Friday, 17 January 2025 | 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
CAFE invites you to participate in our 2025 conference, focusing on the role of mentoring at UMKC and higher education. This event will feature breakout sessions, mentoring opportunities, and a keynote address. Your contributions will shape the conference through interactive, innovative sessions on:
Help shape the conference with your innovative ideas on mentoring! Submit your proposal by Friday, November 1st.
(Registration link coming soon)
CAFE is dedicated to advancing faculty excellence through professional learning, networking and mentorship with programming developed, designed, and offered through faculty collaboration and support across four pillars of excellence that align with UMKC's strategic objectives.
“I appreciate the positive vibe created by CAFE. I am always eager to see the new programming and support options offered each year. There are always interesting opportunities and resources for teaching and research that help me connect with other faculty across campus.”
-Brian Frehner, Department Chair and Professor of History
“With its carefully curated programming, CAFE supports faulty in achieving excellence in the many dimensions of their professional lives - research, teaching, institutional citizenship, work-life balance, etc. As a facilitator for the Faculty Writing Initiative, I'm deeply grateful for the positive energy, flexibility, and creative problem-solving of the CAFE team and their commitment to supporting all members of our academic community.”
-Jane Greer, Curators' Distinguished Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Research
“I have enjoyed many opportunities to interact with CAFE programming over the last few years and each time have come away with new skills to succeed in different aspects of my work. Most recently, I attended the Large Scale Grants Workshop (SOAR) led by Dr. Alexis Petri, and came away with a better understanding of how to identify appropriate large-scale grants, how to create an effective research team, and how to write a successful grant application. In the SOAR workshop, I also connected with faculty who had related research interests and we are considering how we can collaborate in the future. I highly recommend the resources and opportunities that CAFE has to offer to new and experienced faculty!”
-Tiffani Riggers-Piehl, Associate Professor of Higher Education
UMKC researcher studies sleep as a solution to alleviate trauma
Mary Kay O’Malley impacted more than 1,000 children with UMKC School of Law Child and Family Services Clinic
$8.3 million grant is largest NIH award in university history
