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Paid Internships for Veterans - Enrolling Now!

The Bridging the Civil-Military Gap project is now hiring student veterans for Spring 2025 internships. All internships are paid and carry three credit hours of course credit (credit hours may be...

Scott Cooper

Guest Lecture from Scott Cooper

On April 27, 2023, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and nonresident senior fellow with the Forward Defense practice at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Scott Cooper spoke...

Matt Gallagher, photo by Melissa Lukenbaugh – The Tulsa Artist Fellowship  (from Gallagher's website)

Guest Lecture from Matt Gallagher

Author and U.S. Army veteran Matt Gallagher spoke to students in UMKC's Bridging the Gap course on February 2nd about his novel Youngblood and his experiences in the army. Gallagher is the author of...