TABLE OF CONTENTS

Features

06 Centennial Birthday Celebrates 40 years of Support to Nursing Students

08 Pouring into Philanthropy for 25 Years

09 Benefits Beyond the Classroom

11 Cover Story: The Impact of a Lifetime: The Largest Gift in UMKC School of Law History, Grounded in a Career of Service

14 Lasting Impact on Performance: Dickinson Family Foundation Supports the UMKC Conservatory

17 A Legacy in Motion: Honoring Tatiana Dokoudovska’s Lasting Impact on Ballet

20 We Are Blue. We Are Bold. Introducing Blue & Bold: The Campaign for UMKC

In the Loop

03 Letter from the President

04 Banking on the Future: Local Banks Invest in Tomorrow’s Leaders

05 Opening Doors: Scholarships and Support Fuel Future Educators at UMKC

07 Alumnus Gives Back to School That Gave Him So Much

10 Fighting Vision Loss Through Innovation

13 Honoring a Legacy, Designing the Future

14 School of Pharmacy Faculty Advances Cancer and Aging Research

15 2024-2025 Fundraising Results

16 Honoring a Career Defined by Patient Care

18 A Family Story Continues: Planned Giving for UMKC’s Future

19 2026 Alumni Awards

UMKC Foundation Board

The UMKC Foundation Board of Directors, the Foundation’s governing body, is composed of the following business, community and civic leaders:

OFFICERS:

Robert D. Regnier, Chair

L. Joshua Sosland, Vice Chair

Marny Sherman, Secretary

William Taylor, Treasurer

Jerry D. Reece, Past Chair

DIRECTORS:

Nathaniel Hagedorn

Molly Higdon

Doranne Hudson

William M. Lyons

Patricia Macdonald

Lindsey Patterson-Smith

Ryan D. Rapp

Nelson R. Sabates, M.D.

Daniel Thomas

UMKC CHANCELLOR:

C. Mauli Agrawal, Ph.D.

About the Foundation

The UMKC Foundation is a separate but affiliated enterprise devoted to raising funds for the benefit of the University of Missouri-Kansas City while exercising fiduciary responsibility over philanthropic investments made in support of the university.

On the cover: Law graduate celebrates at Commencement.