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UMSL to award more than 1,100 degrees during fall commencement

Grammy Award-winning soprano opera singer Christine Brewer will join poet Paul Thiel and educator Richard Jung in receiving honorary degrees, and alumna Sheila Burkett is slated to speak.

UMSL to award more than 1,100 degrees during fall commencement

Grammy Award-winning soprano opera singer Christine Brewer will join poet Paul Thiel and educator Richard Jung in receiving honorary degrees, and alumna Sheila Burkett is slated to speak.

UMSL to award more than 1,100 degrees during fall commencement

Dec 10, 2018

Grammy Award-winning soprano opera singer Christine Brewer will join poet Paul Thiel and educator Richard Jung in receiving honorary degrees, and alumna Sheila Burkett is slated to speak.

Children’s Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis delivers holiday cheer with Lakota toy drive

CASGSL staff members, students and community members have pitched in to organize and pack gift boxes for children on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in Eagle Butte, South Dakota.

Alumna Jennifer Tappenden: Poet, MasterMind

While an MFA in Creative Writing student at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, Jennifer Tappenden earned a prominent distinction.

Alumna Jennifer Tappenden: Poet, MasterMind

While an MFA in Creative Writing student at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, Jennifer Tappenden earned a prominent distinction.

Alumna Jennifer Tappenden: Poet, MasterMind

Sep 8, 2013

While an MFA in Creative Writing student at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, Jennifer Tappenden earned a prominent distinction.

UMSL’s new poet laureate for the people

Poetry is for everyone, according to Jennifer Goldring, a student pursuing an MFA in creative writing and the 2013 poet laureate for the University of Missouri–St. Louis. She wants to unveil the contemporary poetry scene to the general public and help debunk the stereotype of poetry as inaccessible and archaic.

UMSL’s new poet laureate for the people

Poetry is for everyone, according to Jennifer Goldring, a student pursuing an MFA in creative writing and the 2013 poet laureate for the University of Missouri–St. Louis. She wants to unveil the contemporary poetry scene to the general public and help debunk the stereotype of poetry as inaccessible and archaic.

UMSL’s new poet laureate for the people

Apr 11, 2013

Poetry is for everyone, according to Jennifer Goldring, a student pursuing an MFA in creative writing and the 2013 poet laureate for the University of Missouri–St. Louis. She wants to unveil the contemporary poetry scene to the general public and help debunk the stereotype of poetry as inaccessible and archaic.

Irish poet talks Yeats

Native Irish poet Eamonn Wall holds a special place in his heart for William Butler Yeats. “I think in some ways, W.B. Yeats’ poetry is kind of the soundtrack of childhood and adolescence in Ireland,” Wall said on a recent episode of “Cityscape” on St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU.

Irish poet talks Yeats

Native Irish poet Eamonn Wall holds a special place in his heart for William Butler Yeats. “I think in some ways, W.B. Yeats’ poetry is kind of the soundtrack of childhood and adolescence in Ireland,” Wall said on a recent episode of “Cityscape” on St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU.

Irish poet talks Yeats

Apr 20, 2012

Native Irish poet Eamonn Wall holds a special place in his heart for William Butler Yeats. “I think in some ways, W.B. Yeats’ poetry is kind of the soundtrack of childhood and adolescence in Ireland,” Wall said on a recent episode of “Cityscape” on St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU.