Kersten has been dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Idaho and will assume his new role Aug. 1.
LATEST IN Home profile
Search Filters
Political science alumnus Nate Wilson working for the cause of peace in Libya
Wilson works as a program officer for the U.S. Institute of Peace and oversees peace-building projects from his post in Tunisia.
17 #UMSLproud must-reads from 2017
UMSL Daily’s online audience nearly doubled over the past year as readers connected with a total of 448 Triton stories.
Opportunity Scholars Program recruits dynamic group of local students
Six freshmen with interests in engineering, business and nursing make up the new cohort of students.
Anthropology graduate Shawn Edghill studies the past as he reshapes his own future
Edghill had a degree in urban planning and design when he decided to return to school to pursue a second bachelor’s in anthropology.
Steven Rowan’s newly digitized translations preserve ‘Mysteries of New Orleans’ and other 19th-century texts for future readers
A prolific translator of German and French documents, he’s lately been on a mission to make his English versions widely accessible to the public.
Music education degree is dream come true for nontraditional student Odell Jackson
The percussionist, aspiring band director and father of three is graduating summa cum laude after turning an initial fear of failure into a 3.8 GPA.
Opal Jones works to house St. Louisans with HIV/AIDS
A business degree from UMSL helped Jones become the CEO of a nonprofit within 12 years of graduation.
Small program presents valuable opportunities for mechanical engineering graduates
Co-op positions and a close-knit community of students have been highlights of Kristin Gonzalez and Kelsey Wortmann’s undergraduate experiences.
Psychology graduate and heart transplant patient Angela Farrell eyes graduate school, research to aid chronically ill children
Farrell’s interested in researching post-traumatic stress on children with chronic conditions who undergo significant medical procedures.