The retired Ameren chairman will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate during a ceremony for graduates of the College of Business Administration on Friday.
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UMSL to honor alum Warner Baxter as it celebrates more than 1,700 new graduates during spring commencement ceremonies
The retired Ameren chairman will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate during a ceremony for graduates of the College of Business Administration on Friday.
UMSL to honor alum Warner Baxter as it celebrates more than 1,700 new graduates during spring commencement ceremonies
The retired Ameren chairman will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate during a ceremony for graduates of the College of Business Administration on Friday.
UMSL to honor alum Warner Baxter as it celebrates more than 1,700 new graduates during spring commencement ceremonies
The retired Ameren chairman will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate during a ceremony for graduates of the College of Business Administration on Friday.
College of Nursing’s Spring Research Day highlights students’ efforts to engage with the community
Students shared electronic poster presentations recapping their work in the Community-Based Clinical Education Program.
College of Nursing’s Spring Research Day highlights students’ efforts to engage with the community
Students shared electronic poster presentations recapping their work in the Community-Based Clinical Education Program.
College of Nursing’s Spring Research Day highlights students’ efforts to engage with the community
Students shared electronic poster presentations recapping their work in the Community-Based Clinical Education Program.
UMSL names Norma Hall-Thoms new dean of the College of Nursing
Hall-Thoms, who formerly served as dean of the University of Indianapolis School of Nursing, will assume her new position on July 1.
UMSL names Norma Hall-Thoms new dean of the College of Nursing
Hall-Thoms, who formerly served as dean of the University of Indianapolis School of Nursing, will assume her new position on July 1.
UMSL names Norma Hall-Thoms new dean of the College of Nursing
Hall-Thoms, who formerly served as dean of the University of Indianapolis School of Nursing, will assume her new position on July 1.
Yuan Chen, Candace-Rae Davis and Bob Ross 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.
Yuan Chen, Candace-Rae Davis and Bob Ross 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.
Yuan Chen, Candace-Rae Davis and Bob Ross 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.
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Eye on UMSL: Nursing humor
“Mr. Bones” explains dosage calculations to the nursing staff during a light-hearted moment Friday afternoon in the Nursing Learning, Resource and Simulation Center on South Campus.
Media Coverage: June 2013
The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media. Media Coverage highlights some of the top coverage, but does not serve as a comprehensive listing.
Outstanding UMSL faculty receive honors at UM System awards ceremony
The University of Missouri Board of Curators and UM System President Timothy M. Wolfe honored five University of...
UMSL donors create 19 scholarships; 35 more in the works for next year
University of Missouri–St. Louis students will have 19 new scholarship options to help pay for school this fall thanks to university donors and a program established by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and implemented by the University of Missouri System.
Media Coverage: April 2013
Media Coverage highlights some of the top coverage, but does not serve as a comprehensive listing. This post will be updated with new highlights throughout the month and beyond.
Legacy families point to UMSL’s success
Jessica Lake has spent the past seven years at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The 25-year-old graduate student says UMSL feels like home and for good reason.
UMSL nursing, optometry students take part in free health fair
A normal blood sugar reading drew a sigh of relief from one woman. Another promised to follow-up with a doctor after being told her headaches are likely related to her high blood pressure.
American Academy of Nursing president to deliver nursing leadership lecture
Joanne Disch has served as a chief nurse executive in two major medical centers and has held numerous national leadership positions.
Nursing professor elected president-elect of Oncology Nursing Society
The Oncology Nursing Society has named Margaret Barton-Burke, the Mary Ann Lee Endowed Professor of Oncology Nursing at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, president-elect of the organization.
Nursing lecture to feature cancer pain management researcher
Judith Paice, a research professor of medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, has traveled the world educating health-care professionals on cancer pain relief and palliative care.
Alzheimer’s in minorities focus of contemporary issues series discussion
More than five million people today are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and as many as 16 million will have the disease in 2050. While symptoms are similar among all people, effects can differ based on racial, cultural or ethnic background.
Standefer named GLVC Baseball Pitcher of the Week
University of Missouri–St. Louis junior pitcher Zach Standefer has been named Great Lakes Valley Conference baseball Pitcher of the Week, as announced by the league office on Monday.
Media Coverage: January 2013
The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media.
Nursing conference to explore minority health issues, offer free health screenings
The sixth annual African American Nursing History Conference, sponsored by the College of Nursing at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, will explore health care disparities, health care equity and health care promotion through awareness and action by providing free health care screenings to the community.
Media Coverage: October 2012
The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media.
Nearly 600 UMSL graduates bring home diplomas for holidays
Nearly 600 students at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will receive a coveted gift Saturday, one they’ve been working on for years. Three commencement ceremonies will be held at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Dec. 15 in the Mark Twain Athletic & Fitness Center on the university’s North Campus.
Annual Faculty Author Reception highlights scholarly excellence
The location might have changed, but the premise of the annual Faculty Author Reception at the University of Missouri–St. Louis is the same.
Eye on UMSL: UMSL Day
More than 900 people visited the University of Missouri–St. Louis on Nov. 17 for UMSL Day. The biannual event gives...
Scholar honored for community, campus collaboration
Wilma Calvert, assistant professor of nursing at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, has been recognized for her commitment to community partnerships. At the recent Campus Compact Heartland Conference, the Missouri Campus Compact awarded Calvert the 2012 Outstanding Community and Campus Collaboration Award.
Gender Studies program celebrates new location
The Gender Studies program at the University of Missouri–St. Louis has moved up in the world, figuratively and literally. The program recently moved from a space in the partially submerged second floor of Clark Hall to the more spacious 494 Lucas Hall.
Eye on UMSL: This won’t hurt a bit
Lydia Mason, a senior nursing major at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, gives Patrick Osborne, associate teaching professor of biology at UMSL, a flu vaccination Oct. 10 in the J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center, while Mason’s classmate Kaeleigh Sneed looks on.
First-day enrollment at UMSL: Larger, smarter incoming freshmen class
High school graduates are on the decline in Missouri. But the economy – not demographics – appears to be the primary factor affecting enrollment at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. And the campus appears to be holding its own.
New dean takes helm at College of Nursing
A little over a month on the job and boxes still line her office floor while empty bookshelves wait to be filled. Susan Dean-Baar, the new dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, is still moving into her position, literally and figuratively. She started at UMSL July 1.
Arnold Grobman, former chancellor, dies at 94
Arnold Grobman, a former chancellor of the University of Missouri–St. Louis who in 1975 expanded the young institution’s academic mission to include the colleges of optometry and nursing, died July 8 in Gainesville, Fla. He was 94. A cause of death was not available.
Nursing leader to be inducted into American Academy of Nursing
Margaret Barton-Burke will join an elite group of health-care professionals when she’s inducted as a fellow into the American Academy of Nursing in October.
Instructor, alumna honored for health-care work
Sheila Grigsby works with churches and congregations in the St. Louis metropolitan area to educate young people about their sexual health and HIV and AIDS.
3 honorary degree recipients devote lives to service
Dr. Patricia Wolff, a St. Louis pediatrician who left her private practice last year to devote her time to providing food and medicine to malnourished children in Haiti, is one of three individuals receiving honorary degrees at five commencement ceremonies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis May 12 and 13.
In her own words: Nurse oncologist talks about breast cancer in black women
Margaret Barton-Burke has been an oncology nurse for more than 35 years. But it wasn’t exactly a career path she grew up dreaming about. Actually, it was more or less preordained.
Global disease prevention expert to speak at the Touhill
The saying that HIV knows no boundaries is highlighted in the work carried out by Kim Bouldin-Jones, an internationally recognized educator who specializes in HIV, sexual transmitted diseases and global disease prevention.
Forum to focus on reproductive rights as national debate heats up
Reproductive rights have been a recent hot-button political issue. As the national debate heats up, a forum on reproductive rights at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will explore the issue, why the rights are important and why these issues are in the news now.
Students emphasize annual eye exams at health fair
Nearly 70 older adults received vision screenings at a recent health fair organized by the College of Nursing at the University of Missouri–St. Louis and the St. Louis Housing Authority.
UMSL signs new agreement with Mineral Area College
Residents in southeast Missouri don’t have to leave their zip code to receive a serious education at a serious value. The University of Missouri–St. Louis and Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Mo., signed a new partnership agreement March 19 offering UMSL courses to those enrolled at MAC. Students can choose from the UMSL degree programs offered, including a bachelor’s degrees in liberal studies, bachelor’s or a master’s degree in social work and master’s degree in nursing.
Criminology, nursing graduate programs retain top ranking
U.S. News & World Report’s latest publication on graduates schools continues to rank the University of Missouri–St. Louis’ criminology and nursing programs among the best. The ranking appears in the magazine’s 2013 edition, “America’s Best Graduate Schools,” available this week. Criminology retains its 2009 ranking and nursing maintains its 2011 ranking.
Flamingo Lounge closes; will reopen with new look, new name
Ever wonder where elementary and secondary teachers go after the kids leave? On any given day, you can find more than 100 of them in their role as graduate students at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. They spend two and a half hours in class, grab a snack from a vending machine and wait for the next class to begin. Add hundreds more nursing and optometry students doing the same thing and some of them might get cranky.
College of Nursing names new dean
A new dean has been chosen to lead the college of nursing at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Susan Dean-Baar is currently the interim dean of the Zilber School of Public Health and associate dean and former acting dean of the college of nursing at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
UMSL nursing conference explores health disparities, offers free health screenings
The numbers are bleak when it comes to African-American men and cancer. Black men account for the highest rate of new cancer cases and after a diagnosis they have the highest death rate compared to other groups.
Commencement speakers share wisdom
Commencement speakers often share words of wisdom with the new graduates that make up their audience. This line stood...
Nearly 600 will bring home a diploma for the holidays
Nearly 600 graduates of the University Missouri–St. Louis will receive a coveted college diploma this holiday season....
Eye on UMSL: Granted
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announces that the College of Nursing at UMSL received a $150,000 grant from the state. The...
Gov. Nixon announces $150,000 grant for College of Nursing
Surrounded by a crowd of nursing students, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced Friday a $150,000 grant for the College...
Nursing scholar receives AHA fellowship
Anne Fish, an associate professor of nursing at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, was elected and named a...
Longtime nursing faculty member serves as interim dean
Sandy Lindquist was named the interim dean of the College of Nursing at University of Missouri–St. Louis. She will...
Nursing scholar appointed to state task force
Susan Kendig, associate teaching professor of nursing in the University of Missouri–St. Louis' College of Nursing, was...
5 alumni honored for contributions to UMSL, profession, community
Nearly 800 people helped the University of Missouri–St. Louis celebrate its 20th Annual Founders Dinner Sept. 15. The...
UMSL boasts 3 winners among 30 leaders in their 30s
Hundreds of people are expected to gather Sept. 23 to salute 30 up-and-coming young North St. Louis County leaders in...
Students return on Move-In Day
New students began moving into residence halls on Aug. 19 and Aug. 20 at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. A...
First Doctor of Nursing Practice degree awarded by UMSL
Marie Mueller initially had no interest in pursuing a doctorate in nursing. But when the College of Nursing at the...
Plans underway for UMSL’s 50th anniversary
The buzz has begun. Tell people you read it here first! Officially, the yearlong jubilee to celebrate the founding of...
Nursing alumna helps found medical clinic in rural India
University of Missouri–St. Louis nursing alumna Rachel Ascher (BSN 2009) is living her dream by helping the...
Students, faculty volunteer after tornado
A tornado ripped through Joplin, Mo., on May 22. It took the lives of 153 people, and miles of homes and businesses...
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