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Eye on UMSL: Showing off a new coat

Eye on UMSL: Showing off a new coat

UMSL’s newly renamed agile mobile robot dog, Titan, displayed a new look at last Tuesday’s Spring Involvement Jamboree in the Millennium Student Center.

Eye on UMSL: Showing off a new coat

UMSL’s newly renamed agile mobile robot dog, Titan, displayed a new look at last Tuesday’s Spring Involvement Jamboree in the Millennium Student Center.

Eye on UMSL: Showing off a new coat

UMSL’s newly renamed agile mobile robot dog, Titan, displayed a new look at last Tuesday’s Spring Involvement Jamboree in the Millennium Student Center.

Eye on UMSL: Showing off a new coat

UMSL’s newly renamed agile mobile robot dog, Titan, displayed a new look at last Tuesday’s Spring Involvement Jamboree in the Millennium Student Center.

Eye on UMSL: Friends in high places
Eye on UMSL: Friends in high places

The UMSL Alumni Association recognized elected officials from St. Louis County, the City of St. Louis and the state of Missouri for their support of the university and higher education.

Eye on UMSL: Friends in high places

The UMSL Alumni Association recognized elected officials from St. Louis County, the City of St. Louis and the state of Missouri for their support of the university and higher education.

Eye on UMSL: Friends in high places

The UMSL Alumni Association recognized elected officials from St. Louis County, the City of St. Louis and the state of Missouri for their support of the university and higher education.

Eye on UMSL: High five
Eye on UMSL: High five

UMSL mascot Louie high fives students as they arrive at the University Welcome on Saturday.

Eye on UMSL: High five

UMSL mascot Louie high fives students as they arrive at the University Welcome on Saturday.

Eye on UMSL: High five

UMSL mascot Louie high fives students as they arrive at the University Welcome on Saturday.

Eye on UMSL: An international welcome
Eye on UMSL: An international welcome

UMSL Global team members kicked off Global Triton Welcome, a weeklong orientation to help new international students get acclimated ahead of the spring semester.

Eye on UMSL: An international welcome

UMSL Global team members kicked off Global Triton Welcome, a weeklong orientation to help new international students get acclimated ahead of the spring semester.

Eye on UMSL: An international welcome

UMSL Global team members kicked off Global Triton Welcome, a weeklong orientation to help new international students get acclimated ahead of the spring semester.

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Patricia Zahn, director of the Des Lee Collaborative Vision at UMSL, moves a ladder May 23 at a house construction site on Bates Street in south St. Louis. Through the university’s Employee Volunteer Program and the nonprofit organization Habitat for Humanity Saint Louis, Zahn and nine other volunteers from the university spent the day framing the upstairs walls and installing insulation on two houses.

Eye on UMSL: Grand progress

Eye on UMSL: Grand progress

UMSL at Grand Center is taking shape. Designed by St. Louis architects Heather Woofter and Sung Ho Kim of Axi:Ome, the $12 million, 27,000-square-foot building is expected to be complete in June.

Eye on UMSL: Piano man

Eye on UMSL: Piano man

Accomplished pianist Tom Sullivan basks in applause May 10 following a performance in the J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center at UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Hybrid teaching

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Mimi Duncan, lecturer in information systems at UMSL, helps Lucas Matecki, a junior business major, on May 3 during Duncan’s course Computers and Information Systems 1800. The hybrid class combines online lessons and weekly in-person teaching at Express Scripts Hall. CIS 1800 is a pilot course funded by a grant from Next Generation Learning Challenges, a nonprofit initiative that’s working to improve college readiness and completion with technology.

Eye on UMSL: Education Mural

Eye on UMSL: Education Mural

Pat Duffey (left) and Dan Fahy of GROUP360 Worldwide, a St. Louis-based marketing company, install a six-panel wall mural on April 26 in Marillac Hall on UMSL’s South Campus. Joan Barnidge, graphic designer at UMSL, designed the mural for the College of Education. The picture, by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Philosophy under the shade tree

Eye on UMSL: Philosophy under the shade tree

UMSL Adjunct Instructor in Philosophy Isaac Wiegman (center, facing camera) lectures his class of 16 students on April 9. The course is Philosophy 2280: Minds, Brains and Machines, and the Millennium Student Center is in the background. “I love teaching outside,” Wiegman said. “It’s so fun.” The picture, by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Accounting excellence

Eye on UMSL: Accounting excellence

Did you know that UMSL has an outstanding accounting program? Our students have a CPA exam pass rate that’s 10 percent higher than the national average, and more than 80 of our alumni are chief financial officers at businesses and nonprofit organizations around the country. The photo: Stephen Moehrle, professor of accounting at UMSL, teaches Financial and Accounting Reporting II on Jan. 30 in 336 Social Sciences & Business Building. The picture, by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Lawn warrior

Eye on UMSL: Lawn warrior

Lawn-mowing season is underway. And if you think you have a big yard, tell that to the six UMSL staff members who work 240-plus hours a week tending to the university’s more than 350 acres of grass and other vegetation.

Eye on UMSL: Springtime fun

Eye on UMSL: Springtime fun

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Eye on UMSL: Olympic interview

Eye on UMSL: Olympic interview

Richard Wright, Curators’ Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at UMSL, interviews Susan Brownell, professor...

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Eye on UMSL: Meet ‘n’ greet

Xavier Robinson, a senior majoring in biology at UMSL, meets with Deborah Horsfall Morley of the Wyman Center, a St. Louis-based nonprofit organization that is nationally recognized as an expert in developing teens. They sponsored a booth at the “Spring Internship & Job Fair 2012” held at the Mark Twain Athletic & Fitness Center. The picture, taken by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Greetings

Eye on UMSL: Greetings

Birgit Noll, associate teaching professor in the Pierre Laclede Honors College at UMSL, leads an information session about the honors college during UMSL Day on March 3. The event brought crowds of prospective students and their families to campus to gather information about the university. The picture, taken by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Hands on

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UMSL physical education student Erin Francis tosses the ball toward the goal while playing team handball during the lab portion of her Teaching of Physical Education class. The picture, taken by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Swish!

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