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Kat Riemer walks in to gallery gig after earning art degree
Kat Riemer got a job at Fine Art Limited in Chesterfield, Mo., after earning her degree in art and art history from UMSL. (Photo by August Jennewein) Some people send out dozens of resumes and cover...
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Nermin Zimic wins AIGA award for genocide project
Nermin Zimic poses with his senior thesis project, which won the Judges Choice Award from AIGA Saint Louis. Zimic graduated in May 2014 and has started working at Falk Harrison as an assistant art...
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Ashleigh King named Third Team Capital One Academic All-American
Senior outfielder Ashleigh King (St. Louis, Mo./ Cor Jesu Academy) of the University of Missouri-St. Louis softball team has been named to the 2014 Capital One Academic All-America® Division II...
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Aaron Mann wins graphic design internship with top firm
Aaron Mann, a senior majoring in art with a graphic design emphasis, aced an interview to earn a summer internship with Osborn Barr. Osborn Barr is the leading agricultural communications firm in North...
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Eye on UMSL: Triton pride
UMSL SUCCEED student Abeo Thompson strikes a pose with Louie while the university’s mascot had a lull during a recent photo shoot for a campus safety video. The photograph was taken by UMSL...
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UMSL community reflects on Maya Angelou
Priscilla Dowden-White remembers the impact Maya Angelou’s “The Heart of a Woman” had on her when she first read it. Dowden-White was 19, single and pregnant. Maya Angelou recites her poem “On the...
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Grant allows science students to get hands-on lab experience
Susan Monnig received a $1,000 research grant from UMSL’s College of Arts and Sciences last semester to study a species of cyanobacteria, a blue-green algae. (Photo by August Jennewein) Susan Monnig...
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4 earn All-GLVC Baseball Honors for UMSL
Four UMSL baseball players earned All-GLVC honors this year including (from left) Kyle Dermody, Cody Garlington, Paul Richmond and Zach Sedlacek. Four players from the University of Missouri–St. Louis...
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From classroom to career: Latest wave of optometry graduates enter work force
All 39 member of the UMSL College of Optometry Class of 2014 have entered the work force. Emily Pike worked in the public health field for 12 years but felt something was missing. She found a fit after...
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Eye on UMSL: Music festival
Forty college and high school students from the St. Louis area, Illinois and as far away as Colombia gathered June 1-5 at UMSL’s Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center for the Arianna String...
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Record 84 UMSL student-athletes named to Academic All-GLVC Team
The Great Lakes Valley Conference has released its list of Academic All-Conference selections for the 2013-14 academic year, and the University of Missouri–St. Louis had a record 84 student-athletes...
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Werner, Heyburn named to CoSIDA Academic All-District Teams
Senior Louisa Werner of the University of Missouri–St. Louis women’s tennis team and junior Harry Heyburn of the men’s tennis team have both been selected to the 2014 Division II District 4 Capital...
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Samuel Mugaya lands nursing job, devoted to helping African homeland
Samuel Mugaya graduated in May with a BSN from UMSL’s College of Nursing and has accepted a position at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in west St. Louis County. (Photo by August Jennewein) With only...
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Criminology PhD graduate earns postdoc research position
Kimberly Kras, who earned her doctoral degree in criminology and criminal justice from UMSL in May, will soon begin a two-year postdoctoral paid research position at George Mason University in Fairfax,...
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Eye on UMSL: The kiss
Louie offers a surprise “kiss” (of the foil-wrapped chocolate variety) to alumna Haley Brightwell, BSBA 2014, as she works in the Graduate Business Programs office. Haley will pursue her MBA at UMSL...
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UMSL PhD student earns science award, lands job at Monsanto
Elena Vasilieva, a doctoral student in chemistry, is the recipient of the 2014 Center for Nanoscience Ciel DeGutis Award for Research Excellence. (Photo by August Jennewein) Elena Vasilieva doesn’t...
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Media Coverage: May 2014
Priscilla Dowden-White, associate professor of history at UMSL, discusses Maya Angelou’s legacy on KTVI. The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories...
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King named GLVC Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Senior Ashleigh King of the University of Missouri–St. Louis softball team has been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She is one of 12 student-athletes to...
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UMSL degree is family tradition for newly minted alumna
Lydia Mason earned her BSN from UMSL this May and has secured a job working in the emergency department at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. (Photo by Myra Lopez) When Lydia Mason earned her nursing...
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‘Topping off’ ceremony marks progress as Rec Center takes shape
Construction workers move a final, commemorative beam into place atop the steel structure of the Recreation and Wellness Center on Wednesday. Eight months in, the major 20-month project is on track,...
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