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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UMSL alumna Marina Villoch researches and restores coral reefs in the Florida Keys
At Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, she studies the diseases and other climate change-induced stressors threatening coral reefs.
College of Education answers demand for advanced training with Elementary Mathematics Specialist Certificate
The two-year, 24-credit cohort program verses educators in grade appropriate mathematics, application of pedagogy and leadership training.
Inaugural UMSL Accelerate Entrepreneur of the Year Awards honor local visionaries
UMSL alumnus Peter Racen helped establish the awards with the aim of promoting entrepreneurship by highlighting impactful entrepreneurs and advocates.
UMSL community mourns the loss of longtime supporter and champion George Paz
Paz came from humble beginnings and earned a degree in business administration and accounting in 1982. He had tremendous career success as chairman and CEO of Express Scripts.
Eye on UMSL: Sharing a laugh
Students Jessica Probert, Destiny Trent, Alexandra Psujek and Tema Gholston-Byrd, part of the Social Peers Program, chuckle together as they walk through the Quad and its changing fall leaves.
Through children’s book series, nursing faculty member Joshua Minks translates health problems for younger audience
“Humania and the Legend of Commander Pancreator” helps kids understand the onset of Type 1 diabetes.
Esther Nwokoji receives scholarship from the Black Nurses Association of Greater St. Louis
Nwokoji has thrived in the College of Nursing with a 3.9 GPA and received a $1,000 Edith L. Cole scholarship in recognition of her academic success.
UMSL working with BJC HealthCare, Compass Health to meet growing need for master’s-trained social workers
Under new agreements, employees from two of Missouri’s largest behavioral health providers can pursue MSWs while receiving academic support services to ensure degree completion.
Voter ID requirement, no-excuse early voting among changes Missourians will see when they vote in 2022 election
UMSL political scientists Anita Manion and David Kimball discuss changes resulting from a new voting law that took effect in late August.