The award is presented to up to three staff or faculty members each month in recognition of their efforts to transform the lives of UMSL students and the wider community.
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2023 graphic design alum Nicole DuFour builds on passion for illustration with children’s book, ‘The Star Dweller’
DuFour created the book, which has been featured in The New York Times Book Review and at international book festivals, as her senior capstone project.
DNP graduate Victoria Cobb works with BSN students to treat loneliness in older adults
Cobb’s project used weekly socialization visits and mindfulness interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness in residents at St. Andrew’s Senior Solutions.
Assistant Clinical Professor Dr. Tareq Nabhan named president of the St. Louis Optometric Society
The organization provides continuing education to local optometrists with the goal of improving visual health across the greater St. Louis community.
Nursing DNP graduate Luke Little works to improve NPO times for geriatric patients
Little’s project aimed to reduce the amount of time that geriatric patients go without being able to eat or drink while in the emergency department.
Second location of Triton Pantry opens in Seton Hall on South Campus
The pantry offers dried goods, canned goods, deodorant, toilet paper, hygiene supplies and diapers free of cost for UMSL students.
Nursing PhD graduate Erin Doan studies resilience in chronic stroke patients
Doan’s research focused on using a mindfulness-based stress reduction program to support recovery from stroke.
College of Optometry Professor Julie DeKinder appointed chair of the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education
The organization is responsible for setting the standards for the profession of optometry.
Acappellooza Summer brings more than 140 high school students to UMSL campus
The annual overnight music camp features an immersive four days of singing led by some of the world’s best-known names in a cappella music.
MFA grad Alysha Black selected for Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award in Belgium
Black will spend the 2025-26 academic year at Howest University of Applied Sciences in Bruges, Belgium, where she will teach, conduct creative writing workshops and continue to work on her novel.
- Michael Howe, Natalia Mata and Emily Byrne receive UMSL Hero Awards
- Jalene LaMontagne, colleagues win Robert P. McIntosh Award from the Vegetation Section of the Ecological Society of America for research on community synchrony in seed production
- Eye on UMSL: A global welcome
- Dean Marius Boboc brings leadership, research experience to the College of Education
- Fontbonne University archives find new home on UMSL’s campus
- UMSL’s Supply Chain Analytics Center of Excellence set to open for fall semester
- UMSL receives new $1.3 million grant from US Department of Education to continue delivering TRIO Student Support Services
- Fall semester kicks off at UMSL with new student convocation and other Weeks of Welcome events
- 2023 graphic design alum Nicole DuFour builds on passion for illustration with children’s book, ‘The Star Dweller’
- DNP graduate Victoria Cobb works with BSN students to treat loneliness in older adults
- Michael Howe, Natalia Mata and Emily Byrne receive UMSL Hero Awards
- Jalene LaMontagne, colleagues win Robert P. McIntosh Award from the Vegetation Section of the Ecological Society of America for research on community synchrony in seed production
- Eye on UMSL: A global welcome
- Dean Marius Boboc brings leadership, research experience to the College of Education
- Fontbonne University archives find new home on UMSL’s campus
- UMSL’s Supply Chain Analytics Center of Excellence set to open for fall semester
- UMSL receives new $1.3 million grant from US Department of Education to continue delivering TRIO Student Support Services
- Fall semester kicks off at UMSL with new student convocation and other Weeks of Welcome events
- 2023 graphic design alum Nicole DuFour builds on passion for illustration with children’s book, ‘The Star Dweller’
- DNP graduate Victoria Cobb works with BSN students to treat loneliness in older adults