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Eye on UMSL: Alma mater

Eye on UMSL: Alma mater

Double Date, a UMSL student group, sings the university’s alma mater, “Heart of Missouri,” at the closing ceremony of UMSL’s Founders Dinner and Jubilee birthday party. Double Date includes (from left) Michaela Slamka, tenor, Blair Brown, lead, Ravi Raghuram, bass, and Nathan Johnston, baritone. Fellow student Dustin Shrum accompanied the group on trumpet.

The photograph was taken by UMSL photographer August Jennewein and is the latest to be featured in Eye on UMSL.

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