Alumni

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Welcome to the Alumni Connection!

Your involvement with the university doesn’t have to end at graduation. We invite you to stay involved through sharing your successes with fellow alumni or learning about the path others have taken. With news, announcements and an up-to-date calendar of events, our goal is to keep you in the loop!

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Get Involved

UMKC has celebrated more than 110,000 students who honed their skills here and proceeded to leave their marks on the world. As graduate alumni, each of you represents the realization of these opportunities. To provide continued opportunities for UMKC graduate students, please consider providing a gift of needed scholarship and financial support to our students.

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Stay Connected

Whether you live near or far, this is the place to stay connected. Please contact us with any questions or feedback you may have. We’d love to hear from you.

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MacQuarrie Graduate Fellowship Endowment Fund

The newest SGS Fellowship is the MacQuarrie Fund, founded in honor of former dean Ron MacQuarrie. To donate to the MacQuarrie Fund, select “Designate” your donation, then choose “School of Graduate Studies” from the pop-up menu, and check the box for the MacQuarrie Graduate Fellowship Endowment Fund. 

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Jacquelyn Ward, alumna

Alumni Stories

“My UMKC education was top notch. Within the classroom, we were doing things that were educational, but we were also doing things that I still tap into from a day-to-day basis for my job. We had a lot of professors that were great about aligning what we were doing with real life work. That prepared me for taking that next step in my career and expanding my network.” — Jacquie Ward (MBA '16)