Advanced Credit Program earns reaccreditation from national alliance
The Advanced Credit Program helps area high school students get a jump on college by exposing them to college-level course work in their high school environment. (Photo by August Jennewein) The...
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The UMSL women’s softball team earned its sixth straight NCAA Tournament bid. The Tritons, a No. 6 seed in the Midwest Region, travel to Springfield, Illinois, this week to play in the...
View ArticleMeet Alicia Friedrichs, UMSL’s 50,000th graduate, from the class of ’97
Alicia Friedrichs is UMSL’s 50,000th graduate. After earning dual degrees in education and Spanish in 1997, Friedrichs went on to a career filled with teaching Spanish and travelling the world as an...
View ArticleLysa Young-Bates accomplishes decades-long dream of earning marketing degree
Lysa Young-Bates will lead her fellow graduates from the College of Business Administration as a student marshal during Sunday’s commencement ceremony. The marketing major’s graduation comes after...
View ArticleChemistry graduate Lorna Espinosa has made her mark researching beer
Chemistry graduate Lorna Espinosa enrolled in Bruce Hamper’s beer-brewing class looking for a break from physical chemistry. But it helped open doors to an internship at Urban Chestnut Brewing Company,...
View ArticleTeacher candidates show off ingenuity through SAIL projects
College of Education seniors Lydia Garrighan (left) and Nick Domescik present the “Education=Empowerment” SAIL project that they implemented during the spring semester as teacher candidates at McCluer...
View ArticleEye on UMSL: Picturesque picnic
UMSL students (from left) Medina Pjectrovic, Yaniv Dudaie and Alexandra Meseke found a shady picnic spot last week on the J.C. Penney Building lawn. The trio enjoyed a tasty snack, the campus scenery...
View ArticleArtist and mentor: Gallery 210 exhibit puts student, faculty artwork side by...
“Consolation” is a 72” x 72” sculpture made of concrete, plastic, string, wood and organic material by Assistant Professor Mike Behle. The 2018 piece is part of the UMSL Gallery 210 exhibition “Hung...
View ArticleMarco Pipoly, UMSL’s 100,000th graduate, on path to career in neuroscience
Marco Pipoly (left of lectern) is showered in confetti after being announced as the 100,000th graduate of the University of Missouri–St. Louis during a commencement ceremony for the College of Arts and...
View ArticleUMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Sophomore Emma Thorngren shot a school-record 221 (74-74-73) over 54 holes to place third overall at the NCAA East Super Regional, held May 7-9 at Katke Golf Club in Michigan. She led the Tritons...
View ArticleLysa Young-Bates accomplishes decades-long dream of earning marketing degree
Lysa Young-Bates led her fellow graduates from the College of Business Administration as a student marshal during Sunday’s commencement ceremony. The marketing major’s graduation comes after opening a...
View ArticleSpring engineering grad Nicholas Wulfert launching new career at Boeing
Several undergraduate opportunities from Boeing helped Nicholas Wulfert land a job at the local aerospace giant. He’ll start later this summer after graduating with his degree in electrical engineering...
View ArticleEye on UMSL: More than a number
Marco Pipoly couldn’t have earned his degree in psychology and become the 100,000th graduate of the University of Missouri–St. Louis without plenty of support. Many of the people who helped him along...
View ArticleCriminology graduate Brian Rainey will look to build on undergraduate...
Criminology and Criminal Justice major Brian Rainey earned his bachelor’s degree with distinction and has been admitted into UMSL’s nationally ranked PhD program. (Photo by August Jennewein) Brian...
View ArticleAres Boira Lopez gets the most out of her UMSL experience
Ares Boira Lopez, Tritons women’s golfer and this year’s homecoming queen, is graduating from the University of Missouri–St. Louis with a BA in psychology before pursuing her master’s at Illinois State...
View ArticleKorn-eak ‘Pann’ Thamrongwang finds ‘life-changing experience’ as UMSL MBA...
Korn-eak “Pann” Thamrongwang chose UMSL to continue a tradition started by his sister and brother-in-law more than a decade ago. Thamrongwang and his wife, Wichuda, are now also alumni of the College...
View ArticleThe fight for fairness: Spring grad battles rare kidney disease to make it to...
Ashley Westbrook is headed to law school after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in political science and pushing through the rare, incurable kidney disease that has challenged her health since...
View ArticleNursing student Emma Spencer fights to better Missouri health care
Emma Spencer is back at UMSL pursuing her second degree, a DNP, from the College of Nursing. She hopes to use the leadership-focused doctorate to become a voice for change in health care systems...
View ArticleUMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The University of Missouri–St. Louis women’s golf team shot a school-record 1214 over 72 holes to finish sixth at the NCAA Division II Championships, the Tritons’ best finish in program history....
View ArticleChanging course: Justin Weatherford-Pratt earns chemistry degree, plans to...
Justin Weatherford-Pratt transferred to UMSL after deciding to switch majors from sociology to chemistry. He’ll pursue a PhD at the University of Virginia after finishing his degree earlier this month....
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