Lea’cher Kennedy, an English major and Pierre Laclede Honors College student at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, read from one of the submissions to the newest issue of Bellerive titled, “Points of Departure,” at a launch party event on Feb. 27 in the ED Collabitat.

Bellerive is an annual publication produced by Honors College students and features creative works by students, staff, faculty and alumni from departments across campus in the genres of poetry, prose, academic essay, art and photography and music. All submissions are reviewed blindly.

The deadline for submitting work for the next issue of Bellerive is Oct. 1. Selections will be finalized at the end of the fall 2026 semester.

This photograph was taken by UMSL photographer Derik Holtmann and is the latest to be featured in Eye on UMSL. View more UMSL photos by visiting the UMSL Flickr and Instagram accounts.