The award is presented to up to three staff or faculty members each month in recognition of their efforts to transform the lives of UMSL students and the wider community.
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The award is presented to up to three staff or faculty members each month in recognition of their efforts to transform the lives of UMSL students and the wider community.
The award is presented to up to three staff or faculty members each month in recognition of their efforts to transform the lives of UMSL students and the wider community.
The award is presented to up to three staff or faculty members each month in recognition of their efforts to transform the lives of UMSL students and the wider community.
The online course targeted toward helping young professionals grow their leadership skills meets on Thursdays during the lunch hour.
The two-time UMSL graduate founded Stowers Realty Group in 2015 and has steadily built the business from the ground up. In 2022, she also opened the Realty Central Education Center.
The two-time UMSL graduate founded Stowers Realty Group in 2015 and has steadily built the business from the ground up. In 2022, she also opened the Realty Central Education Center.
The two-time UMSL graduate founded Stowers Realty Group in 2015 and has steadily built the business from the ground up. In 2022, she also opened the Realty Central Education Center.
It all started with one home. The brothers purchased their first property to flip in 2013 when they bought a house in Spanish Lake for $7,000.
It all started with one home. The brothers purchased their first property to flip in 2013 when they bought a house in Spanish Lake for $7,000.
It all started with one home. The brothers purchased their first property to flip in 2013 when they bought a house in Spanish Lake for $7,000.
Hecht discovered her passion for elementary education volunteering at her church and an early childhood education center.
Hecht discovered her passion for elementary education volunteering at her church and an early childhood education center.
Hecht discovered her passion for elementary education volunteering at her church and an early childhood education center.
As executive director, Bleier is leading an effort to support St. Louis’ network of 600 Teach For America alumni with professional development opportunities.
Young leads an innovative musical theater program at Johnson-Wabash Sixth Grade Center, where students learn how to project self-confidence.
A part-time job at the Danforth Plant Science Center while studying biology at UMSL helped Cox discovered his love for plants and science.
David Brown and Alayna Epps were two of the students who took part in the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra program, coordinated by UMSL alumna Michelle Byrd.
Spoerry’s using knowledge she gained pursuing her MPPA at UMSL to better serve the residents of Florissant as a community development specialist.
Clay, who earned a degree in mathematics in 2012, is a senior project accountant at HOK. Muratovic, BSBA 2013, is a retail risk & supervision oversight manager at TD Ameritrade.
Associate Professor Priscilla Dowden-White’s teaching of the past offers lessons for the future.
Sheldon Webster (front with medal), BSEd 1986, is the girls track and field coach at McCluer North High School in Florissant, Mo.
Jonathan McMiller sees himself as a sponge. “I want to absorb as much as I can,” McMiller said. “Every opportunity I have to learn something or experience something, just gives me a greater understanding of the world.”