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UMSL holds digital, social media conference
UMSL holds digital, social media conference

More than 400 people attended the full-day conference, which featured speakers from Google, Yahoo, Nielsen, Foresee, IBM, Adblocker Plus, PageFair, CNN, Evidon, TrendrrTV and Twitter.

UMSL holds digital, social media conference

More than 400 people attended the full-day conference, which featured speakers from Google, Yahoo, Nielsen, Foresee, IBM, Adblocker Plus, PageFair, CNN, Evidon, TrendrrTV and Twitter.

UMSL holds digital, social media conference

More than 400 people attended the full-day conference, which featured speakers from Google, Yahoo, Nielsen, Foresee, IBM, Adblocker Plus, PageFair, CNN, Evidon, TrendrrTV and Twitter.

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Explore the STEMosphere at UMSL

Explore the STEMosphere at UMSL

Share Fair and STEMosphere, hosted by the College of Education, will take place jointly on March 29 at UMSL’s Millennium Student Center.

Eye of UMSL: Celebrating SUCCEED

Eye of UMSL: Celebrating SUCCEED

While SUCCEED Program students cheer in the background, Kathy Meath, president and chief executive officer of St. Louis Arc, and UMSL Chancellor Tom George cut through a ribbon to celebrate the launch of the post-secondary program for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Holding the ribbon are Deborah Baldini, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and School of Professional and Continuing Studies at UMSL, and Ann Wilkins, director of the SUCCEED Program.

Labor Conference celebrates life of Jerry Tucker

Labor Conference celebrates life of Jerry Tucker

The University of Missouri–St. Louis Labor Studies Certificate Program and Center for Labor Renewal celebrate the life and work of labor leader Jerry Tucker in their upcoming St. Louis Labor Conference. The conference takes place October 11-13 at the Sheraton Clayton Plaza and the UMSL Millennium Student Center.

UMSL students sift through Missouri history

UMSL students sift through Missouri history

Equipped with trowels, brushes and plenty of mosquito spray, a group of University of Missouri–St. Louis students recently worked to unearth St. Louis history.

Learn essential skills, earn certificate in volunteer management

Learn essential skills, earn certificate in volunteer management

University of Missouri–St. Louis Nonprofit Management & Leadership Program, in partnership with Metropolitan Volunteer Management Association, introduces the St. Louis area’s first Chancellor’s Certificate in Volunteer Management. The first workshop within the program is on March 22, 2013, and additional courses are in June and September of this year.

‘Pipeline to Local Office’ encourages women candidates, volunteers

‘Pipeline to Local Office’ encourages women candidates, volunteers

Women make up the majority of the population, but represent less than 25 percent of the Missouri Legislature, according to the Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. In fact, the institute points out that women are minority participants at all levels of public policy leadership.

Eye on UMSL: Winter studies

Eye on UMSL: Winter studies

Claire Boylan, a senior majoring in history at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, makes notes while reading the book “Lion of the Valley: St. Louis, Missouri, 1764-1980.” The assigned reading was part of History of St. Louis, a course offered through the university’s Winter Intersession program. Boylan, of O’Fallon, Mo., was studying Jan. 8 in the second floor rotunda at the Millennium Student Center.

Eye on UMSL: The Write Stuff

Eye on UMSL: The Write Stuff

Ryan Trattles (center), who’s pursuing a master of fine arts degree at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, discusses Cynthia Reed’s short story during Introduction to Fiction on Oct. 23. The class is part of the eight-week Write Stuff Certificate Program, which is offered by the university’s School of Professional and Continuing Studies. Trattles is the instructor for students in the program (from left) Sheila Jones, Reed, Sheilah Clarke-Ekong, Dianne Williams, William Ridley, Katina Willis and Mary Ann Boughnou.

Program for beginning teachers draws crowd

Program for beginning teachers draws crowd

About 170 new teachers converged on the J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center Saturday (October 13) for the fall Beginning Teacher Assistance Program at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.