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Blue Springs Student Named UCM 2024-25 Student Employee of the Year
A Blue Springs, Missouri, student was named the 2024-25 Student Employee of the Year at the University of Central Missouri (UCM) during a reception hosted by the Office of Human Resources on April 16.
April 28, 2025
UCM Seniors Hall, Robertson Honored With 2025 Charno Award
Recognized for their academic excellence and strong community involvement, University of Central Missouri (UCM) seniors Marie Hall and Alyssa Robertson are the recipients of the 2025 Charno Award, the most prestigious honor given to UCM students.
April 15, 2025
University of Central Missouri Digital Media Production Student Receives National Recognition for Work at KMOS PBS
KMOS-TV, the PBS station licensed to the University of Central Missouri, recently received four Telly Awards honoring excellence in local television programming. One of these awards was presented to KMOS student producer Leilani Craig who competed against established producers in professional categories with her production of “K-Pop Rising: Kansas City Arirang Festival 2022.”
September 29, 2023
Chavez Scholarship 20th Anniversary Celebration Honors Four Students, Former UCM President Patton
A 20-year relationship that has resulted in more than $400,000 in scholarship awards for Kansas City area students to attend the University of Central Missouri was celebrated on April 8 at the Holter Center at the Villa Guadalupe Campus on East Truman Road.
April 14, 2023
UCM Special Education Major Honored as Student Employee of the Year
A University of Central Missouri student from Wesphalia, Missouri, has received the top honor in an annual program that recognizes exemplary student employees. The Student Employee of the Year awards ceremony was conducted by UCM’s Office of Human Resources on April 10, also recognizing two others students who placed in the top three, qualifying each of them to receive a trophy, certificate, and a sponsored financial award.
April 11, 2023
Criminal Justice Team Captures 20th Consecutive National ACJA-LAE Title
While finding a place to display 19 new trophies may pose a small problem for an award-winning program, it is a welcome challenge for the University of Central Missouri’s Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology. This shiny new hardware comes after a team of students and faculty members captured UCM’s 20th consecutive Sweepstakes Award at the American Criminal Justice Association-Lambda Alpha Epsilon (ACJA-LAE) National Conference Competition.
March 30, 2023
UCM Students Capture Third Place in Kansas City Fed Code-A-Thon
A three-member team of students from the University of Central Missouri won third place in the seventh annual Kansas City Fed Code-A-Thon. Awards were presented on March 10. This highlighted competitive efforts that began with a two-day virtual event Feb. 23-24 in which the team was charged with developing software solutions to solve meaningful real-life problems, followed by a presentation on Feb. 26 to demonstrate their solution.
March 16, 2023
UCM Student Team Captures First Place at Chillennium, World's Largest Collegiate Student-run Game Jam
Putting their game development skills to test over a two-day period, a four-member team of undergraduate students from the University of Central Missouri recently captured first place for Best Overall Game during the 2023 Chillennium, the world’s largest collegiate student-run game jam.
March 08, 2023
Theatre and Dance Students, Faculty Honored by KCACTF Region V
Theatre and Dance students and faculty at the University of Central Missouri attended the first in-person Region V Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) since 2020 on Jan. 22-28 in Des Moines, Iowa. With 24 students and six faculty members in attendance, UCM was recognized for excellence in multiple areas of theatre.
February 07, 2023
UCM Theatre and Dance Presents Scholarships and Awards, Announces 2022-23 Performance Schedule
University of Central Missouri Theatre and Dance recognized a number of its students and faculty through its annual awards and scholarship dinner during the spring semester on the stage at the James L. Highlander Theatre. UCM’s Theta Alpha Phi, National Theatre Honorary Fraternity hosted the banquet with nearly 90 faculty, students, and guests attending the event which took place for the first time since 2019, and featured the presentation of 46 scholarships worth $40,000 awarded.
May 26, 2022
