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Community engagement is core to UMSL’s mission

As the University of Missouri System celebrates Engagement Week, Interim Chancellor Kristin Sobolik reflects on ways UMSL works to better the St. Louis region....

Karl Guenther appointed director of UMSL’s Anchor Institution Initiative

Guenther has spent the past eight years working on community engagement and economic development issues at UMSL....

Regions Bank awards grant to UMSL, The SoulFisher Ministries to aid previously incarcerated job seekers

The $25,000 grant will help fund a series of panels aimed at reducing the stigma around justice-involved individuals while allaying employers' concerns about hiring them....

New strategic plan wins approval from Curators of the University of Missouri

Chancellor Tom George presented the plan, which sets ambitious goals for enrollment, student success and research over the next five years....

UMSL hosts lunch event aimed at engaging local businesses

The event was part of UMSL’s anchor mission initiative to use its economic power, along with its human and intellectual resources, to better the welfare of the surrounding community....