UCM was recently awarded the $2.7 million Strengthening Institutions Grant through the U.S. Department of Education to help increase retention rates on campus by adding new programs, funding the employees… Read more »
Category: News

4,000 band members come to campus for Festival of Champions
Some 4,000 high school band students from Missouri and Kansas, representing 32 bands, descended on the UCM campus Saturday for the 38th annual Festival of Champions. This 14-hour event featured… Read more »
UCM alumni check in for homecoming 2018
In honor of homecoming and the theme “Once a Mule, Always a Mule,” the Muleskinner staff reached out to alumni to see where they are now and what they are… Read more »
Developing your feature: UCM student returns from Hollywood internship
Graduate student Jacque Flanagan, a digital media production alumni and a former editor of the Muleskinner, gave a presentation Sep. 25 titled “Developing Your Feature,” where she discussed her summer… Read more »

A look back in time at University High
UCM’s history of teaching the next generation of educators stretches back to when it was founded in 1871 as Normal School Number Two. To fulfill its goal of educating the… Read more »
Cafe Thyme offers fresh dining experience
With a warm smile and enthusiastic tone, Eddie Osborne greets customers at Cafe Thyme. “Hi folks, have you eaten with us before?” he says. Every single customer is greeted this… Read more »
Matthew Dunehoo: Kansas City filmmaker
Matthew Dunehoo is a filmmaker living and working in Kansas City, Missouri. From May 7-28, Dunehoo wrote and directed his first feature film “Wretch.” Dunehoo previously wrote and directed the… Read more »

Remembering Carmen Techau
Art, painting, photography, graphic design, band and Domino’s pizza – these were some of Carmen Techau’s favorite things. Techau, a freshman graphic design major, died in her room at the… Read more »
Crime Reports
Editor’s Note: Click the pins on the map to interact or click the frame icon in the top right corner of map to view full screen.

Captive audience faces religious instigator
While members of Greek Life were at their tables campaigning on behalf of homecoming royalty candidates Monday, they were given a glimpse into their eternal futures. There was a common… Read more »