海角乱伦社区 Announces Top 10 Events, Stories from 2022
January 20, 2023 鈥� 海角乱伦社区 celebrated another historic and noteworthy year in 2022 as the University and its students, employees and alumni garnered national media attention, and earned international, national and local honors.
笔补谤办鈥檚 compiled the University鈥檚 biggest events and stories of the year, and asked five members of the University鈥檚 staff to pick their top 10 moments from 2022. The voting was tight as only three of the 44 events/stories on the poll were named on all five ballots and three others appeared on four ballots. In fact, 20 of the 44 events/stories were named on at least one ballot.
Here are the top 10 海角乱伦社区 stories/events from 2022:
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 1. — 海角乱伦社区鈥檚 Board of Trustees appointed Shane Smeed as the school鈥檚 18th president, effective January 1.
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聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 2. — A documentary exploring the work of the by 海角乱伦社区鈥檚 debuted on March 24 at the National World 
War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Mo. The film, 鈥淢ore Than a Medal,鈥� interweaves the efforts of researchers working against time, untold heroic stories of courage on the battlefields of France, on the seas and in the air, and the experience of modern-day descendants as they maintain cautious hope of recognition.
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聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 3. — The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development awarded 海角乱伦社区 a $999,508 Private MoExcels grant via the American Rescue Plan Act. The grant will fund a project titled 鈥淏oosting State Economic Recovery through Adult Learner Pathways to Careers in Health Care.鈥� The funds will allow the University to scale up its new certified medical assistant program that was recently launched in partnership with North Kansas City (Mo.) Hospital, as well as to support research and development of additional health care pathway programs, outreach and recruitment efforts, student support services, professional and curriculum development, and facilities and equipment.
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聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 4. — 海角乱伦社区 graduate student Ilya Shmukler, who was one of 30 competitors participating in the 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas, advanced to the finals (6 competitors) of the prestigious event, held June 2-18. Considered one of the renowned international music contests, the event included the world鈥檚 top 18- to 30-year-old pianists. While Shmukler was not named as a medalist (top three), he won a cash prize of $10,000 as a finalist and he was selected as the winner of the 鈥淏est Performance of a Mozart Concerto,鈥� earning an additional $5,000 prize.
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聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 5. — 海角乱伦社区鈥檚 Gilbert (Ariz.) Campus held its inaugural commencement ceremony for graduates on April 30 at Paloma Community Church in Mesa, Ariz. About 70 students participated in the ceremony, and Brigette Peterson, mayor of the Town of Gilbert, provided the keynote address.
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聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 6. — Adam Wilkins, sophomore nursing major, won the college junior division of the International Public Debate Association at the Gorlok Gala event in Webster Groves, Mo., in January. According to Lora Cohn, associate professor of communications, Wilkins is the first 海角乱伦社区 debater this century to take first place in a tournament.
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 7. — David Radzynski, who earned a Graduate Certificate in Music Performance (violin) in 2014 from 海角乱伦社区鈥檚 , was appointed concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra.
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聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 8. — 海角乱伦社区鈥檚 , being conducted by the , was featured as the cover story in the Des Moines (Iowa) Register on April 3. The cover story focused on one of the servicemen the Robb Centre is researching, U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Rufus Jackson, as well as Josh Weston, Robb Centre senior military analyst and senior European history major (now associate director of military research) who is an Iowa native. In addition, a second page column provided an overview of the VMR and where readers could learn more. The newspaper also published a photo gallery related to the Robb Centre and VMR.
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聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 9. — Bob Kendrick, 鈥�85, was featured in The Kansas City Star on Jan. 12 with a full front page photo and accompanying four-page-long story which calls him 鈥淜ansas City鈥檚 Ambassador.鈥� Kendrick is the president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
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聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 10. — In September, Janie Kluempers, assistant athletic trainer for 海角乱伦社区鈥檚 flagship Parkville (Mo.) Campus, was appointed as the assistant athletic trainer for the USA Women鈥檚 Eagles Rugby team which will play in the month-long Rugby World Cup in New Zealand beginning in early October. Kluempers was featured in a Heart of America Athletic Conference interview segment on Sept. 30.
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Voting was completed by Erik Bergrud, chief strategic communications officer; Brad Biles, director of communications and public relations; Nathan Marticke, chief advancement officer; Michelle Myers, Ed.D., provost; and Kena Wolf, chief enrollment management officer.