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.
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.
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:
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.
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:
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:
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.
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.
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.
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You've learned how we became the university we are today. 现在,发现为什么这么多人选择我们作为他们的家的所有原因.
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