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ShareBy Maya Harter and Katie Basler Hispanic Heritage Month is a recognition and celebration of the histories, contributions, cultures, and influence of Latinx people in America that occurs annually from September 15th to October 15th. UMSL’s LGBTQ+ and Diversity Initiatives partner with various other departments and student organizations to put […]

UMSL Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

24 Sep, 2021 in Accounting / Diversity / International Business / Management / Marketing / Social & Digital Media / Student Life / Supply Chain & Analytics tagged #UMSLBusiness / digital marketing / Diversity / Katie Basler / marketing / Maya Harter / Networking / social media / Student Life / UMSL / UMSL Business / UMSL Diversity by tabp79

ShareBy Alexandria Diercks UMSL’s spring 2021 virtual career fair is Friday, March 12 from 9am-3pm. This event is campus wide for students and alumni, no matter the academic program or level. It’s a great way to get your foot in the door and meet with possible employers! I got the […]

Career Fair Tips from Cushman & Wakefield

11 Mar, 2021 in Student Life tagged Alexandria Diercks / Career Fair / Career Fair Plus / cushman & wakefield / job opportunity / STAR method by kjc87x

ShareBy Sara Hamer The Pandemic has created a crisis for the local businesses of this country. Do you want to know why you should support local businesses during Covid? Many small businesses are struggling with this current pandemic. With businesses having to adjust, it can be hard to bring back […]

Why You Should Support Local Businesses

25 Feb, 2021 in Student Life tagged Local Business / Mac's Local Eats / Northwest Coffee / Pandemic / Record Exchange / Shop Local by kjc87x

ShareBy Wangui Gathungu, The success of the UMSL Accelerate and EQ Accelerate guided the team to create a “purpose driven accelerator” says Founding Executive Director of UMSL Accelerate Dan Lauer. When discussing the program with the leaders Ameren, Edward Jones, Express Scripts, and private donors, Lauer notes there was zero […]

DEI Accelerator: First of Its Kind at UMSL

19 Nov, 2020 in Diversity / Management / Marketing / Student Life tagged Accelerate / Dan Lauer / DEI / UMSL / Wangui Gathungu by kjc87x

ShareBy Brienna Manore “But wait! There’s more!” the slogan of 2020. A pandemic, Australian bushfires, toilet paper shortage, and giant murder hornets? You’ve got to be kidding me. I was still holding out hope that I would have in-person graduation this December, but then I got the email. In a […]

3 Ways to Embrace Virtual Graduation

4 Nov, 2020 in Student Life tagged Brienna Manore / College Graduation / Graduation / Virtual Graduation by kjc87x

ShareBy Wangui Gathungu Like every large event that was supposed to be in person the UMSL 2020 Fall Career Fair made its way online. Companies that were in attendance included Square, Cigna, Bayer, and Emerson. The Career Fair had 89 companies attending, 500 students set up a profile for the […]

UMSL Career Fair Goes Virtual for the First Time

9 Oct, 2020 in Student Life tagged Career Fair Plus / Career Services / Cigna / emerson / Square / Teresa Balestreri / Wangui Gathungu by kjc87x

ShareBy Tori Foster Ever since March, we have been trapped in a bubble…. meaning our homes of course. The government and public officials told us to quarantine and to social distance as much as possible. March is the same month when students were told to move back home if possible […]

UMSL’s Response to COVID-19

7 Oct, 2020 in Student Life tagged COVID-19 / Graduation / Perry Drake / Remote Learning / Tori Foster / UMSL / UMSL Business / Wellness and Recreation by kjc87x

ShareBy Taylor Rinehart With UMSL transitioning to online courses for summer due to COVID-19, this is going to be a trial and error process. Something that I’m sure is going to benefit the students is removing all online fees for the summer semester. For students looking to take online courses […]

How UMSL is Altering Courses the Right Way

4 May, 2020 in Marketing / Student Life tagged COVID19 / Online courses / Pandjiris / Tian / UM System / UMSL / UMSL Business by kjc87x

ShareBy Mona Sabau Working at home is GREAT…. till your cat vomits on your keyboard! The current situation all around the world is uniting us by wearing our sweatpants/PJs and struggling to figure this whole thing out. Some studies say that we tend to be more productive when we have […]

What Working from Home Taught Me

16 Apr, 2020 in Student Life / Uncategorized tagged G-suite / Teamweek / Trello / Working from home / Zoom by kjc87x

ShareBy Taylor Rinehart Before all of the issues involving COVID-19, Arch Apparel came to visit and talk about their story to the Marketing Club. The founder Aaron Park shared how he had a vision for St. Louis streetwear and made it become a reality with Arch Apparel. It all started […]

Arch Apparel Founder Aaron Park Visits UMSL

6 Apr, 2020 in Marketing / Social & Digital Media / Student Life tagged A giveback initiative / Aaron Park / Arch Apparel / COVID-19 / Instagram / Marketing Club / Stanley Cup by kjc87x