKC alumnus gives back with gift to scholarship that changed his life
By Patricia O’Dell
The Honorable Rollie R. Baldwin, a recipient of the Victor Wilson Scholarship at UMKC, has lived a life of steady focus and advancement. (more…)