的 世界杯赌场盘口 announced a three-year partnership with the 堪萨斯城皇家队, 2024年3月开始, built around student-success programs and additional opportunities for alumni, 校园和社区参与.
通过这种合作关系, UMKC is now a proud higher education partner of all four major professional sports teams in Kansas City: the 皇室成员, 堪萨斯城洋流, 体育KC 和 堪萨斯城酋长队.
“与皇家队的合作是一次大满贯, another great partnership to offer our students unparalleled opportunities for unique real-life learning experiences, mentorship and ways to connect to build their career network,安妮·哈通·斯宾纳说, vice chancellor for UMKC 策略营销与传播. “We’ve enjoyed a great relationship with the 皇室成员 for years, 我们很高兴能正式宣布. Partnering with all four of our city’s major professional sports teams is a benefit to all at Kansas City’s top university and our community.”
的 UMKC and 皇室成员 partnership celebrates the unique, authentic connection that already exists between the organizations, from hosting commencement ceremonies to UMKC Night at 的 K to the Sherman Scholars program 在 城市教育研究所 在 UMKC School of Education, Social Work and Psychological Sciences.
“UMKC is an immense part of Kansas City’s history, 和 皇室成员 are honored that this partnership will allow for two pillars in the community to work together to better our future generations,亚历克斯·舒尔特说, vice president of corporate partnerships.
A few components of the new UMKC and 皇室成员 partnership:
- 《世界杯赌场盘口》 is a STEM initiative for high school students to create a robot to throw the first pitch at a 皇室成员 game. 来自 UMKC科学与工程学院 will collaborate with the KC STEM Alliance and local middle school students to conceptualize and build a robot. 当机器人准备好了, the students will attend a game and witness the robot throwing the first pitch.
- Media/film and communications students from the UMKC 人文社会科学学院 will get a chance to collaborate with the 皇室成员’ in-house creative agency, 松焦油集团, 为UMKC做一个30秒的广告. 这则广告将在CrownVision首播 4月19日UMKC之夜在K. 的 video will then run during every homestand.
- UMKC 和 皇室成员 will donate 50 tickets to a youth organization for a gameday experience at a 皇室成员 game.
- 的 堪萨斯城皇家队 are adding a new segment to the 皇家广播网 突出农业系统中的参与者. 的 “Future 皇室成员” feature will air twice a month during games and include a shoutout to UMKC 在 beginning and end of each feature.
UMKC 和 皇室成员 share a history centered around campus support and celebration.
- UMKC commencement ceremonies in May 2021 and 2022 took place in Kauffman Stadium.
- 的 first UMKC Night at 的 K took place in 2023, with co-branded jerseys for fans and entertainment featuring the UMKC pep band and KC Roos Dance Team. 第二个将是 4月19日 and will feature co-branded crewnecks for fans who buy theme tickets as well as UMKC entertainment and more.
- 谢尔曼家族基金会, founded by 皇室成员 CEO John Sherman and his wife, Marny, supports the Sherman Scholars program 在 UMKC城市教育研究所. 的 program provides annual scholarships to graduate and undergraduate students in teacher prep programs; Sherman Scholars attend a 皇室成员 game together every year.
- UMKC partners with the 堪萨斯城皇家队 Foundation’s MLB 城市青年学院 为 KC Roos垒球 主场.
- 皇室成员 owner, John Sherman received an honorary doctorate in 2013 from UMKC, and is a member of the 企业家名人堂 在 UMKC亨利W. 布洛赫管理学院 行政大厅.
- 密苏里大学堪萨斯分校校友凯伦·丹尼尔(M.S. ’81 accounting) was inducted in 2023 into the 堪萨斯大学的斯塔尔女性名人堂. She is the first African American woman to be a Major League Baseball owner since her addition to the 堪萨斯城皇家队 ownership group in 2020.