Fletcher-Kelley found her niche as a flight nurse, and her role as VP of patient care services allows her to make a positive impact for others daily.
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Doing better than your parents: Access and student success drive social mobility at UMSL
UMSL graduates Pell Grant recipients far better than many universities that score high on traditional rankings based on prestige factors such as admissions rates or endowment size.
New PhD graduate Mary Painter examines how Uber, Lyft have used policy process to gain edge and disrupt transportation
Painter’s research showed that the companies found valuable allies among elected officials as they began operating in Austin, Chicago and St. Louis.
Jane Lakayil hopes to use optometry degree to do work that matters
After graduating from the Honors College then the College of Optometry, Lakayil heads off to a residency in ocular disease at VA Illiana Health Care System.
Confronting coronavirus through art
Associate Professor Jennifer McKnight and Professor Jeff Sippel guided students, alumni and friends through art making at home in the wake of coronavirus.
Optometry on the edge of the Earth: A clinical rotation in Nome, Alaska, fosters cultural exchange, cutting-edge practice
Optometry student George Dowdy helped treat Native Alaskan patients in Nome and the surrounding villages with preceptor and alumna Dr. Marcy O’Neil.
Eye on UMSL: Dream it, do it
Grant Beckmann was on campus shooting b-roll for his internship with UMSL Athletics when he crossed paths with photographer August Jennewein.
Art education graduates take advantage of unique opportunities and unlock potential at UMSL
During their time together at UMSL, Shellby Brannam and Maribel Ramirez-Bohenkamp worked on Show Me ART magazine and honed their skills as artists and educators.
Nursing PhD graduate studies health-care stigma surrounding body art
The road to Lacee Kaufmann’s PhD started with a car crash that paralyzed a friend in their first year of nursing school.
UMSL DNP preps Sally Breen for coronavirus care on the edge of Navajo Nation
A paper on the Indian Health Service and an awareness of the social determinants of health led the nurse practitioner to Page, Arizona.