Kansas City Lights Up the Night for UMKC Grads

Union Station, City Hall, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and other landmarks brandish blue and gold to honor graduates of Kansas City’s university

Union Station and other Kansas City landmarks

UMKC is celebrating the #Classof2020RooStrong by lighting up the Kansas City skyline and landmarks in blue and gold. Time for a field trip and pics! Photos by Brandon Parigo

The city of Kansas City will be ablaze in Roo Blue and Gold beginning the evening of Thursday, May 14, in honor of the Class of 2020 of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Buildings to be lit in UMKC colors for the Roo Blue KC celebration include Union Station, City Hall, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Downtown Marriott Hotel.

Downtown Marriott Hotel — The Downtown Marriott's animated lights featured a bouncing Roo and words of congratulations.

Festivities will not be confined to the evening hours. By day, multiple fountains across the city will flow in bright blue to honor UMKC grads, courtesy of the Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department.

More than 2,000 UMKC students will receive degrees through a series of online commencement ceremonies, organized through individual academic units, Friday, May 15 through Monday, May 18.