Kallal hiked the Camino de Santiago, a historic pilgrimage path, in Spain this summer and studied in Angers, France, during the fall semester.
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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.
Brett Paubel carves out legacy of excellence and involvement at UMSL
Paubel, who was named UMSL’s Student Leader of the Year for 2024, has a job lined up with Big 4 accounting firm PwC after he finishes his CPA in 2025.
McDonnell Foundation awards $8 million grant to help grow new UMSL School of Engineering
The new school will begin enrolling students next fall as it works to address the workforce demand for more trained engineers in the St. Louis region and across the state of Missouri.
Five questions with Elena Jenkins, DNP student in the College of Nursing
Jenkins, who is also an artist, is passionate about maternal health and plans to open a birth center after graduation.