A new kind of class is coming to the communication department this fall. COMM 4200, a special topics class, will focus on the creation of a science-fiction anthology web series… Read more »
Category: Features

Poets discuss ‘Me Too’ movement at UCM
Authors read poems of immigration, heartbreak, abuse and parental struggles at a poetry reading Feb. 7 in the James C. Kirkpatrick Library. The Pleiades Visiting Writers Series hosted poets EJ… Read more »
UCM community helps student in need after fire
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – When a fire destroyed his father’s home this January, senior music technology major Nick Welch wasn’t sure how he could do anything to help. So he created a… Read more »
Friendship Families program connects Warrensburg to the world
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – UCM’s Friendship Families program pairs international students with members of the Warrensburg community to form worldwide friendships. Katie Kim, a junior international studies major, is the intern… Read more »

Warrensburg woman knits caps for infants for Heart Month
Sharell Middleton has knitted 210 tiny caps for infants at Children’s Mercy Hospital to help commemorate the American Heart Association’s Heart Month, according to a press release from Care Connection… Read more »
Faces of UCM: Abyana Botan
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – Abyana Botan believes self-love is everything. The freshman digital media production major said she grew up feeling a little out of place, but now embraces who she is…. Read more »

Aviation student finds diverse experience at the airport
by Erin Wides and Anaiyeh Smith Benjamin Kirtley is a student employee at the Max B. Swisher Skyhaven Airport. His duties range from completing paperwork in the office to moving… Read more »

Phi Beta Sigma hosts neophyte presentation
Military challenge coins: a priceless unofficial tradition
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – Bill Burgess places 20-30 challenge coins on a table in the Military and Veterans Success Center, earned over the course of his 20-year career in the U.S…. Read more »
Faces of UCM: Vernon Percy ‘VP’ Howard III
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – A saxophone sat in the front corner of Vernon Percy “VP” Howard III’s living room, catching the rays of the autumn sun setting as shadows danced across his… Read more »