Sep 2, 2010 by Jennifer Hatton
Matthew Davis, education expert, published op-ed on current Missouri Supreme Court ruling.
Matthew Davis, associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, wrote an Op-Ed piece about a recent Missouri Supreme Court ruling, which allows students of unaccredited districts to transfer to accredited districts with the cost to the unaccredited district. He compared the current ruling, referred to as Jane Turner, to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954.
Visit http://bit.ly/dkYpmN to read the Op-Ed.
More information:
http://coe.umsl.edu/web/faculty/elaps/davismat.cfm
Tags: Brown v. Board of Education, Jane Turner, Matthew Davis, Missouri Supreme Court ruling, U.S. Supreme Court
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Sep 2, 2010 by Ryan Heinz
James Richards, left, has been named interim dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication, replacing founding dean John Hylton, who will return to a faculty role as professor of music.
In the fall of 1980, both John Hylton and James Richards joined the music faculty at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. They have worked closely for 30 years as faculty colleagues, ensemble conductors and fellow administrators. Now they share a role in the changing of leadership in the College of Fine Arts and Communication.
Hylton, the college’s founding dean, has elected to step down from the position he’s held for eight years to return his focus to his position as a professor of music. Richards was appointed by Provost Glen Cope as interim dean. They shared dean duties during a transition period in August.
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Tags: Glen Cope, James Richards, John Hylton, Ruth Bohan
Posted in Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, College of Fine Arts and Communication, Department of Art and Art History, Department of Communication, Department of Music, Department of Theatre, Dance and Media Studies, Faculty | Comments Off
Sep 1, 2010 by Jennifer Hatton
Charles Schmitz retired as dean of the College of Education after leading the college for 14 years
Laying low and doing nothing are not in Charles Schmitz’s vocabulary. So when he decided to retire from his position as dean of the College of Education at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, spending long afternoons on his porch playing chess was not what he envisioned for the next phase of his life.
“I already have a full calendar,” he said. “We’ll be traveling, working on our marriage research and spending time with our grandchildren.”
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Aug 31, 2010 by Kylie Shafferkoetter
The Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will hold the first of its 20th Anniversary Celebration Seminars, “Longterm Dynamics in the Serengeti Ecosystem: Lessons for Conservation and Society,” at 4 p.m. on Sept. 7 in 121 Research Hall at UMSL. The lecture will be given by Tony Sinclair of the Centre for Biodiversity Research and the Department of Zoology University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Sinclair began research for his doctorate in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, on the population regulation of African buffalo. Subsequently, he studied the regulation of the wildebeest and other ungulate populations, looking at the effects of food supply and predation. He has examined the causes of migration and its consequences on ecosystem processes. He has documented multiple states in Serengeti savannah and grassland communities and has expanded these interests to include bird, insect and reptile faunas as part of the longterm dynamics of ecosystems. These studies have covered more than 40 years and have been synthesized in three books on the Serengeti ecosystem. He is a member of the Royal Society of London and the Royal Society of Canada.
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Tags: biology, ecology, Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center
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Aug 31, 2010 by Maureen Zegel
The University of Missouri–St. Louis will honor five of its outstanding alumni Sept. 16 at its 19th annual Founders Dinner at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis in Clayton, Mo. The awardees will be honored for their distinguished service to the university, their professions and communities.
The five individuals receiving 2010 Distinguished Alumni Awards are:
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Tags: Distinguished alumni, Founders Dinner
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Aug 31, 2010 by Jennifer Hatton
Charles Schmitz (left) and John Hylton were honored during their joint retirement party last week at UMSL.
As a new semester begins, the University of Missouri–St. Louis bids farewell to two longtime deans as they embark on the next chapter in their lives. One will re-enter the classroom and the other will continue research as one half of “America’s Love and Marriage Experts.”
John Hylton, dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication, and Charles Schmitz, dean of the College of Education, were honored during a joint retirement reception last week at UMSL.
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Tags: Charles Schmitz, Jim Richards, John Hylton, Kathleen Haywood
Posted in College of Education, College of Fine Arts and Communication, Department of Music, Education, Faculty, UMSL Highlights, Uncategorized | Comments Off
Aug 30, 2010 by Jack Crosby
UMSL Chancellor Tom George welcomes students to University Studies, a new course designed to introduce them to the university. At far left is Ron Yasbin, dean of the College of Arts in Sciences, where the new course is being taught.
A new course in the College of Arts and Sciences had University of Missouri–St. Louis Chancellor Tom George waxing nostalgic on Friday.
“I wish I would have had a course like this one back in 1963,” George told about 130 students.
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Tags: Chancellor Tom George, Dean Ron Yasbin, Peter Acsay
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Aug 27, 2010 by Mary Ann Mitchell
A fun-filled day of golf and socializing with friends and alumni will support all 11 sports programs at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The Department of Athletics will hold its inaugural Tritons Golf Tournament Sept. 27 at Norman K. Probstein Golf Course in St. Louis’ Forest Park. All proceeds from the event will go toward the department’s programs.
The golf tournament will begin at 11 a.m. with a golf clinic by Jim Holtgreive, 2011 Walker Cup captain, followed by lunch and a 1 p.m. shotgun start. A dinner buffet and awards banquet will follow directly after golf.
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Tags: Tritons Golf Tournament
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Aug 27, 2010 by Leslie Tepen
This rendering by the Weiss/Manfredi team, along with other designs for the Arch grounds, will be on display at UMSL Sept. 7 through 9.
Five team finalists are competing to revitalize and connect the areas surrounding the Gateway Arch, including the Missouri and Illinois riverfronts and accompanying parks. Their design concepts will be on display Sept. 7-9 in the J.C. Penney Conference Center lobby at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
The Division of Continuing Education at UMSL will present the traveling exhibit, “Framing a Modern Masterpiece: The City+The Arch+The River 2015.” The competing teams’ designs will be on display for the UMSL and greater St. Louis community from 5 to 10 p.m. Sept. 7, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sept. 8 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 9.
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Tags: Arch, Framing a Modern Masterpiece
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Aug 26, 2010 by Kylie Shafferkoetter
Joan McBreen will bring the spirit of Ireland to the University of Missouri–St. Louis during a reading of her poetry from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Sept. 14 in 331 Social Sciences & Business Building on UMSL’s campus. This reading is free and open to the public.
McBreen’s poetry collections are: “The Wind Beyond the Wall” (Story Line Press, 1990), “A Walled Garden in Moylough” (Story Line Press and Salmon Poetry, 1995), “Winter in the Eye – New and Selected Poems” (Salmon Poetry, 2003) and “Heather Island” (Salmon Poetry, 2009). Her anthology, “The White Page/ An Bhileog Bhán – Twentieth-Century Irish Women Poets,” was published by Salmon in 1999 and is in its third reprint. Her poetry is published widely in Ireland and abroad, and has been broadcast, anthologized and translated into many languages. Her CD, “The Long Light on the Land – Selected Poems,” read to a background of traditional Irish airs and classical music, was produced in 2004.
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Tags: Events, Irish, poetry, reading
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