UMSL student veteran named 2016 Tillman Scholar, heads to Ukraine for research
Earlier this month, the Pat Tillman Foundation named U.S. Air Force veteran Ryan Barrett, a PhD candidate in political science at UMSL, among this year’s class of Tillman Scholars. The highly...
View ArticleFive for nine so far, the Paubels keep choosing UMSL
Several years ago, when Illinois residents and UMSL alumni Karen and Kerry Paubel (at center) began exploring higher education options for their oldest son, UMSL’s admissions team and academic advisers...
View Article11 Tritons earn GLVC Academic Excellence Award
The Great Lakes Valley Conference identified last week a total of 11 University of Missouri–St. Louis student-athletes among those earning its GLVC Council of Presidents’ Academic Excellence Award...
View ArticleBudding songwriter pursues music business, credits campus mentors with...
Teresa Frank, BSBA 2016, started writing songs when she was 11 years old. Hard at work developing her songwriting business since graduating from UMSL this spring, she’s now applying much of what she...
View ArticleOff to med school: Biology grad readied herself for the challenge at UMSL
Nicole Dmytryk is headed off to med school at Mizzou with a UMSL biology degree and everything she learned from the Pre-Medical Society, Chemistry Club, the Pierre Laclede Honors College and...
View ArticleShort film by UMSL classmates headed for the big screen
Directed by media studies major Nicholas Rousseau in collaboration with classmates Ben Smith and Clinton Jordan, “The Ultimate Fan” premieres July 19 at the Tivoli Theatre. The plot of the 15-minute...
View ArticleActivism and design go hand in hand for Alicia Arnold
Frequently creating projects based on social issues and empathy, senior graphic design major Alicia Arnold has used her study-abroad opportunities to better understand different cultures. (Photo by...
View ArticleEye on UMSL: Open for learning
Inside the brand new, already buzzing Science Learning Building on UMSL’s North Campus, senior chemistry major and teacher’s assistant John Zhou (center) reviews class material with Matt Sotheran...
View ArticleULEAD program encourages positive civic engagement
UMSL doctoral candidates Aaron H. Willis and Mario P. Charles (at right) provide one-on-one support to local youth as they work through the day’s cultural debate at Mathews-Dickey Boys’ and Girls’ Club...
View ArticleUMSL sets record – for degrees awarded
With an all-time high of 3,199 students earning degrees from the university over the past fiscal year, the total number of UMSL alumni has now surpassed 95,000. (File photo by August Jennewein) The...
View ArticleEye on UMSL: Getting down to business
Anheuser-Busch Hall continues to take shape on UMSL’s North Campus since the project’s groundbreaking last fall. The first of the university’s buildings to be solely dedicated to business education,...
View ArticleOur wars, their stories: HEC-TV’s ‘State of the Arts’ program puts unique...
From the interviews with local military veterans last winter to the rehearsals on campus in the spring and the performances in June, a new HEC-TV feature captures the development of “Telling St....
View ArticleStructuring success: Engineering student pursues dream career through...
Ellen Vehige, senior civil engineering major, poses while conducting an oil containment inspection at Ameren’s Latham Substation. It’s one of several internships she’s had as a student in the...
View ArticleTriton teams and individual student-athletes rack up academic honors
Among UMSL’s many academically excellent student-athletes are (from left) golfers Ares Boira, Alexa Capesius, Stefaniya Ivanova and Miranda Rohlfing, who were recently named to the WGCA’s All-American...
View ArticleEye on UMSL: Blocking blue
Under the watchful eye of the College of Optometry’s Carl Bassi, four UMSL students try out new “blue-blocker” eyewear inside the UMSL Patient Care Center on South Campus. Bassi, an associate...
View ArticleTwo upperclassmen selected to NASPA’s Undergraduate Fellows Program
Already deeply involved in campus life, graduating seniors Terrell Jones (at left) and Nat Smith will further their knowledge of student affairs both at UMSL and more broadly through the fellowship...
View ArticleInternational student finds resilience and confidence in first-year experience
Prachi Talwar aspires to build business on an international scale with the skills she’s learning in the College of Business Administration. (Photo by August Jennewein) After traveling about 8,000 miles...
View ArticleJennings High School students gain summer lab experience at UMSL
Jennings High School students (from left) Trevor Gillespie, Paris Siggers and Angel Cole wrap up their last week in the UMSL and Project Lead The Way summer intern program extracting DNA from avian...
View ArticleEye on UMSL: Calm
In just a few days the Millennium Student Center on UMSL’s North Campus will be seeing lots of foot traffic —thousands of people visit the facility on a typical day. But on this particular afternoon...
View ArticleOrlando memorial commemorates, welcomes UMSL community
Lynn Staley and Cody Schara stand in front of a memorial to shooting victims in Orlando on display on the bridge to the Millennium Student Center. (Photos by August Jennewein) An attack earlier this...
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