Leasing the building was in everyone's best interest. The Metropolitan Community Colleges also use the building and are looking at relocating some programs to the Independence campus. The space used by UMKC's Math Science Institute will be maintained at the building, Doerr says, and the agreement includes UMKC gaining use of 10 or more classrooms at Truman High School during weekday evenings for Arts and Sciences Continuing Education courses. As is tradition, buildings will be closed and operations will be suspended from 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24, to 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 5. There are some exceptions.
Employees are to use vacation or personal days.
Any questions regarding this suspension should be referred to Vice Chancellor Joe Doerr's office. The University has hired Mackey, Mitchell Zahner Associates, a renowned architectural consulting firm, to help develop a physical master plan for the UMKC Volker Campus. The physical plan must take into account University goals, based on the recently completed strategic plan, and those of the city's Project Focus and neighborhood planning groups. In addition, Chancellor Eleanor Schwartz has implemented a steering committee of faculty, students, community leaders and administrators to oversee the campus physical master plan for the year 2000 and beyond.