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.
Faculty members Mary Edwin, Emily Brown, Anita Manion, Rachel Winograd, Vivek Singh and Michael Nichols were honored at Friday’s event in the Millennium Student Center.
Faculty members Mary Edwin, Emily Brown, Anita Manion, Rachel Winograd, Vivek Singh and Michael Nichols were honored at Friday’s event in the Millennium Student Center.
Faculty members Mary Edwin, Emily Brown, Anita Manion, Rachel Winograd, Vivek Singh and Michael Nichols were honored at Friday’s event in the Millennium Student Center.
UMSL counseling interns will receive tuition assistance and stipends while providing crucial mental health services to 13 high-need schools.
UMSL counseling interns will receive tuition assistance and stipends while providing crucial mental health services to 13 high-need schools.
UMSL counseling interns will receive tuition assistance and stipends while providing crucial mental health services to 13 high-need schools.
Eight young women from the Hazelwood, Jennings and University City school districts took part in the six-week program this summer.
Eight young women from the Hazelwood, Jennings and University City school districts took part in the six-week program this summer.
Eight young women from the Hazelwood, Jennings and University City school districts took part in the six-week program this summer.
As the district’s new director of professional development, Patton is focusing on more practice-oriented, hands-on coaching models.
Sobolik was lauded for leading the development and implementation of UMSL’s five-year strategic plan focused on building inclusive prosperity.
Thirteen interns from the Hazelwood, Jennings, Ritenour, Riverview Gardens and University City school districts took part in this summer’s program.
Hecht discovered her passion for elementary education volunteering at her church and an early childhood education center.
The event drew a crowd of more than 1,000 and offered a chance to network and discuss ways to improve the recruitment, development and support of black educators.
Juniors and seniors from nearby high schools joined UMSL students at the kickoff concert last Tuesday at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.
MEd alumna Samantha Lurie founded the initiative, which has helped 83 students from under-resourced communities take educational trips to Costa Rica since 2013.
Howard Fields III (far right) started the 2014-15 school year as principal of Koch Elementary School, just down the road from where the shooting of Michael Brown occurred.
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.
Kathleen Sullivan Brown, associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, discussed Missouri’s school transfer law with the St. Louis Beacon. Brown said even though the law is just now being used, it dates back 20 years and the court case that prompted the current rush to prepare for transfers began in 2007.
The Missouri State Board of Education appointed University of Missouri–St. Louis faculty members Lynn Beckwith and Mark Tranel to a three-person “special administrative board” to lead the Riverview Gardens School District in north St. Louis County.