2 UMSL students spend the summer in Florence
Kate Ligon (left), who will graduate from UMSL on Aug. 8, and Alexa Benson, a UMSL junior majoring in English, enrolled in classes this summer at the Santa Reparata International School of Art in...
View ArticleUMSL student government president appointed to college affordability group
UMSL Student Government Association president Cameron Roark was recently appointed to the National Campus Leadership Council’s National Affordability Working Group. (Photo by August Jennewein)...
View ArticleYoung innovators compete in entrepreneurial program
Local high school students discuss their social media platform concept, Hear4U, during The Pitch, a summer entrepreneurial program organized by UMSL’s College of Education. (Photo by Jen Hatton)...
View ArticlePhilosopher publishes book on physical computation
Professor Gualtiero Piccinini has written a new book that examines the philosophy of physical computation. (Photo by August Jennewein) If you’re reading this, chances are you’re doing so on a...
View ArticleEye on UMSL: Fini
Classmates (from left) Angela Wright, Francesca Loseille, Jasmine Quintana (sitting) and Elizabeth Reardon gather outside of Clark Hall after completing their written French final toward the end of...
View ArticleSummer workshop gets veterans set for college
Incoming UMSL students Dureese Colvin (left) and Richard Dalton (middle) joined Paul Joshu and other area veterans as participants in the St. Louis Veterans Pre-Collegiate Fellowship on the UMSL campus...
View ArticleEye on UMSL: Degree in hand
Nursing graduate Kristin Hill smiles wide at the Aug. 8 commencement ceremony after completing 15 months of intensive studying and clinical rotations to finally hold her bachelor’s of science degree...
View ArticleSTARS students awarded for pre-collegiate science research
Nearly 30 of the 60 area high school students who graduated from the STARS program at UMSL were recognized with the LMI Aerospace Award for Excellence in Research. (Photo by August Jennewein) They came...
View ArticleLittle Nursing School educates girls, strengthens UMSL community nursing
Nursing graduate Christy Yates plays patient as Little Nursing School student Gena Hill practices taking a pulse. (Photo by August Jennewein) “Tibia!” one fourth-grade student excitedly shouted in...
View ArticleExtended hours, transit options make a difference for students juggling...
Breanna Tarkington, who often rides her three-wheel bike to campus, appreciates the ways UMSL serves its busy students, like extending office hours as a new semester approaches. (Photo by August...
View ArticleEye on UMSL: Helping hands
Student volunteers in yellow (from left) Ashley Mitchell, My Dang and Michelle Arrington gave incoming freshman Katie Kluesner (center) a helping hand as she set up her room in Oak Hall during Move-In...
View Article6 returning students share tips for new Tritons
UMSL students (from left) Nour Salmeen, Andrea Bryant, Cameron Roark, Charlotte Kawa, Austin Culbertson and Trang Do offered a few words of wisdom for those new to campus this fall. (Photo by Evie...
View ArticleNew students, 2 fish, 1 snail make Oak Hall home on Move-In Day
Student volunteers helped move incoming freshmen into Oak Hall on Move-In Day 2015. (Photos by August Jennewein) By Ron Austin and Marisol Ramirez Yellow and red shirts bustled about the University of...
View ArticleBuilding better age-friendly communities focus of UMSL conference
More than 100 people attended the “Transportation in St. Louis County” conference held earlier this month at UMSL. The conference focused on building strong age-friendly communities. (Photo by August...
View ArticleAll business is global business: College of Business Administration realigns...
UMSL business students (from left) Nour Salmeen, Kevyn Gandaho and Alex Loehr and Joe Rottman, chair of the Department of Global Leadership and Management at UMSL, are excited about the newly created...
View ArticleVolleyball earns AVCA Team Academic Award
The University of Missouri–St. Louis volleyball team earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award for the 2014-15 season. The Tritons were one of 114 women’s programs at the...
View ArticleMen’s Golf earns GCAA Team Academic Award
The University of Missouri–St. Louis men’s golf team has been named a recipient of the 2015 Golf Coaches Association of America Team Academic Award. The Tritons were one of 27 men’s golf programs in...
View ArticleEye on UMSL: Welcome back
Zach Fernau lofts a bag during a game of cornhole Wednesday at UMSL’s Fall Expo while Zeth Fritz awaits his turn. The junior business administration majors were working the booth for Pi Kappa Alpha,...
View ArticleNewman Center group builds home, relationships during crowdfunded effort in...
After a week of intense work building a much-needed home in Managua, Nicaragua, members of a UMSL Catholic Newman Center service team pause to bless the structure alongside the new owners of the house....
View ArticleWe Teach MO fast-tracks science, math majors into teacher certification
Graduate student Nicolle von der Heyde presents We Teach MO to a packed biology seminar. (Photo by August Jennewein) In the summer of 2012, Nicolle von der Heyde traveled to the Gulf of Mexico with the...
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