Tag: UMKC

IXKC: Racial bias conversation puts white faces in an awkward spot — the minority

By Tommy Felts / May 24, 2018

Editor’s note: Check out photos from this event below the story. White people have to understand that they’ll never understand, said Lora McDonald. “White people only have to be ‘white’ when they’re in a room with other races. When they aren’t, they get to be individuals, not just a monolithic group,” she told a diverse…

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Roy Scott, Reggie Gray, H3 Enterprises

H3 win at Regnier challenge puts Roy Scott $20K closer to his slice of $3B edtech market

By Tommy Felts / May 8, 2018

The oversized novelty checks are piling up at H3 Enterprises’ headquarters in the Crossroads. Founder Roy Scott secured another $20,000 in prize money Friday, winning top honors in the Regnier Venture Creation Challenge. “We are continuing to grow and preparing to launch our new technology in schools across the country,” he said in social media…

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Investing in the arts earns KC designation as UNESCO’s only ‘City of Music’ in US

By Tommy Felts / March 27, 2018

Landing on a United Nations agency’s City of Music list reflects more than Kansas City’s century-old link to American jazz, said Jacob Wagner. “This designation is a recognition of our investment and commitment to music, arts and creativity as a driver of urban economic development,” said Wagner, faculty director of the Center for Neighborhoods at…

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Heart and soul: UMKC celebrates Entrepreneur of the Year Awards (photos)

By Tommy Felts / December 6, 2017

Convening students, entrepreneurs and top civic leaders, the 32nd annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards on Tuesday recognized some of the area’s top innovators, including the creative mind behind one of Kansas City’s most iconic structures. The University of Missouri Kansas City’s Henry W. Bloch School of Management presented its International Entrepreneur of the Year…

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UMKC and Rockhurst HS team up to add entrepreneurial thinking to curriculum

By Tommy Felts / September 26, 2017

Although education innovation continues to grow in Kansas City, there is a visible gap between the “school world” and the “real world,” said Greg Owsley. “The school world and real world shouldn’t be separate entities — they should be connected,” said Owsley, STEAM director at Rockhurst High School. “It’s a very exciting time to be…

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