Black will spend the 2025-26 academic year at Howest University of Applied Sciences in Bruges, Belgium, where she will teach, conduct creative writing workshops and continue to work on her novel.

Black will spend the 2025-26 academic year at Howest University of Applied Sciences in Bruges, Belgium, where she will teach, conduct creative writing workshops and continue to work on her novel.
Black will spend the 2025-26 academic year at Howest University of Applied Sciences in Bruges, Belgium, where she will teach, conduct creative writing workshops and continue to work on her novel.
Black will spend the 2025-26 academic year at Howest University of Applied Sciences in Bruges, Belgium, where she will teach, conduct creative writing workshops and continue to work on her novel.
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.
She taught in and helped mold UMSL’s Master of Fine Arts program for more than 20 years and also served as editor of Natural Bridge for a decade.
She taught in and helped mold UMSL’s Master of Fine Arts program for more than 20 years and also served as editor of Natural Bridge for a decade.
She taught in and helped mold UMSL’s Master of Fine Arts program for more than 20 years and also served as editor of Natural Bridge for a decade.
“We have lost a wonderful poet and noble person,” says Drucilla Wall, poet in residence at UMSL.
“We have lost a wonderful poet and noble person,” says Drucilla Wall, poet in residence at UMSL.
“We have lost a wonderful poet and noble person,” says Drucilla Wall, poet in residence at UMSL.
UMSL celebrated St. Louis’ 250 years and the birth of Louis IX with the two-day conference “St. Louis Metromorphosis: The Significance of a City Across the Centuries.”
UMSL celebrated St. Louis’ 250 years and the birth of Louis IX with the two-day conference “St. Louis Metromorphosis: The Significance of a City Across the Centuries.”
UMSL celebrated St. Louis’ 250 years and the birth of Louis IX with the two-day conference “St. Louis Metromorphosis: The Significance of a City Across the Centuries.”
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