Talbert, who graduated in December with a bachelor’s degree in biology and a certificate from the Pierre Laclede Honors College, researches sorghum, one of the top five cereal crops grown in the world.
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UMSL receives $5.1 million grant to promote evidence-based literacy strategies in Missouri schools and area career centers
UMSL’s full-time literacy team will continue its work to provide professional development and digital literacy tools to educators.
New graduates celebrate their triumphs with family members, friends during fall 2024 commencement
Photographer Derik Holtmann was on hand to capture displays of jubilation throughout the day at the Mark Twain Athletic Center.
Language student Theresa Kallal finds meaning living life abroad in France and Spain
Kallal hiked the Camino de Santiago, a historic pilgrimage path, in Spain this summer and studied in Angers, France, during the fall semester.
College of Nursing receives funding from Missouri State Board of Nursing to develop new nurse educator certificate program
The program will offer advanced training in curriculum development, teaching methodologies and leadership skills.
Biology graduate Kordell Hamilton gains invaluable research experience while preparing to launch his career
Hamilton has had internships at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and with Virginia Tech’s The Ecology of Bird Loss Project in the Northern Mariana Islands of the Pacific Ocean.
Mother-daughter duo graduates with same information systems capstone class
Temperance Blackman and her mother, Tyra Jones-Williamson, achieved their goal of earning a degree from UMSL together, and they are pursuing their master’s degrees starting in January.
Joint engineering graduate Daniel Olejniczak lands position working on the electrical transformer system at Hitachi Energy
Olejniczak will be part of a team of technicians that operates on transformers – such as the ones used by Ameren and other large power companies – that are experiencing issues.
Alum Irwin Loiterstein enjoys more than 50-year career in Christmas trees
Loiterstein, a member of UMSL’s first graduating class, had planned on becoming a CPA but instead developed into one of the region’s largest wholesalers of Christmas trees.
Communication graduate Hope VanBennekom set to pursue master’s degree in security and disaster management
VanBennekom was drawn to crisis communications in the aftermath of the 2023 shooting at Michigan State University, where her daughter was then a college freshman.