Education
Posted February 10, 2026 Kansas City University has welcomed its inaugural class to the Master of Health Science in Anesthesiologist Assistant program at the Joplin campus. The class consists of 24 students who will participate in a 28-month program focused…
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Posted February 4, 2026 Rockhurst University has received over $1 million to establish new programs and facilities that will bolster artificial intelligence and technology education in the Kansas City region. Rockhurst will receive $1.031 million in federal Community Project Funding,…
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Posted November 3, 2025 Troy Nash has been named the new director of the University of Missouri-Kansas City's Lewis White Real Estate Center. Nash, a Kansas City native, succeeds Chuck Connely as the director of UMKC’s real estate school. Connely…
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Posted September 2, 2025 William Jewell College has named Dr. Drew Van Horn as its interim president. Van Horn will take over the role following Susan Chambers' decision to step back from the role and rejoin the school’s Board of…
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Posted August 19, 2025 Updated August 26, 2025, at 11:31 a.m. The University of Kansas City-Missouri has provided updates to three of its building projects. Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building UMKC’s 160,000 square foot Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building project…
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Posted July 28, 2025 Kansas City University is launching a new Rural Health Scholars program to help fast-track students from medically underserved counties to osteopathic physicians or dentists. The program is designed to help students in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and…
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Posted June 16, 2025 The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law received a $3.5 million donation, the largest philanthropic gift it has received in history. The gift was from Kent Whittaker, a Kansas City lawyer for 45 years, who…
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Posted May 21, 2025 Kansas City University has received a $20 million gift to expand its facilities in Kansas City and Joplin. KCU received the donation from the estate of Dr. Paul Dybedal and his wife, Mary Louise Dybedal, the…
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Posted May 5, 2025 Benedictine College has chosen two new hires who will lead the institution’s proposed School of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Marla DePolo Golden will join the school as dean of the Benedictine College School of Osteopathic Medicine and…
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Posted May 5, 2025 UMKC Conservatory announced publicly that it has raised about half the funds for the first phase of its latest project, a 35,000-square-foot addition to the Olson Performing Arts Center. UMKC made the announcement at the Crescendo…
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