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UMSL embarks on a dramatic campuswide transformation

Plans include a more centralized north academic core, a health sciences campus to the south, a new welcome and alumni center and more....

Des Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative partners with St. Louis Dancing Classrooms to teach kids confidence and kindness

Five UMSL education students are volunteering with St. Louis Dancing Classrooms this semester through the College of Education’s Community Agency Partners program....

Keri Jupka, Sarah Klekamp and Tim Wombles receive UMSL Hero Awards

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....

UMSL celebrates exemplary faculty, staff with Chancellor’s Awards

Twelve faculty members and four staff members received Chancellor's Awards for Excellence and the Gerald and Deanne Gitner Excellence in Teaching Award....

Chancellor Kristin Sobolik highlights transformational changes coming to UMSL campus during State of the University Address

Sobolik also recapped some of the university's many successes over the past year during the event at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center....

Eye on UMSL: Side pocket

A.J. Smith, a freshman from St. Louis studying studio art, lines up a shot on the pool table in the lobby of Oak Hall Friday evening....

UMSL welcoming 29 new faculty members as the fall semester begins

New faculty members in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Nursing and the Pierre Laclede Honors College took part in orientation last week....

UMSL set to welcome back students with Triton Take-Off, Weeks of Welcome activities

The Office of New Student Programs and the Office of Student Involvement have a full schedule of events designed to help students get involved on campus....

Dave Wacyk ready to conduct change as UMSL’s new director of instrumental music

Wacyk previously served as the director of instrumental music at Saint Martin’s University and taught instrumental conducting at Towson University....

Spring 2022 commencement: A weekend of celebration and smiles

Campus photographer August Jennewein captured some of the joyful scenes from commencement weekend as UMSL celebrated nearly 1,500 spring graduates....