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1987–88 UMKC Kangaroos Men's Basketball Team
The 1987–88 UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri–Kansas City during the 1987–88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Kangaroos played their home games off-campus at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri, abbreviated KC or KCMO, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by List of cities in Missouri, population and area. The city lies within Jackson County, Missouri, Jackson, Clay County, Missouri, Clay, and Pl ... as an independent (non-member of a conference) transitioning to full National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I status. Previous Season The Kangaroos did not compete during the 1986-87 season (they played the 1985–86 season as its last in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA); they ended with a record of 19–15 and no postseason involvement). During the autumn of 1986, the university hired Lee Hunt as both its Athletic Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City, Missouri)
Municipal Auditorium is a multi-purpose facility located in Kansas City, Missouri. It opened in 1935 and features Streamline Moderne and Art Deco architecture and architectural details. Background Municipal Auditorium was the first building built as part of the "Ten-Year Plan", a bond program that passed by a 4 to 1 margin in 1931. The campaign was run by the Civic Improvement Committee chaired by Conrad H. Mann. Other buildings in the plan included the Kansas City City Hall and the Jackson County Courthouse (Kansas City, Missouri), Kansas City branch of the Jackson County Courthouse. The plan was championed by most local politicians including Thomas Pendergast and provided Pendergast with many patronage opportunities during the Great Depression. Municipal Auditorium replaced Convention Hall which was directly across the street and was torn down for parking to create what is now called the Barney Allis Plaza. The streamline moderne architecture was designed by the lead archit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waxahachie High School
Waxahachie High School is a public high school in the city of Waxahachie, Texas, United States and classified as a 6A school by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). It is a part of the Waxahachie Independent School District located in central Ellis County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. The district includes Waxahachie and portions of Midlothian and Pecan Hill. Academics Waxahachie High School offers Advanced Placement (AP) in biology, calculus, chemistry, computer science, English language composition, English literature, environmental science, French language, macroeconomics, Spanish language, Spanish literature, statistics, U.S. government, Human Geography, world history, and U.S. history. As well as offering Advanced Placement classes, they offer Dual Credit classes in collaboration with the local community college, Navarro College. As of 2013, Waxahachie High School offers American Sign Language as an optional langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flint, Michigan
Flint is the largest city in Genesee County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. Located along the Flint River (Michigan), Flint River northwest of Detroit, it is a principal city within the Central Michigan, Mid Michigan region. Flint had a population of 81,252 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Michigan, 12th-most populous city in Michigan. The Flint metropolitan area is located entirely within Genesee County and is the Michigan statistical areas, third-largest metro area in Michigan, with a population of 406,892 in 2020. The city was Incorporated town, incorporated in 1855. Flint was founded as a Administrative divisions of Michigan#Villages, village by fur trader Jacob Smith (fur trader), Jacob Smith in 1819 and became a major lumbering area on the historic Saginaw Trail during the 19th century. From the late 19th century to the mid-20th century, the city was a leading manufacturer of carriages and later Car, auto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flint Northern High School
Flint Northern High School was a public secondary school located in Flint, Michigan, United States. The original building "#1" was built in 1928 and demolished in the 1980s, after being the home of the Flint Academy. It was one of the high schools in the Flint Community Schools district along with Flint Northwestern High School (now Flint Junior High School) and Flint Southwestern Academy. It was closed in 2013 and reopened as Northern Academy. The Flint school board finally closed the school completely in 2014. Athletics Its teams were the Vikings. The school competed in the Saginaw Valley High School Association and the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA). The following teams have won their respective MHSAA state championships. * Basketball (boys): 1932–33, 35–36, 38–39, 39–40, 46–47, 70–71, 71–72, 77–78, 94-95 * Basketball (girls): 1978–79, 79–80, 80–81, 81–82, 94–95, 95-96 * Cross Country (boys): 1974-75 * Cross Country (girls) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellsworth Community College
Ellsworth Community College is a public community college in Iowa Falls, Iowa. It was founded as Ellsworth College in 1890 by Eugene S. Ellsworth. Originally a private business academy, it later became a four-year college, a music conservatory, and a public junior college before being absorbed into the Iowa Valley Community College District in 1968. Academics Ellsworth Community College offers three distinct degree programs. Arts and Science Degrees are two-year degrees geared toward students who wish to enter the professional workforce but do not plan to earn a degree from a four-year college. Some of the credits earned under this degree program can be transferred to a four-year university, however. Career/Technical Degrees & Diplomas provide hands-on training in a wide variety of vocational fields. The course of study lasts anywhere from nine months to two years. Associate in Arts Degrees are intended for students who plan to continue their education at a four-year colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the county seat, seat of Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a Chicago Portage, portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lindblom Math & Science Academy
Robert E. Lindblom Math & Science Academy High School (LMSA) (formerly known as Lindblom Technical High School and Lindblom College Prep High School) is a public four-year selective enrollment high school and middle school located in the West Englewood neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Lindblom is operated by the Chicago Public School system. The school originally constructed in 1919 is named for Robert E. Lindblom, a nineteenth-century Swedish–born trader on the Chicago Board of Trade. Designated for students intended to enter vocations in industrial and skilled trades, it developed curricula to prepare students for college in the post-World War II era. In the early 1960s, Lindblom became one of the first selective enrollment high schools in Chicago Public Schools, predominately serving communities south of Roosevelt Road. Beginning in the 1999–2000 school year, the school was renamed as Lindblom College Prep High School. Following certain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwestern Community College (Iowa)
Southwestern Community College (SWCC) is an American public community college with its main campus in Creston, Iowa. It also has centers in Red Oak, Iowa, and Osceola, Iowa. In addition to an arts and sciences program, SWCC offers career and technical education (CTE) degrees and certificates. History Southwestern Community College (SWCC) began operation as part of the Iowa community college system in 1966, on a campus in northwest Creston, Iowa. SWCC is a two-year public institution offering programs for transfer to four-year colleges and universities; career and technical education programs to train students for the workforce; continuing education courses and programs; and industrial training classes. Southwestern inherited the facilities and instructional programs of Creston Community College, which had been operated by the Creston Community School district since 1926. In 1970, the campus was expanded with construction of a technical center, administrative offices, and a stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sedalia, Missouri
Sedalia is a city located approximately south of the Missouri River and, as the county seat of Pettis County, Missouri, Pettis County, Missouri, United States, it is the principal city of the Sedalia Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a total population of 21,725. Sedalia is also the location of the Missouri State Fair and the Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival. U.S. Route 50 in Missouri, U.S. Routes 50 and U.S. Route 65 (Missouri), 65 intersect in the city. History Indigenous peoples lived along the Missouri River and its tributaries for thousands of years before European contact. Historians believe the entire area around Sedalia was long occupied by the Osage Nation, Osage (among historical Native Americans in the United States, American Indian tribes). When the land was first settled by European Americans, bands of Shawnee, who had migrated from east of the Mississippi River, lived in the vicinity of Sedalia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smith-Cotton High School
Smith-Cotton High School is a public high school in Sedalia, Missouri, in the United States. The school serves students in grades 9–12 in the Sedalia 200 School District. The current principal is Wade Norton. Athletic teams are known as the Tigers, and the school colors are black and gold. History SCHS was named after Sarah Smith Cotton, a prominent member of the early Sedalia community. The land on which one of her previous houses stood was used for the original building. The first year of consolidated grade 9-12 education at SCHS was the 1925-1926 school year. An approved 1946 referendum brought a gymnasium/cafeteria and additional classrooms. Athletics Smith-Cotton features a variety of sports, featuring Football, Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball, and Track. Smith-Cotton formerly competed in the West Central Conference but later was a founding member in the Central Missouri Activities Conference. Extracurricular activities Smith-Cotton has a competitive FIRS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McLennan Community College
McLennan Community College (MCC) is a Public college, public community college in Waco, Texas. It opened in 1965 and now serves about 9,000 students and has more than 700 employees. It is governed by a board of trustees elected from single-member districts in the county. Campus McLennan is one of three colleges in Waco along with Baylor University and Texas State Technical College. McLennan Community College is located on on the north side of town near the Bosque River and Cameron Park. The college also owns Highlander Ranch, a farm about from the main campus. The campus was recently expanded to include three new buildings, which were built with funding from a bond passed by voters in November 2006: the Michaelis Academic Center, New Science Building, and Emergency Services Education Center. MCC's campus also includes the Bosque River Stage, a 530-seat amphitheater located along the banks of the Bosque River. This outdoor venue was renovated in 2001 to expand the stage an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcadia, Iowa
Arcadia is a city in Carroll County, Iowa, United States. The population was 525 at the 2020 census. History Arcadia was laid out in 1871. It was named for the region of Arcadia, in Greece. The date of incorporation of Arcadia was 1881. According of the census carried out in the year before, Arcadia had 450 inhabitants. The original name of the town was ''"Tip Top"'', chosen for its location on the Missouri-Mississippi Divide and it being Iowa's topographically most elevated town. In 1880, a large fire destroyed most of the business section of Arcadia. Only 2 buildings were spared by the fire. Most of the work for restoring the destroyed buildings was completed within a year after the event. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census As of the census of 2020, there were 525 people, 203 households, and 144 families residing in the city. The population density was 530.8 inhabitants per square mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
