fall-2016
Learning to laugh in love and business

WYOMING Mary Frances and Tom Burke, ’79 and ’78 Co-owners, Burke and Burke, MDs ...

fall-2016
Finding inspiration in the Air Force

HAWAII Farakh Zaman ’05 Electrical engineer, U.S. Air Force After graduating fr...

fall-2016
Figure skating shaped surgeon’s skills

ILLINOIS Dana Thompson ’91 Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, ...

fall-2016
Author, musician builds unique career

TEXAS Rosalyn Story ’72 Violinist, Fort Forth Symphony Orchestra When Rosalyn S...

fall-2016
Where teaching meets farming

UTAH Monty Sorensen ’89 Farmer, sheep rancher and biology teacher In Utah, ranc...

fall-2016
Pastor recalls civil rights march alongside Martin Luther King Jr.

GEORGIA Carl Moore ’68 Senior pastor, Allen Temple AME Church As a 17-year-old ...

fall-2016
Getting kids into the kitchen

MASSACHUSETTS Patti McKenna ’07 COO/executive director, ChopChopKids inc. How do yo...

pacific
Pacific: Explore Pearl Harbor and the San Diego Zoo

From a high-end chef to a Shakespearean actor, our graduates in the Pacific region spe...

rockies
Rocky Mountains: Stories of duty, philanthropy and everyday heroism

Our featured graduates in the Rocky Mountains region are state troopers, teachers, den...

southwest
Southwest: Selfless service from food banks to concert halls

UMKC alumni in the Southwest region have used their educations to start businesses, be...

midwest
Midwest: The physicians, attorneys and coaches in the heartland

Our Midwest region is all about transformations – a figure skater becomes a world-cl...

southeast
Southeast: Where offices range from animal shelters to the Statehouse

Some of our most philanthropic alumni hail from the Southeast. In this region you'll m...