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Eye on UMSL: Flying the flag

The UMSL Veterans Center hosted a flag raising ceremony in front of Woods Hall in honor of Veterans Day.

Eye on UMSL: Level up
Eye on UMSL: Level up

Education major Wu Stegall, computer science major Jaylen Ellis and graphic design major Daniel Miller were among 18 competitors vying to win the UMSL Esports team’s Mario Kart Star Cup Tournament.

Eye on UMSL: Level up

Education major Wu Stegall, computer science major Jaylen Ellis and graphic design major Daniel Miller were among 18 competitors vying to win the UMSL Esports team’s Mario Kart Star Cup Tournament.

Eye on UMSL: Level up

Education major Wu Stegall, computer science major Jaylen Ellis and graphic design major Daniel Miller were among 18 competitors vying to win the UMSL Esports team’s Mario Kart Star Cup Tournament.

Eye on UMSL: Artistic advice
Eye on UMSL: Artistic advice

Fine arts majors had the opportunity to discuss their work with visiting artist Amy Callner and listen to her feedback.

Eye on UMSL: Artistic advice

Fine arts majors had the opportunity to discuss their work with visiting artist Amy Callner and listen to her feedback.

Eye on UMSL: Artistic advice

Fine arts majors had the opportunity to discuss their work with visiting artist Amy Callner and listen to her feedback.

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Eye on UMSL: For the children

Eye on UMSL: For the children

Jerry Dunn, director of the Children’s Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis at UMSL, and UMSL Chancellor Tom George cut the ribbon Friday during the grand opening of CASGSL’s third location in Kirkwood, Mo.

Eye on UMSL: That’s a winner

Eye on UMSL: That’s a winner

Mark Monroe, information security officer for Information Technology Services at UMSL, tosses a bag during a game of cornhole at the UMSL Staff Association BBQ on the Millennium Student Center patio. Cheering him on are his ITS colleagues (from left) Jon Kemper, Mike Bate and Mike Toohey.

Eye on UMSL: Syllabus

Eye on UMSL: Syllabus

Bob Bliss, dean of the Pierre Laclede Honors College at UMSL, works on his syllabus for the upcoming semester in his Provincial House office on South Campus.

Eye on UMSL: Student spirit

Eye on UMSL: Student spirit

UMSL students (from left) Austin Culbertson, Nicole Vickers, Courtney Henrichsen, Michael Weaver and Lindsey Laird exude an extra burst of energy during a photo shoot outtake for the next UMSL Viewbook. The students are pictured at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis.

Eye on UMSL: Nursing humor

Eye on UMSL: Nursing humor

“Mr. Bones” explains dosage calculations to the nursing staff during a light-hearted moment Friday afternoon in the Nursing Learning, Resource and Simulation Center on South Campus.

Eye on UMSL: Music in motion

Eye on UMSL: Music in motion

Kate Williamson, a K-6 music specialist and Orff Schulwerk instructor from Minnesota, leads a group of music teachers through a music and movement education class during an Orff Schulwerk Certification workshop June 19 at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The Department of Music at UMSL sponsored the workshop, which attracted nearly 50 teachers from across the region. This approach to learning, developed by Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman, builds musicianship through singing, playing instruments, speech and movement.

Eye on UMSL: Thumbs-up

Eye on UMSL: Thumbs-up

Ben Hunter flashes an enthusiastic thumbs-up after graduating from Project SEARCH last week at UMSL. Looking on is his fellow graduate Hannah Dietrich. Hunter and Dietrich were among seven graduates of the high school transition program, which was born out of a collaboration between Patricia Kopetz, the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of Education for Children with Disabilities at UMSL, and Epworth Children & Family Services in Webster Groves, Mo.

Eye on UMSL: Pre-interview banter

Eye on UMSL: Pre-interview banter

UMSL Chancellor Tom George jokes with Ruth Ezell of KETC (Channel 9) as Matt Bowman makes last-minute camera adjustments before an interview for an upcoming segment of “Living St. Louis.” The locally produced magazine series will profile Jim Widner, renowned bassist and director of jazz studies at UMSL. Ezell interviewed George, an accomplished jazz pianist, about Widner’s role as a faculty member and the times they’ve shared the stage together.

Eye on UMSL: Improvisation

Eye on UMSL: Improvisation

John Harner leads his charges through a trumpet master class on the second day of the weeklong UMSL Jazz Camp, which is now part of the Jim Widner Big Band Jazz Camp series. The musicians added an extra level of improvisation that day, moving class up to the naturally illuminated J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center lobby due to a power outage that hit North Campus.

Eye on UMSL: Reflections

Eye on UMSL: Reflections

The Center for Character and Citizenship in the College of Education at UMSL held its annual Summer Institute in Character Education June 3-7. More than 30 educators from various states, including four from Colegio Los Nogales in Bogota, Colombia, attended the weeklong character education training run by Marvin Berkowitz, the Sanford N. McDonnell Endowed Professor of Education at UMSL. At the end of each day, participants are paired up and ask to give daily reflections on what they learned.

Eye on UMSL: Sunshine on the Quad

Eye on UMSL: Sunshine on the Quad

Adam Tiemann, a senior secondary education major at UMSL, plays his original instrumental "When the Sun Comes Out" on...

Eye on UMSL: Toastmasters

Eye on UMSL: Toastmasters

John Barry (far right) was the Toastmaster of the day at the founding meeting of the UMSL Toastmaster’s Club. More than 30 people attended the meeting in the Alumni Center at Woods Hall.

Eye on UMSL: ‘Bass Ostinato’

Eye on UMSL: ‘Bass Ostinato’

University of Missouri–St. Louis music students Thomas Winkler (piano), Charles Clements (bass) and Corey Axelson...

Eye on UMSL: Spring returns

Eye on UMSL: Spring returns

University of Missouri–St. Louis students walk along the ponds to the south of the Millennium Student Center on May 7....

Eye on UMSL: December twilight

Eye on UMSL: December twilight

The photograph was taken by UMSL photographer August Jennewein and is the latest to be featured in Eye on UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Legislator visit

Eye on UMSL: Legislator visit

UMSL was the first St. Louis-area stop Dec. 5 as newly elected state representatives and senators toured Missouri to gain a better understanding of the institutions and agencies that receive public support.

Eye on UMSL: State of the University Address

Eye on UMSL: State of the University Address

University of Missouri–St. Louis Chancellor Tom George delivers the State of the University Address Sept. 19 in the J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center on the university’s North Campus. More than 300 students, faculty, staff and alumni attended the annual event. The chancellor touted important campus news, recognized the work of faculty and staff and discussed university goals, including ongoing efforts to increase student enrollment.

Eye on UMSL: Observation

Eye on UMSL: Observation

Students study the “UMSL geese” from the hillside overlooking the ponds on North Campus during their Animal Behavior Laboratory class. The students are (from left) Rebecca Dickerson, Jacob Franck, teacher assistant Allisyn-Marie Gillet, Cristen Gillett, Shelamae Paytocon and Stephanie Bladdick.

Eye on UMSL: Reflection

Eye on UMSL: Reflection

With the sun just right, “UMSL” reflects through the window onto the lobby floor of UMSL at Grand Center, the new home to St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU. The public is invited to tour the building at an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 15. Renee Montagne, co-host of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” will be on hand to greet visitors.

Eye on UMSL: Paint by numbers

Eye on UMSL: Paint by numbers

Students participate at the opening reception of “Workbook” in the Visio Gallery by filling in a paint by numbers mural of Georges Seurat’s “Bathers at Asnieres.” The exhibit is an interactive live art show with the walls of the gallery covered with workbook activities. Gallery Visio is a student-run gallery at UMSL. It’s located in 170 Millennium Student Center at UMSL’s North Campus. Regular hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Eye on UMSL: Family affair

Eye on UMSL: Family affair

Freshmen Move-In Day is a family affair. Negar Adl-Tabatabai (gray and white striped shirt) moves into her room in Oak Hall on Aug. 15 with the help of (from left): her father, Abbas Adl-Tabatabai; uncle Ali Hazemi; mother, Farnaz Fayaz; aunt Fariba Fayaz; and cousin Layla Hazemi.

Eye on UMSL: Studying abroad

Eye on UMSL: Studying abroad

Students from Rikkyo University in Tokyo found the large tables in the St. Louis Mercantile Library a perfect place to work on their homework. The undergraduate students, all business majors, are participants in a monthlong program at UMSL. They attend classes, visit the region’s cultural and entertainment attractions, and spend a weekend with a host family to familiarize and learn about American customs.

Eye on UMSL: Barnett Memorial Plaza

Eye on UMSL: Barnett Memorial Plaza

A crew makes progress on July 27 on the Chancellor Marguerite Ross Barnett Memorial Plaza. It will commemorate the lasting accomplishments of Barnett (1942-1992), who led the university from 1986 to 1990. The plaza is scheduled to open during the fall semester and is adjacent to Express Scripts Hall and the Social Sciences & Business Building Tower on the university’s North Campus.

Eye on UMSL: FBI Seminar

Eye on UMSL: FBI Seminar

FBI Special Agent Tom Barlow discusses the case of Glenn Duffie Shriver, a Michigan man serving four years in prison for attempting to spy for China.

Eye on UMSL: Anticipation

Eye on UMSL: Anticipation

UMSL groundskeeper Kevin Usery attaches a new Jubilee banner to a light pole on campus in anticipation of next year’s celebration of the university’s founding in 1963. Plans are in the works for a year’s worth of events that will kick off in January. The picture, by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Buzz worthy

Eye on UMSL: Buzz worthy

Eleanor Balson (center, holding wooden shelf) leads the beekeeping seminar “Is your hive healthy?” on July 12 at UMSL. Balson is an apiary inspector for the Illinois Department of Agriculture. She was on campus for the Heartland Apicultural Society Annual Conference, which runs July 12-14 and offers informational sessions and hands-on instruction to beekeepers of all skill levels. The picture, by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Corned beef on rye

Eye on UMSL: Corned beef on rye

UMSL alumni siblings Robert “Max” Protzel, BSBA 2004, and Erica Protzel, BFA 2008, serve up Protzel’s Delicatessen’s signature corned beef on rye with a pickle, which the family-owned establishment has been serving since 1954.

Eye on UMSL: Computer part art

Eye on UMSL: Computer part art

Xtreme IT! participants (from left) Cameron Caves, Manyongbe Kamara, Thinh Nguyen and Amani Coleman dig through boxes of old computer parts while looking for pieces to be used in an art project. Vicki Sauter, professor of information systems at UMSL and co-founder of Xtreme IT!, said the goal of the art project was to show the reusability of the computer and its parts

Eye on UMSL: Big camps on campus

Eye on UMSL: Big camps on campus

Saxophonist Dave Pietro leads a Jazz Camp class in J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center at UMSL. Held June 10-15, it’s one of several precollegiate camps on campus each summer. Others include Girls Leadership Camp, STARS, UMSL Bridge Program Summer Academy, Xtreme IT! Summer Academy and UMSL Boys Basketball Camps. The picture, by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: ‘Call Me Maybe’

Eye on UMSL: ‘Call Me Maybe’

With recreations of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” video popping up all over the Internet, a group of University of Missouri–St. Louis students decided to create their own tribute to the sugary sweet summer hit.

Eye on UMSL: Opportunity Scholars

Eye on UMSL: Opportunity Scholars

UMSL sophomore Elle Fitzpatrick (left) was on hand June 6 at the Provincial House to welcome new students (from left) Ashley O’Neal, Ellen Vehige, Eric’el Johnson and Mihaela Stoyanova.

Eye on UMSL: Sweet and sour

Eye on UMSL: Sweet and sour

Hey, what’s up with the 29 lemons? The answer: UMSL photographer August Jennewein stopped Sodexo staff members (from left) Tina McClendon, Ossie Townsel, Tyrell Walker, Robin Greene, Kiara Logan and Christiana Gerdine on their way to catering a conference June 1 in the J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center. Apparently, lemons were in high demand.

Eye on UMSL: Habitat for Humanity

Eye on UMSL: Habitat for Humanity

Patricia Zahn, director of the Des Lee Collaborative Vision at UMSL, moves a ladder May 23 at a house construction site on Bates Street in south St. Louis. Through the university’s Employee Volunteer Program and the nonprofit organization Habitat for Humanity Saint Louis, Zahn and nine other volunteers from the university spent the day framing the upstairs walls and installing insulation on two houses.

Eye on UMSL: Grand progress

Eye on UMSL: Grand progress

UMSL at Grand Center is taking shape. Designed by St. Louis architects Heather Woofter and Sung Ho Kim of Axi:Ome, the $12 million, 27,000-square-foot building is expected to be complete in June.

Eye on UMSL: Piano man

Eye on UMSL: Piano man

Accomplished pianist Tom Sullivan basks in applause May 10 following a performance in the J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center at UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Hybrid teaching

Eye on UMSL: Hybrid teaching

Mimi Duncan, lecturer in information systems at UMSL, helps Lucas Matecki, a junior business major, on May 3 during Duncan’s course Computers and Information Systems 1800. The hybrid class combines online lessons and weekly in-person teaching at Express Scripts Hall. CIS 1800 is a pilot course funded by a grant from Next Generation Learning Challenges, a nonprofit initiative that’s working to improve college readiness and completion with technology.

Eye on UMSL: Education Mural

Eye on UMSL: Education Mural

Pat Duffey (left) and Dan Fahy of GROUP360 Worldwide, a St. Louis-based marketing company, install a six-panel wall mural on April 26 in Marillac Hall on UMSL’s South Campus. Joan Barnidge, graphic designer at UMSL, designed the mural for the College of Education. The picture, by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Philosophy under the shade tree

Eye on UMSL: Philosophy under the shade tree

UMSL Adjunct Instructor in Philosophy Isaac Wiegman (center, facing camera) lectures his class of 16 students on April 9. The course is Philosophy 2280: Minds, Brains and Machines, and the Millennium Student Center is in the background. “I love teaching outside,” Wiegman said. “It’s so fun.” The picture, by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Accounting excellence

Eye on UMSL: Accounting excellence

Did you know that UMSL has an outstanding accounting program? Our students have a CPA exam pass rate that’s 10 percent higher than the national average, and more than 80 of our alumni are chief financial officers at businesses and nonprofit organizations around the country. The photo: Stephen Moehrle, professor of accounting at UMSL, teaches Financial and Accounting Reporting II on Jan. 30 in 336 Social Sciences & Business Building. The picture, by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Lawn warrior

Eye on UMSL: Lawn warrior

Lawn-mowing season is underway. And if you think you have a big yard, tell that to the six UMSL staff members who work 240-plus hours a week tending to the university’s more than 350 acres of grass and other vegetation.

Eye on UMSL: Springtime fun

Eye on UMSL: Springtime fun

The picture, taken by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Olympic interview

Eye on UMSL: Olympic interview

Richard Wright, Curators’ Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at UMSL, interviews Susan Brownell, professor...

Eye on UMSL: Meet ‘n’ greet

Eye on UMSL: Meet ‘n’ greet

Xavier Robinson, a senior majoring in biology at UMSL, meets with Deborah Horsfall Morley of the Wyman Center, a St. Louis-based nonprofit organization that is nationally recognized as an expert in developing teens. They sponsored a booth at the “Spring Internship & Job Fair 2012” held at the Mark Twain Athletic & Fitness Center. The picture, taken by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Greetings

Eye on UMSL: Greetings

Birgit Noll, associate teaching professor in the Pierre Laclede Honors College at UMSL, leads an information session about the honors college during UMSL Day on March 3. The event brought crowds of prospective students and their families to campus to gather information about the university. The picture, taken by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Hands on

Eye on UMSL: Hands on

UMSL physical education student Erin Francis tosses the ball toward the goal while playing team handball during the lab portion of her Teaching of Physical Education class. The picture, taken by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Swish!

Eye on UMSL: Swish!

UMSL senior Justin Hightower follows through on his free throw in the second half of the Tritons last second 58-56...

Eye on UMSL: He loves me

Eye on UMSL: He loves me

UMSL students Nabehah Azeez (right) and Sophie Powell perform a scene from the student production "Intimate Apparel,"...