We hope you enjoy the first edition of Thunder & Wonder!
Welcome to the first edition of Thunder & Wonder! We hope your 2021 is off to a great start. In the spirit of fresh starts, the Dean’s Office is excited to launch this biweekly bulletin to highlight your accomplishments, promote self-care, enhance our sense of community, and offer a fun diversion or two. We'll be trying some different ideas as we get started and hope you'll let us know what you think by clicking the quick feedback icons or emailing us with more specific comments.
Eye for Those UMKC Details
Can you match the location on campus with a photo detailing that location? Put in your submission to this puzzler by Thursday, Feb. 4 and be entered for a chance at a prize!
Congratulations to Fengpeng Sun (Earth & Environmental Sciences) on receiving funding from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for an urban heat island campaign in KCMO, working across the community!
Welcome back to Desiree Rognlie (Dean's Office)! We missed your shining face these last few months :).
Scott Fullwiler provided his economic expertise to Bloomberg about student debt. Read here!
Subscribe to POETRY to find two poems by Hadara Bar-Nadav in an issue later this spring!
Roos for Mental Health Lunch-N-Learns
This campaign opens up our collective resources to build networks and community promoting mental health among students, staff, and faculty.
Temperature Check: Click the rainbow above if you would like to see more of content like Lunch-N-Learns. Click the rain cloud to signal less content like this is preferable.
2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture
MONDAY, FEB 15 6:00 pm on Zoom
Registerfor the 2021 MLK Jr Lecture Series, featuring Professor Ibram X Kendi, founding director of Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research.
