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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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Eye on UMSL: Music of the movies
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Assistant Teaching Professor David Wacyk dressed up as Marty McFly as he conducted the UMSL Orchestra and Wind Ensemble on May 13 at the Touhill.

Eye on UMSL: Music of the movies

Assistant Teaching Professor David Wacyk dressed up as Marty McFly as he conducted the UMSL Orchestra and Wind Ensemble on May 13 at the Touhill.

Eye on UMSL: Music of the movies

Jun 8, 2026

Assistant Teaching Professor David Wacyk dressed up as Marty McFly as he conducted the UMSL Orchestra and Wind Ensemble on May 13 at the Touhill.

BSN graduate Haley Horan working as labor and delivery nurse at Mercy Hospital
BSN graduate Haley Horan working as labor and delivery nurse at Mercy Hospital

Horan will be caring for patients throughout labor, delivery and the immediate postpartum period.

BSN graduate Haley Horan working as labor and delivery nurse at Mercy Hospital

Horan will be caring for patients throughout labor, delivery and the immediate postpartum period.

Optometry graduate Airshpreet Kaur starting low-vision residency at The Eye Institute of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in Philadelphia

Jun 8, 2026

Kaur dreams of one day operating her own low-vision clinic, where she can help people adjust to vision loss in everyday life.

Finance graduate Callie Clinton transformed curiosity into a career at UMSL
Finance graduate Callie Clinton transformed curiosity into a career at UMSL

Clinton, a member of the UMSL swimming team, began working as a financial advisor for SageSpring Wealth Partners in Franklin, Tennessee.

Finance graduate Callie Clinton transformed curiosity into a career at UMSL

Clinton, a member of the UMSL swimming team, began working as a financial advisor for SageSpring Wealth Partners in Franklin, Tennessee.

Finance graduate Callie Clinton transformed curiosity into a career at UMSL

Jun 8, 2026

Clinton, a member of the UMSL swimming team, began working as a financial advisor for SageSpring Wealth Partners in Franklin, Tennessee.

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