Kate Hamm and Rachel Simpson aim to propel the profession of optometry forward with big ideas – including a business model that tackles the wage gap.
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Enterprise Opportunity Driver scholar starts career in familiar setting
Rachel Gann not only received multiple offers prior to graduation, she landed her entry-level dream job.
7 new freshmen set to make the most of UMSL Bridge Program Express Scripts scholarships
They may still be teenagers, but they’re also future engineers, medical professionals, scientists and anthropologists.
Economics major discovers her entrepreneurial spirit through scholars and interns program
Meagan Burwell spent the summer researching the feasibility of kitchen incubator and urban farm development.
Anthropology and Japanese major heads to Tokyo on full scholarship
Tori Dieckman will spend the next 11 months studying at Waseda University in Japan before returning for her senior year at UMSL.
Emerson Community, North County Matching scholarships make a difference in students’ lives
More scholarship money went into action at the University of Missouri–St. Louis this fall with 50 new students receiving the Emerson Community Scholarship, the North County Matching Scholarship or both. The students are graduates from schools and districts throughout north St. Louis County with the largest representation coming from the Ferguson-Florissant, Hazelwood and Ritenour school […]
Express Scripts commits $2.5 million to UMSL’s precollegiate Bridge Program, wrap-around scholarships
The major investment from Express Scripts, Inc., will foster academic opportunity for north St. Louis County students and increase the impact of UMSL’s Bridge Program.
Accounting student receives $10,000 merit scholarship
Paul Moritz received the scholarship from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. He plans to use it to earn his master’s degree in accounting from UMSL.
New scholarship supports active-duty service members
This is the latest news resulting from a larger institutional effort to attract and retain student veterans and current service members.
IN UNISON scholarship makes a sweet tune for Maria Ellis
The UMSL student spent 12 years in sales for AT&T but always knew music was where her heart was.
Language student headed to Germany on scholarship
Sophomore Seth Huntington will study abroad in Germany thanks to the St. Louis-Stuttgart Sister Cities Language Immersion Scholarship.
First class of UM Entrepreneurial Scholars and Interns includes 3 UMSL undergrads
UMSL students (from left) Audrey Engel, Andrew Neely and Teresa Frank were selected for the inaugural class.
Emerson’s ‘Ferguson Forward’ plan creates scholarships for local grads
On Sept. 18, Emerson chairman and CEO David Farr announced a five-year commitment of $1.5 million to provide scholarships to UMSL students from Ferguson, Mo., and surrounding communities.
Ideas Island sprouts creative collaboration for education scholars
“If you could have your own island to yourself, what would you create?” Assistant Professor Ralph Cordova responded, and then got to find out first hand.
New scholarship helps push summer enrollment above 5,000
The new Triton Summer Scholarship helped soon-to-be senior Tempestt Burel and 160 fellow UMSL students make the most of the university’s summer course offerings and stay on track toward graduation.
Thank you: UMSL students, donors celebrate scholarships
More than 200 people, equally divided between scholarship recipients and donors, met over lunch last Friday. When it was all over, there were tears, smiles and grand applause.
New SCORE Scholarship on campus
University of Missouri–St. Louis awarded the inaugural SCORE scholarship May 8 in the amount of $1,000 to marketing and Pierre Laclede Honors College student Sumedha Rao.
UMSL donors create 19 scholarships; 35 more in the works for next year
University of Missouri–St. Louis students will have 19 new scholarship options to help pay for school this fall thanks to university donors and a program established by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and implemented by the University of Missouri System.
Private scholarships make a difference for hard-working UMSL students
The University of Missouri–St. Louis raised about $20 million in private scholarship funds over the course of its seven-year Gateway for Greatness Campaign. What does that mean for UMSL students?
Enterprise scholars begin college journey
John-Mark Scott, a graduate of Hazelwood Central High School in St. Louis County, found his passion in an accounting class in high school. After applying to the accounting program at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, he was pleasantly surprised to be selected as an Enterprise Opportunity Driver Scholarship recipient.
- CLIMB program celebrates 10th class of summer interns
- Eye on UMSL: Tending the gardens
- UMSL Department of Art and Design collaborates with newly opened Sundance Café to display faculty works
- Honors College graduate Jay Gaskin pursuing career in media and entertainment, starting with internship at STL-TV
- PR Pathways offers high school students an in-depth look into careers in public relations
- Longtime faculty members retire after decades of service to the School of Social Work
- Supply Chain PhD student Paula Penagos selected as fellow in esteemed Eno Center for Transportation Leadership Development Conference
- Accounting student Angela Truesdale honored as recipient of prestigious Remington R. Williams Award
- St. Louis Mercantile Library Endowed Executive Director John Neal Hoover receives 2024 Jonas Viles Award
- State of Missouri makes significant investments in new academic programs and ongoing campus transformation at UMSL
