Your Time to Shine

There's no better place than UMKC to write your next chapter, starring you as the main character.

Scene 1: KC Roo mimes swinging a baseball bat while UMKC Staff, dressed in UMKC and Royals blue, hold signs saying "Bring out the blue" while standing on the steps of the Student Union to celebrate opening day of baseball season and the partnership with the Kansas City Royals Scene 2: Students dressed for warmer weather relax and soak up the sunshine while sitting in Adirondack chairs painted UMKC gold and blue in the Quad on Volker campus Scene 3: A student wearing a sweatshirt and glasses sits at a desk and smiles at other students sitting near her during a workshop lab at Bloch Executive Hall. A large white water bottle is on the desk in front of her. Scene 4: The camera pans up to an aerial view of the Student Union on a sunny day. Bloch Executive Hall can be seen in the background Scene 5: Softball pitcher Camryn Stickel wearing uniform and face guard looks intense as she winds up and pitches during the match versus Mizzou at the Urban Youth Academy fields Scene 6: Two medical students looking relieved and pleased hold signs stating where they matched for residency during Match Day in the Student Union. They have their arms around each other while posing for a photo. The signs shake in their hands from nerves and adrenaline because it's one of the most exciting days in a med student's career. Scene 7: Time-lapse video showing UMKC staff, including the chancellor, and students buzzing around the lawn near the School of Education building raised garden beds out of cedar, filling them with soil and planting. They are driving wheelbarrows back and forth from the beds to a white UMKC van. Scene 8: Dressed all in black, UMKC Conservatory students perform as a wind ensemble, including a clarinet, flute, French horn, oboe and bassoon during the Shining A Light Concert at Miller Nichols Library. They are sitting in a semi-circle with music stands in front of each one of them.

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