Through a Common Lens Alexis Petri

Through a Common Lens: A Podcast to Prepare for Our Accreditation Site Visit has 5 episodes. One episode will be published each week with the goal of helping the campus community get to know UMKC through a common lens.
Episode Five: Nuts and Bolts
Episode five features the UMKC Accreditation Reaffirmation Cochairs – Cindy Pemberton and Ken Novak. Their narrative about UMKC’s accreditation reaffirmation gets down to brass tacks. If you want to know whether to wear Roo gear on December 2 and 3, or how to best prepare, or where to find resources – this is the episode for you.
The podcast is edited and hosted by Alexis Petri. Music, “Spirit of the Girl ” from Spirit by Kevin MacLeod. Released: 2017. Track 4. Genre: New Age.

Through a Common Lens: A Podcast to Prepare for Our Accreditation Site Visit has 5 episodes. One episode will be published each week with the goal of helping the campus community get to know UMKC through a common lens.Episode Four: Alignment
Episode four continues a conversation with UMKC’s Provost about accreditation, higher education, and our university.
The podcast is edited and hosted by Alexis Petri.
Music “Truth in the Stones” from Spirit by Kevin MacLeod. Released: 2017. (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0).
Thank you to Angela Elam and New Letters on the Air for recording the interviews.

Through a Common Lens: A Podcast to Prepare for Our Accreditation Site Visit has 5 episodes. One episode will be published each week with the goal of helping the campus community get to know UMKC through a common lens.
Episode Three: Leveraging Accreditation
Episode three features UMKC’s Provost talking about how to leverage accreditation for continuous improvement. In this episode, which is the first of two parts, Provost Bichelmeyer discusses what accreditation is and what faculty, staff, and administrators can get out of it.
The podcast is edited and hosted by Alexis Petri.
Music “Truth in the Stones” from Spirit by Kevin MacLeod. Released: 2017. (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0).
Thank you to Angela Elam and New Letters on the Air for recording the interviews.

Through a Common Lens: A Podcast to Prepare for Our Accreditation Site Visit has 5 episodes. One episode will be published each week with the goal of helping the campus community get to know UMKC through a common lens.
Episode Two: We’ll Go to the Moon and Back
Episode two features UMKC’s Chancellor talking about what accreditation is and why it is important. In this episode Chancellor Agrawal shares three stories and his perspective on why universities matter and why we strive for excellence.
The podcast is edited and hosted by Alexis Petri. Music “Crinoline Dreams” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0).
Thank you to Angela Elam and New Letters on the Air for recording the interviews.
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Through a Common Lens: A Podcast to Prepare for Our Accreditation Site Visit has 5 episodes. One episode will be published each week with the goal of helping the campus community get to know UMKC through a common lens.
Episode One: Well, Run It.

* Part one: At least Newcomb got a building named after him
* Part two: Problem’s with Dr Decker’s vision
* Part three: Selling KC on the vision
* Part four: Joining the University of Missouri System
* Part five: Full circle
* Part six: Mythbusting

Episode one features Chris Wolff talking about UMKC’s history. From Ernest Newcomb who never got to be president, but ran the university without official power, to Dr. Decker’s vision that the university be an elite liberal arts college, this two-part podcast shares the story of UMKC’s establishment, early struggles, and how they shape our university today.
The podcast is edited and hosted by Alexis Petri. Music, “Spirit of the Girl ” from Spirit by Kevin MacLeod. Released: 2017. Track 4. Genre: New Age.

Through a Common Lens: A Podcast to Prepare for Our Accreditation Site Visit has 5 episodes. One episode will be published each week with the goal of helping the campus community get to know UMKC through a common lens.
Episode One: Well, Run It (https://info.umkc.edu/accreditation/episode-one-well-run-it/).

* Part one: At least Newcomb got a building named after him
* Part two: Problem’s with Dr Decker’s vision
* Part three: Selling KC on the vision
* Part four: Joining the University of Missouri System
* Part five: Full circle
* Part six: Mythbusting