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Des Lee Collaborative Vision

UMSL literacy faculty cultivates an active view of reading and community connections

The team’s work encompasses many areas of research as well as initiatives such as the UMSL Literacy Clinic and the Gateway Writing Project....

Patricia Zahn helps strengthen connections between UMSL, wider community

Zahn is in her 13th year at UMSL and serves as the director of community outreach and engagement and legislative liaison while supporting the Des Lee Collaborative Vision....

Saint Louis Zoo wins WAZA Conservation Award for its longtime collaboration with UMSL in Galápagos Islands

The partnership has resulted in over 30 advanced degrees for students representing numerous countries, many of whom have gone on to careers as conservationists....

UMSL Succeed wins What’s Right with the Region Award from FOCUS St. Louis

The program helps students with intellectual and developmental disabilities develop independent living and job skills while providing them with a college experience....

UMSL receives $1 million gift from late Helen Shopmaker to support Opportunity Scholars Program

Shopmaker's gift will endow the scholarship, which serves first-generation college students and those underrepresented in the workforce....

Carnegie Foundation reaffirms UMSL’s Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

UMSL was one of 119 institutions in 2020 to receive the elective designation, indicating its institutional commitment to community engagement....

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....

UM System kicks off Engagement Week at UMSL

University of Missouri System President Mun Choi highlighted the impact of the system’s four universities....

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....

Youth Violence Prevention Conference generates important dialogue between practitioners, researchers

Retiring Professor Finn-Aage Esbensen organized the conference for his 18th and final time last Thursday in the J.C. Penney Auditorium....