A lifelong learner, Zaidi graduated with a PhD in STEM education after previously earning degrees in areas such as aeronautical engineering, engineering management and international affairs.
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A lifelong learner, Zaidi graduated with a PhD in STEM education after previously earning degrees in areas such as aeronautical engineering, engineering management and international affairs.
A lifelong learner, Zaidi graduated with a PhD in STEM education after previously earning degrees in areas such as aeronautical engineering, engineering management and international affairs.
A lifelong learner, Zaidi graduated with a PhD in STEM education after previously earning degrees in areas such as aeronautical engineering, engineering management and international affairs.
Freet has spent the past 11 years with the UMSL Police Department, the last seven as chief, and has been instrumental in ensuring campus safety, including with his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the free two-week program, students earned college credit, learned professional skills and explored diverse career options.
During the free two-week program, students earned college credit, learned professional skills and explored diverse career options.
During the free two-week program, students earned college credit, learned professional skills and explored diverse career options.
The three-week program integrated hands-on lessons about gardening and the environment with responsive, project-based literacy education.
The three-week program integrated hands-on lessons about gardening and the environment with responsive, project-based literacy education.
The three-week program integrated hands-on lessons about gardening and the environment with responsive, project-based literacy education.
The award honors student teachers and celebrates individuals with high potential to achieve greatness in education.
The award honors student teachers and celebrates individuals with high potential to achieve greatness in education.
The award honors student teachers and celebrates individuals with high potential to achieve greatness in education.
The third year of the UMSL/Jennings Summer Internship Program gave 13 high school students the chance to work as research assistants under the tutelage of UMSL instructors in biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, economics, education and music.
The 2011 anthropology graduate’s spoken-word videos on a variety of topics have connected with a wide audience and earned him a place on Forbes’ 30 under 30 Education list.
A Spanish educator in St. Louis, Friedrichs aims to travel to every Spanish-speaking country and serves on mission trips as an interpreter/translator.
Joey Dordoni, Katherine Bluemel and Kim Nguyen spoke at the annual Scholarship Luncheon about the difference financial support has made in their education.
The Center for Character and Citizenship within the College of Education will use the four-year grant to implement and evaluate a regional program for emerging school leaders.
Taylor will begin as dean Jan. 1 after having served as interim dean for the college since August 2016.
They span the education gamut, teaching subjects ranging from math to history and across grades K-12.
Selected by their school’s administration, each accomplished recipient has been recognized for steadfast dedication to the teaching profession.
After losing a daughter, Theresa Coble learned that embracing grief is necessary to heal. She said the same applies on a national scale.
The grant will increase TESOL-certified K-12 teachers and train administrators and parents in best practices after an influx of refugees to the state.
The annual, two-day conference at UMSL had two keynote address along with 110 presenters, 67 sessions and 13 vendors.
Focus on field work, outstanding faculty and strong student support placed the College of Education’s program at No. 22 on the list.
The new position has Warren Morgan, MEd 2009, returning to his “teaching home” to promote educational equity across St. Louis schools.
Meet five of the 13 high school students and learn about their research, internship experience and future hopes and dreams.
Alice sold Brian his textbooks in the campus bookstore in 1990. Their degrees prepared them for fruitful careers and inspired their children to become Tritons too.
He collected salary schedules from more than 460 school districts in the state, analyzing how different pension formulas impact teachers.
The UMSL alumna will put to work her dual degrees in biology and education to help save the Indiana dunes and lakeshore.
Judith Zimny graduated from UMSL with a master’s degree in educational leadership in 1983. She was recently named vice president of NISE.
The Center for Teaching and Learning’s 2016 Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference had more than 100 presenters, 16 of them from UMSL.
It took Joe Wilson 20 years to get his PhD in chemistry from UMSL due to a big tech detour, but his journey is paying off as a professor.
Rankings were released this week in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools Guide Book.
Junior education major Hayden Crocker scored three goals and had two assists in a 10-5 win over Missouri State University on March 5.
Three members of the UMSL community are among the young professionals being honored in the St. Louis Business Journal’s 2015 “30 Under 30” class.
The programs include criminology and criminal justice, education, public policy administration, clinical psychology, psychology, nursing, social work, biology, and chemistry and biochemistry.
Freshman Felix Kusnierz and senior Ellen Fix were recently named PNC GLVC Athletes of the Week. They were the first from the program to earn the distinction.
Nearly 100 middle school students gathered at the Millennium Student Center last week for the Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life event.
What started as a profession selected out of financial convenience has led to a rewarding and successful career for Lynn Beckwith Jr.
Rhonda Spotanski, who earned her bachelor’s degree in eduction in 1998 and master’s degree in education in 2003 from UMSL, teaches sixth-grade English language arts at Hazelwood West Middle School.
UMSL nursing major Madlyne Bogdajewicz is one of a handful of students volunteering as Triton Health Educators for an NCAA-funded project.
“UMSL helped me become serious about academics,” says Steve Novack, who serves as a member of the UMSL Chancellor’s Council.
Of special note, the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice’s doctoral degree program ranks fourth.
The Missouri school transfer law for unaccredited school districts has been a hot topic this summer as two local school districts scrambled to find suitable replacement districts for their students.
Carl Hoagland is a visionary. As the Emerson Electric Endowed Professor of Teaching and Learning at the University of...
Teaching and inspiring the minds of young people isn’t an easy job. Some teachers have it. Some don’t. And for one University of Missouri–St. Louis alumnus, his name says it all.
Winning is no new feat for University of Missouri–St. Louis alumna Deena Applebury. As head coach of the women’s basketball team at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va., she led her team through a historical 2011-12 season of 30 straight wins and into NCAA Division III tournament play.
Patrons in the Nosh at the Millennium Student Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis last week got a little more than chips with their lunch. More than 70 people, including UMSL education students and members of St. Louis ARC, took part in a flash mob to spread awareness about a national campaign to end the use of negative words.
Emily Jean Smith is the nicest person you'll ever meet who can knock you down and make you cry for your mommy. She's a...
Natissia Small, assistant dean of students at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, was one of 12 educators honored last Friday during the St. Louis American’s 24th annual “Salute to Excellence in Education” scholarship and awards gala.
Small, who serves as director of UMSL’s Office of Precollegiate Programs, received the 2011 Excellence in Education Award. She recently added the Office of Multicultural Relations to her responsibilities at UMSL.
The University of Missouri–St. Louis Department of Physics and Astronomy will hold a public viewing of Saturn,...
Brian Hutchison, assistant professor of counseling and family therapy at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, was...
Carole Basile has been named dean of the College of Education at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Basile, who...
Fifth graders at Oakville Elementary School in south St. Louis County learned to play a new instrument last week...
First grade teacher Wanicha Disharoon works hard to make science a fun learning experience for her students. That...
Kent Farnsworth, a longtime educator, decided last year that changes needed to be made in the way American children are educated.
“During a trip to Helena, Ark., I stopped at a charter school, Delta College Prep, that is doing extraordinary work with some of the most economically challenged students in the country,” Farnsworth said. “As I was driving back to St. Louis, I kept thinking, why can’t any school district do the same thing, even if it isn’t a charter school – and then (I) realized it could.”
Farnsworth recently retired as the Mary Ann Lee Endowed Professor for Community College Leadership Studies in the College of Education at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. He has published a new book, “Grassroots School Reform: A Community Guide to Developing Globally Competitive Students.” It argues that significant school reform in the United States will not happen if left to national or state policy makers, but must be a community-led initiative.
As a successful lawyer with Fortune 500 companies such as Brown Shoe, Emerson Electric and 7 Up, Thomas Knoten has...
The University of Missouri–St. Louis released the inaugural issue of UMSL Magazine on Thursday. Formerly UM St. Louis...
Cheryl Apperson, science teacher at Rockwood Summit High School in Fenton, Mo., received the 2010 Monsanto Outstanding...
At the UMSL Day Information Session on Saturday, prospective undergraduate students toured the University of...
Earlier this year, the Office of Creative Services at the University of Missouri–St. Louis launched an account on the...
Creating a lifetime connection to science is one of the goals of an innovative new grant program under way at the...