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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 with students in UMKC's Bridging the Gap: What happens when soldiers become civilians again? course...

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 several books, including the novel Daybreak and a memoir of his service in Iraq titled Kaboom. His...

Our program to train and mentor discussion leaders for an undergraduate course on narratives of war and civil-military relations received funding from National Endowment for the Humanities Program.

On November 8, 2023, UMKC Bridging the Civil-Military Divide hosted a Veterans Roundtable from noon - 1:30pm in Scofield Hall, Room 109. What, if anything, do civilians owe to returning military veterans? The words “Thank you for your service” are ubiquitous – but to some military veterans they ring...

UMKC's new Military Veteran Entrepreneurial Internship program launches this spring with funding from a UMKC Entrepreneurship and Innovation Grant (Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation). The program will provide valuable hands-on experience for student veteran interns placed with primarily non-profit...

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 negotiated). To be fully eligible, students should be military veterans or current servicemembers. The...

On Sept 28, 2023, Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Stephanie Cooper, a U.S. Army Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer, addressed students and took questions in Bloch Executive Hall 213. LTC Cooper is a Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer stationed at Fort Leavenworth. In 2006, Cooper deployed to Ramadi...