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UMKC Parent and Family Programs provides updates on student life, support services, upcoming events and deadlines, family events and involvement opportunities via our Parent and Supporter Connection Portal!

Join the UMKC Parent and Supporter Connection

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About the Portal

The UMKC Parent and Supporter Connection gives you access to important campus information, news articles, and more ways to stay connected than ever before. Once inside the portal, you will be able to select specific communities that are tailored to you, providing information, updates, and programs to meet your needs. By joining the portal, you will also receive a personalized newsletter with the information most important to you, at a frequency that you get to choose. 

Parent and Support Connection Portal FAQ

Signing up for the Parent and Supporter Connection Portal is easy! Access the portal landing page by clicking on the Register Now image above. Then, just let us know your first and last name, the email you would like to receive email announcements and newsletters to, and a password. Finally, click create account and you're on your way to the portal!

The UMKC Parent and Supporter Connection is UMKC's newest tool to stay up-to-date with important information, campus events and deadlines, and announcements regarding campus happenings. While some information can be found elsewhere, the portal provides it all on a single platform. You can also engage in the portal by commenting on posts and sharing with family and friends by reposting to external websites.

Communities are groups specific to a topic, area, or identity. Once signed up/logged in, users are automatically in some communities, such as "UMKC News," however others, such as "First Year Families," must be joined by individual users. Communities can be seen by clicking, "Discover Communities" on the bottom left-hand sidebar.

The portal is formatted as a newsfeed, enabling users to scroll through posts and articles as they are created. Newer posts will be featured towards the top of the newsfeed. If a post has been pinned, you may notice that it remains at the top of the newsfeed after a browser refresh or for multiple days. Pinned posts are typically important, or are especially pertinent at that time.

Yes! Your questions, comments and concerns are important to us. If your comment requires, or asks for, a response you can expect to receive one from a portal administrator. 

In some cases, we may respond outside of the platform via email using the email associated with the user who posted the comment/question.