Archive for: 2012

PPRC Photo Project showcases collection online, seeks participants for Normandy High School exhibit

"Nancy Collins, Our Oasis Volunteer" by Raychell Mitchell

Since 2004, the Public Policy Research Center Photography Project at the University of Missouri–St. Louis has amassed more than 900 photographs taken by amateur shutterbugs from the St. Louis community. The photos, along with artwork, poetry, autobiographical texts and project descriptions, were displayed at UMSL and within the communities they were taken. Starting this semester, those exhibits are now available to view in another location: online.

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Marketing class garners second place in Chevy Spark campaign

University of Missouri–St. Louis students placed second in a marketing campaign for Chevy Spark vehicle. The campaign, which included a Facebook page, was targeted at college students.

When Joan Hutchinson enrolled in a marketing class at the University of Missouri–St. Louis last semester, she wasn’t expecting to work on a real marketing campaign for Chevy. Nor was she expecting to compete with other college teams and place second on her first marketing plan, but that’s what happened.

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Eye on UMSL: Graduation smiles

UMSL alumnae Nadia King and Kamilla Isakova

Nadia King (left) and Kamilla Isakova celebrate their graduation from the University of Missouri–St. Louis on Dec. 15 outside the university’s Mark Twain Athletic & Fitness Center. Each earned a bachelor’s degree in biology. King hails from Minsk, Belarus, and Isakova from Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

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German American Heritage Society honors UMSL history professor

Steven Rowan, professor of history at UMSL

Steven Rowan, professor of history at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, has written, edited and translated extensively on the history of Germans in America. The German American Heritage Society of St. Louis recently recognized Rowan’s efforts by naming him this year’s Carl Schurz Heritage Award recipient.

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Composer’s poetry-inspired score to debut at Touhill

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A musical score composed by Barbara Harbach and based on works by Greek surrealist poet Andrea Embirikos will makes its debut at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11 in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the North Campus of the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

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Historian receives trio of honors for ‘Braceros’ book

"Braceros" by Deborah Cohen, associate professor of history at UMSL

Current United States-Mexico relations and immigration reform are hot topics in the news now. But it’s a book about the mid-20th-century relationship between the neighboring nations that’s earning praise for Deborah Cohen, associate professor of history at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The historian has received a trio of honors this year for her 2011 book “Braceros: Migrant Citizens and Transnational Subjects.”

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KTVI to air UMSL holiday jazz concert on Christmas morning

University Jazz Ensemble

If you missed the annual holiday jazz concert at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, you’re in luck, as KTVI (Channel 2) will re-air the performance on Christmas morning.

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Information systems experts focus new book on ‘rural outsourcing’

Joseph Rottman, associate professor of information systems at UMSL, and Mary Lacity, Curators' Professor of Information Systems at UMSL, co-wrote a new book on rural outsourcing. The book, "Emerging ITO and BPO Markets: Rural Sourcing and Impact Sourcing," was pulbished by IEEE Computer Society.

When many Americans hear the word outsourcing, thoughts of shipping jobs overseas enter their head. However, a new trend in outsourcing is gaining momentum. Rural outsourcing is the idea of bringing jobs to rural areas throughout the United States.

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Eye on UMSL: Leadership Academy in Character Education

Leadership Academy in Character Education

The Leadership Academy in Character Education is a yearlong professional development program for education leaders. On Dec. 4, LACE graduates participated in peer-group discussions at Glen Echo Country Club in Normandy, Mo.

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UMSL Events for Dec. 15, 2012-Jan. 4, 2013

Events at UMSL

UMSL Events contains information about events that will occur in the seven days following publication (Saturday-Friday). It contains information compiled from the UMSL Campus Calendar. No submissions are accepted, and since the calendar is self-populated, University Marketing and Communications is not responsible for the content that appears here or its accuracy. If you would like to receive UMSL Events via e-mail, you can subscribe to UMSL Daily or UMSL Daily Events.

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