The funding will go toward hiring a full-time play therapist and graduate research assistant and providing paid internship stipends to counseling students completing their field experience.
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60 for 60: Stan Anderson, Darrion Cockrell, Beth Goetz, Ella Jones and Kristin Lawson honored as exceptional UMSL alumni
To celebrate its anniversary, UMSL is spotlighting 60 alumni who apply one or more of the university’s core values in the world and help to make it a better place.
UMSL community members encouraged to display their pride on and off campus on Red and Gold Day Sept. 15
Alumni, students, faculty and staff can snap pictures of themselves at work or about town and share them on social media, tagging UMSL and using the hashtag #UMSL60.
Eye on UMSL: Stomping grounds
Last week, dozens of college students from across St. Louis gathered at UMSL for the annual “Stomp the Quad” dance party.
Michi Tobler engaging in teaching, research and outreach as new E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor in Zoological Studies at UMSL
Tobler has a dual appointment as senior scientist at the Saint Louis Zoo and will be collaborating on research through the WildCare Institute.
Study Abroad Fall Information Fair draws students interested in experiencing different cultures
Study abroad advisors, student study abroad alumni and faculty program leaders were all on hand at more than a dozen tables to answer questions and offer resources.
Office of Student Involvement kicks off semester with Fall Involvement Jamboree
The event helped students connect with more than 50 campus organizations engaging in activities to meet a range of their interests.
Optometry Scholar and 2023 graduate Dr. Jaci Bongard stays on at UMSL for residency in cornea and contact lenses
Her work as a resident involves doing fittings on keratoconus and trauma patients at SLU and working with specialty lenses at a private practice.
Students have fun, make friends during hot start to fall semester
Campus photographer Derik Holtmann and social media manager Valerie Furlong were out and about throughout the first week of the semester capturing activity around campus.
Lola Ekwere, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, studies mental health stigmas in UMSL’s PhD Nursing program
Ekwere’s research focuses on mental health stigmas among African and Caribbean people living in the United States.