New Faculty Ombudsperson Position
UMKC is working to recruit a faculty ombudsperson. An ombudsperson facilitates communication when issues arise for faculty at the University. An ombudsperson:• acts as a neutral agent• assists in...
View ArticleOnline Education’s New Advocate at UMKC
I am delighted to be taking on the new role of Interim Associate Vice Provost of Online Education for the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus. I conceptualized and developed two online degree...
View ArticleFaculty Openings at UMKC
UMKC’s campus-wide open faculty positions advertisement will appear online in The Chronicle of Higher Education for 30 days effective November 3, 2010 and will also appear in the November 12 print...
View ArticleIA Hires Instructional Designer Molly Mead
Molly Mead joined Information Access (IA) in the position of Instructional Designer, eLearning. Molly is currently working on her dissertation entitled, “The Effect of Self-Directed Learning Readiness...
View ArticleNew Assistant Vice Provost for Assessment
The Provost Office is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Nathan Lindsay from the University of North Carolina – Willmington as the new Assistant Vice Provost for Assessment at UMKC. Dr....
View ArticleOpening for Director of the Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching (FaCET)
The Provost’s Office invites applications for the Director of FaCET. The position is a 3 year part time appointment beginning January, 2012, and includes directing the operational, financial and...
View ArticleUMKC Faculty Job Openings
The 2011 Campus-wide Chronicle of Higher Education advertisement of UMKC Faculty Job Openings now appears (October 14 through November 13, 2011) in the online Chronicle of Higher Education Jobs...
View ArticleNew Director of the Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Peggy Ward-Smith as the Director of the Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching (FaCET). Dr. Ward-Smith is a tenured faculty member in the School of...
View ArticleNew Associate Vice Provost for University College
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kim McNeley as the Associate Vice Provost for University College at UMKC. Dr. McNeley is currently at the University of Kansas, and has served in...
View ArticleLynda Plamann appointed to Coordinator, General Education
Provost Gail Hackett announced the appointment of Lynda Plamann, Ph.D., to the position of Coordinator of General Education. Dr. Plamann is the Associate Dean in the School of Biological Sciences and...
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