当时的堪萨斯城大学(UKC)的260名学生于10月9日开始上课. 1933年，为135,000多名毕业生加入校友行列铺平了道路. And on that opening day, more than 2,000名社区成员庆祝我们校园的开始，这将成为这所大学历史的一个标志:公民参与.

我们大学的历史远不止建筑和项目的里程标记. It's about those who founded it. Those who built it brick by brick. Those who have stood by it. Those who have made a difference within its walls. And those who have left its grounds to make their mark on the world.

A Bold Beginning

To tell the story of UMKC, let's start in the late 1920s, 当时国家和经济正因华尔街崩盘而步履蹒跚. Despite that, 堪萨斯城的领导人决心向前迈进，并采取了一些大胆的举措来巩固该地区的未来——从而建立了一个永无止境的使命，即提供教育，以便为城市提供能够回馈社区的工作专业人士.

最早的大胆举措之一是当地商人和慈善家威廉·沃尔克(William Volker)在1930年购买了40英亩的土地，这将成为英国大学的校园. In just a few short years, UKC established its first library, classrooms, cafeteria and administrative offices — all housed in the Dickey mansion — known today as Scofield Hall.

Continued Growth

While the 1930s were defined by the Great Depression, 沃尔克和堪萨斯城的领导人继续庆祝新成立的大学的巨大里程碑和增长. Major highlights include:

• 1933年10月1日，英国大学正式成立，当时有260名学生和18名教师
• 1934: Blue and gold are established as the official school colors
• 1936年:80名学生成为英国大学第一个毕业班，校友会成立
• 1937年:沃尔特·迪斯尼画的袋鼠成为英国的官方吉祥物

No Signs of Slowing Down

Over the next two decades, UKC made headlines by welcoming the School of Law, which had its beginning in 1895, 并建立了英国大学牙科学院和药学院. Enrollment also surged as World War II came to an end.

1940s

• 1941: Swinney gymnasium opens on campus
• 1945年:哈里·杜鲁门总统在四方广场接受了英国大学的第一个荣誉学位
• 1946: Post-war enrollment surges 60 percent in one year
• 1947: UKC opens admissions to students of all races

1950s

• 1953: The School of Business Administration is established and KCUR begins broadcasting
• 1954年:教育学院成立，校际体育比赛开始，袋鼠队对阵洛克赫斯特学院
• 1955年:一座新的四层砖砌宿舍破土动工，校园里开始了希腊生活
• 1955: Eleanor Roosevelt speaks at the University Playhouse
• 1959年:成立于1906年的堪萨斯城音乐学院加入UKC

A New Era, a New Name

The next two decades were a time of growing political awareness, student and feminist movements, cultural trends and environmentalism. In 1963, after three decades as a private institution, the financial instability of UKC led it to become a part of the University of Missouri System, which today includes:

• University of Missouri-Columbia (MU)
• University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL)
• Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T)
• University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC)

After the university's historic change, progress continued to follow, 建造了几个大厅和米勒·尼科尔斯图书馆. Other major strides for UMKC included:

1960s-'70s

• 1964年:密苏里话剧团成立，是密苏里大学堪萨斯分校专业剧院的驻地
• 1967: The Family Center, later renamed the Women's Council, is founded by Martha Jane Starr, and enrollment increases to nearly 8,500 students
• 1968: Robert F. Kennedy Symposium is established; the principal speaker is Muhammed Ali
• 1969: The African American Student Union, TAASU, is founded
• 1970: The School of Medicine opens with 40 students
• 1978: More than 600 African-American students are enrolled at UMKC
• 1979: The School of Nursing is established, and the James C. Olson Performing Arts Center is dedicated

International and Technological Growth

UMKC saw steady growth in several areas throughout the 1980s-'90s. 从与亚洲国家日益增长的关系到日新月异的技术, the university celebrated a lot of exciting accomplishments.

1980s-'90s

• 1985年:在斯温尼娱乐中心开始建设一个多功能设施, and the School of Basic Life Sciences, later renamed the School of Biological Sciences, is established
• 1986年:UM董事会批准UMKC搬到NCAA. 布洛赫提供了一笔捐赠来支持和命名商学院
• 1987年:男子和女子篮球队第一次在NCAA一级联赛中比赛
• 1988: The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs Opens
• 1991: UMKC becomes one of the first recycling sites in Kansas City
• 1993: First Lady Hillary Clinton visits Hospital Hill
• 1999: UMKC achieves Carnegie-level Research II status

The Turn of the Century

虽然市场和经济下滑，这十年标志着UMKC显著增长. Through public and private partnerships, 为了适应不断增长的本科生人数和对校园大学体验的渴望，该大学开设了几栋新的宿舍.

2000s

• 2001: The School of Computing and Engineering is created
• 2003年:LGBT办公室成立，为同性恋和变性学生提供服务
• 2004年:橡树厅作为一个新的套房式宿舍在沃尔克校园开放
• 2007: The Health Sciences Building opens on Hospital Hill
• 2009: The Herman and Dorothy Johnson Residence Hall opens, UMKC基金会成立，德伍德足球场和娱乐场开放

2010s

• 2010年:密苏里大学堪萨斯分校的入学人数大幅增加，达到13人,500 students — and the new 10,000 square-foot Student Union opens
• 2013年:UMKC连续第二年被普林斯顿评论评为“最具价值学院”, 校园里还开放了两座新建筑:米勒·尼科尔斯学习中心和亨利·布洛赫创业与创新行政大厅
• 2015: The Honors Program becomes the Honors College
• 2018: A new retail and apartment structure opens at 51^st and Oak Street, 计算机与工程学院的新研究中心破土动工

Who We Are Today

自1929年以来，UMKC已经走了很长一段路，我们没有计划在短期内放慢脚步. Today, UMKC is a unique, 蓬勃发展的大学分布在两个校区，这里是来自全美50个州和超过85个国家的数千名学生称之为家外之家的地方.

Come visit campus and see for yourself all that makes UMKC what it is today.