UMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Senior setter Madyson Abeyta (6) served up four aces last week while averaging 11.25 assists per set as the Tritons went 3-0. They locked up the volleyball program’s first 20-win season since 2010 and...
View ArticleUMSL, STLCC partnership aims to help meet the need for more STEM teachers
St. Louis Community College Chancellor Jeff Pittman (seated, at left) and UMSL Chancellor Tom George (also seated) pose for a photo after signing an agreement to expand the reach of the We Teach MO...
View ArticleBill Clinton visits Girls Inc. STEM program grown with UMSL help
On Nov. 1, former President Bill Clinton visited participants in the Eureka! STEM Education for Underserved Girls program at Girls Inc. of St. Louis. UMSL education experts had a hand in the program’s...
View ArticleEye on UMSL: Autumn conversation
Students chatter with one another while traversing the Thomas Jefferson Library lawn on a bright fall day. This photograph was taken by UMSL photographer August Jennewein and is the latest to be...
View ArticleUMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The UMSL volleyball team celebrated a pair of dramatic victories last week as it closed out the regular season and improved to 22-7 entering the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament. Volleyball...
View ArticleWhitney and Anna Harris Conservation Forum brings lessons on environmental...
Jacqueline Patterson (third from left), the director of the NAACP’s Environmental and Climate Justice Program, responds to a question from the audience during the 2017 Whitney and Anna Harris...
View ArticleGraduating senior draws on language skills at Latino outreach center, aims to...
When Kim Castizo crosses the UMSL commencement stage next month, she’ll be celebrating the completion of two degrees and making both her mother and her 11-month-old son, Daniel, especially proud....
View ArticleEye on UMSL: Colorful view
Students admire the fall colors as they peer out the windows of the Executive Education Room at Anheuser-Busch Hall on a bright November day. This photograph was taken by UMSL photographer August...
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Senior point guard Elijah Watson broke a 42-year-old school record when he handed out 14 assists in the Tritons 78-56 win over Webster. Bob Bone previously held the record with 13 assists in a game in...
View ArticleSTLCyberCon 2017 attracts large audience of students and professionals to UMSL
Michael Roling, the chief information security officer for the state of Missouri, shares some final thoughts at the conclusion of his keynote address Friday morning at STLCyberCon 2017 at the J.C....
View ArticleImmersive honors course carries history out of the classroom, into community
History major Anne Vandelicht (at lectern) presents a calendar she created for the City of Crestwood during a Board of Aldermen meeting on Nov. 14. (Photos by August Jennewein) There is a stark...
View ArticleAt the finish line: December grad sees her way through parenthood, illness to...
DeAnna Anderson tackled being a new mother, living with lupus and an education degree all in 4 1/2 years at UMSL. She’ll graduate next month with a BSEd in elementary education. (Photo by August...
View ArticleUMSL named to Military Times’‘Best Colleges’ list for 4th straight year
When Jim Craig heard earlier this week that the University of Missouri–St. Louis had once again earned recognition from the Military Times, he was thrilled – but not particularly surprised. “What UMSL...
View ArticleGraduating building managers reflect on campus rec’s growth since it first...
UMSL seniors (from left) Tabitha Milon, Braxton Perry and Lizzy Turner, along with classmate Davide Scacchetti (not pictured), have gained friends and valuable work experience at the Recreation and...
View ArticleStudents of German language and culture pack Touhill for Einshoch6, explore...
The Nov. 16 event drew over 1,000 local high school students and teachers as well as UMSL’s own German majors to the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center for a rousing mashup of rap and classical...
View ArticleMSW student Chelsey Jacox shares personal journey to internship at Youth in Need
Chelsey Jacox sits in one of the comfy offices for client appointments at the Youth in Need branch in St. Charles, Missouri. The MSW student at UMSL carries a case load, runs a teen parent group and...
View ArticleA look into the lives of international students who choose UMSL
Nkazimulo Sibanda (center) speaks to fellow students earlier this semester at a barbecue at the International House. Sibanda, whose family hails from Zimbabwe and who grew up in Botswana, is one of the...
View ArticleUMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Junior guard Kaitlynn Henning scored a career-high 10 points while dishing three assists in the Tritons’ 68-47 victory over Lincoln on Saturday. Women’s Basketball UMSL posted a 68-47 win over Lincoln...
View ArticleJennifer McKnight’s new class pairs design students with dementia patients
(Photo by August Jennewein) Every course that Jennifer McKnight teaches at the University of Missouri–St. Louis demands a lot from her graphic design students, and the one she piloted over the summer...
View ArticleUMSL student helps surprise young entrepreneur in a big way at ED Collabitat
Northview Elementary student Michael “Mikey” Wren (pictured) has a knack for the vending business. Now he also has a health-friendly KarmaBox machine thanks to a California-based industry leader and to...
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