Garretson’s role involves analyzing everything from site infrastructure to workforce demographics to tax structures.
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At Greater St. Louis, Inc., UMSL alum Kylee Garretson attracts companies to invest in St. Louis
Garretson’s role involves analyzing everything from site infrastructure to workforce demographics to tax structures.
At Greater St. Louis, Inc., UMSL alum Kylee Garretson attracts companies to invest in St. Louis
Garretson’s role involves analyzing everything from site infrastructure to workforce demographics to tax structures.
Eye on UMSL: Honored guests
Italian Consul General Mario Alberto Bartoli led a delegation from the consulate in Chicago visiting UMSL last week in a move intended to strengthen academic and cultural relations.
Alum Georgeann McLemore returns to share her success story with current students
UMSL Teaching Professor Michael Costello invited McLemore back to show his students what is possible when they embrace opportunities offered by the university.
Alum Georgeann McLemore returns to share her success story with current students
UMSL Teaching Professor Michael Costello invited McLemore back to show his students what is possible when they embrace opportunities offered by the university.
Alum Georgeann McLemore returns to share her success story with current students
UMSL Teaching Professor Michael Costello invited McLemore back to show his students what is possible when they embrace opportunities offered by the university.
Mechanical Contractors Association announces engineering scholarships, student club
The MCA will award four $2,500 scholarships for the 2025-26 school year while also launching a student club that will provide access to internships, jobs and industry connections.
Mechanical Contractors Association announces engineering scholarships, student club
The MCA will award four $2,500 scholarships for the 2025-26 school year while also launching a student club that will provide access to internships, jobs and industry connections.
Mechanical Contractors Association announces engineering scholarships, student club
The MCA will award four $2,500 scholarships for the 2025-26 school year while also launching a student club that will provide access to internships, jobs and industry connections.
Information systems student Matt Garland already working as QA analyst at Weissman
Alum Greg Shafer, who serves on UMSL’s Information Systems and Technology Advisory Board, helped connect Garland with his future employer.
Information systems student Matt Garland already working as QA analyst at Weissman
Alum Greg Shafer, who serves on UMSL’s Information Systems and Technology Advisory Board, helped connect Garland with his future employer.
Information systems student Matt Garland already working as QA analyst at Weissman
Alum Greg Shafer, who serves on UMSL’s Information Systems and Technology Advisory Board, helped connect Garland with his future employer.
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Children’s Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis receives $5 million in grant funding
Two grants will fund programs to support behavioral therapy trainers and to facilitate treatment for children who’ve experienced trauma.
Education alumna Alicia Leathers named new middle school principal at Lift for Life Academy
Leathers previously taught American and African American literature at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School. She begins her new position this month.
New Triton Student Advocacy and Care initiative highlights student-parent success stories
Student Parent Success Stories features the personal and academic journeys of 10 exceptional UMSL students with children.
Susan Marino named new director of UMSL Charter Schools
Marino has served as executive director of Lafayette Preparatory Academy since 2012 and will begin her new position in July.
UMSL announces new degree in child advocacy studies
The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development approved the new degree, and students can enroll for the Fall 2021 semester.
Terry Suhre retiring after more than two decades leading Gallery 210
Suhre took over as director of the gallery in 1996, and since then, he has exhibited the work of nationally renowned artists and addressed social justice issues through art.
Neighborhood Leadership Fellows wins What’s Right with the Region! award
FOCUS St. Louis recognized the advanced leadership training program for ingenuity and vision in making the St. Louis region a better place to work and live.
UMSL literacy grant brings $5.1 million in services to 40 St. Louis area schools
The grant will go toward coaching local educators on culturally relevant practices and the science of reading, as well as creating digital literacy resources.
Ask an Expert: Shawne Manies discusses the COVID-19 vaccine and rollout
In the latest edition of Ask an Expert, College of Nursing Director of Clinical Operations and Assistant Teaching Professor Shawne Manies talks vaccination.
Accounting professor talks taxes with St. Louis Public Radio
Michele Meckfessel, an expert on income taxes, said most workers will not qualify for a tax break for working from home during the pandemic.
College of Business Administration adds entrepreneurship requirement
A new three-credit-hour course will teach BSBA and BSAcc students about launching and scaling a new venture by focusing on a timely entrepreneurial opportunity.
Ebonie Williams brings ‘infectious energy’ to the Triton Telefund
Williams has connected with alumni across the country and raised more than $15,000 for UMSL students in need.
Shop UMSL local for the holidays
Pick up your last-minute gifts from a wide variety of businesses from UMSL alumni and students.
UMSL and St. Louis Children’s Hospital collaborate to place nurses in five area charter schools
A $500,000 grant through the hospital’s Healthy Kids, Healthy Minds program will help fund the positions through spring 2025.
St. Louis Civil Rights Leaders Speakers Series engages students with racial justice activism
Five Zoom town halls connected students with pioneering and modern activists: David Ragland, Cori Bush, Zaki Baruti, Sylvester Brown and Percy Green.
UMSL sponsors Kids Voting program during presidential election
This year about 150,000 students from 15 St. Louis-area school districts will have the chance to participate in Kids Voting Missouri, a program run through the College of Education.
‘UniverCities Exchange’ highlights health disparities in St. Louis and Kansas City
The virtual event was the first in a series of webinars hosted jointly by UMSL and UMKC to explore significant issues faced by both cities.
UMSL Anchor Accelerator provides capital, mentorship to entrepreneurs
The first-of-its-kind program will award $50,000 to six startup founders with business ideas that directly and positively impact underserved communities.
UMSL awarded $5.1 million grant to promote evidence-based literacy strategies among local educators
Shea Kerkhoff, Katie O’Daniels and Nancy Singer will partner with 40 schools in the St. Louis region to provide year-round support to K-12 educators.
Jerome Morris wins prestigious $1 million Lyle M. Spencer Research Award to Transform Education
The E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of Urban Education will use the award funding to investigate his theory of communally bonded schooling in three local school districts.
Doctoral student Zachary Schwartz is the voice behind folk-rock act The Hollow Ends
Schwartz released his full-length album, “Bears in Mind,” in 2018. His folk-rock songs often draw on themes such as mental health, mortality and relationships.
MSW student contributes to Forward Through Ferguson with COVID-19 research
Lacey Corbett’s work on the report identified the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on Black communities in St. Louis and clarified misinformation.
Social work graduate Justin Bennett makes a difference in the community, the classroom and the State Capitol
Bennett has worked with Missouri Department of Mental Health and the VA and views social work as a connection to the community through advocacy, service and social justice.
College of Education professor joins with local literacy groups to deliver tablets to students in need
Assistant Professor Shea Kerkhoff helped secure PBS Kids Playtime Pads for students in north St. Louis to help bridge the digital divide and fight summer slide.
Assistant Professor of Social Work Erica Koegler brings light to sex and labor trafficking in the Midwest
Koegler is partnering with the University of Western Cape to study substance use and legal needs among victims and survivors of trafficking.
New PhD graduate Mary Painter examines how Uber, Lyft have used policy process to gain edge and disrupt transportation
Painter’s research showed that the companies found valuable allies among elected officials as they began operating in Austin, Chicago and St. Louis.
PMBA student Mayank Jain organizes effort to provide masks for health-care workers
Jain and his team have donated more than 850 masks to St. Louis area hospitals and health-care workers and have raised $2,000 to purchase and donate PPE.
UMSL Charter Schools Office helps secure corporate computer donations for local schools
Bill Mendelsohn, director of Charter Schools and Partnerships, worked with Kathy Osborn at the Regional Business Council to procure 275 laptops from EPC and Spire.
St. Louis Regional Data Alliance launches COVID-19 dashboard: STL Response
Community volunteers at the RDA worked to collect the best COVID-19 information and resources available in one place.
Social Work symposium tackles youth policy in criminal justice
The School of Social Work’s 2020 Critical Issues Symposium featured a panel with professionals across disciplines, discussing criminal justice reform and the challenges they face.
Spring Career Fair connects students with potential employers
The event featured more than 100 companies searching for interns and full-time employees across a wide range of majors.
Percy Green talks civil rights, protesting during annual ‘Black in St. Louis’ event
Green spoke with Gwen Moore, of the Missouri History Museum, about his activism during the civil rights movement, including the scaling of the Gateway Arch in 1964.
UMSL formalizes partnership with Wyman to support students from disadvantaged circumstances
Students who are part of the Wyman Leaders program will be eligible to receive a $1,000 renewable scholarship if they choose to attend UMSL.
High school students learn from UMSL experts at Des Lee Fine Arts Festival
Fifteen St. Louis schools were represented at an event designed to connect students through band, choir, orchestra and visual arts.
It’s about students: Teresa Balestreri receives Excellence in Service Award
Balestreri helps incorporate career readiness into all areas of the university, so students are confident and prepared for the workforce when they graduate.
Teaching with empathy: Jennifer Nolan wins Excellence in Teaching Award
Jennifer Nolan shares her passion for the past and its artifacts with UMSL students while maintaining a focus on teaching with empathy.
‘Back where I started’: Alumna Maria A. Ellis forms children’s choir on UMSL campus
The new choral group is part of Maria A. Ellis’ mission to make music education more accessible to everyone, starting in her hometown.
Jill Bernard Bracy discusses traffic safety measures with news stations in St. Louis, Washington
KSDK (Channel 5) in St. Louis and WJLA (Channel 7) in Washington both featured the assistant teaching professor in reports about reflective pavement markers.
Joint engineering students fight flooding in St. Louis region
Facing near-historic water levels, Kelly Sextro and Joshua Walker search out problems in the area’s levees, dams, locks and flood structures.
Des Lee Fine Arts Festival attracts students from across the St. Louis region
More than 800 middle school and high school students took part in the festival, split across two days last week at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.
Social work professor seeks real-world applications in study of refugee youth
Florian Sichling is interviewing adolescent Syrian and Bosnian immigrants in St. Louis to determine how their experiences might inform policy changes.
Criminology alumna aims to shine light on criminal justice in America through work with Measures for Justice
Shelby Davis serves as a data outreach associate for the nonprofit organization, which is working to gather county-level criminal justice data throughout the United States.
Gateway Arch Museum makes good use of Fausz artifact collection
Fred Fausz, UMSL emeritus associate professor of history, has dozens of artifacts from his personal collection pertaining to the American fur trade on display at the newly redesigned museum.
UMSL’s annual economic impact in Missouri tops $363 million
A UM System report by Tripp Umbach affirms that UMSL is a vital contributor to economic development for the state – and particularly the St. Louis region.
St. Louis Business Journal spotlights Thompson Coburn Chairman and UMSL alumnus Tom Minogue
Minogue discussed his long tenure as chairman of the firm, its future and the impact it’s already had on the landscape of downtown St. Louis.
Niquita Loftis climbs ladder in federal probation department
Loftis completed her fourth UMSL degree – a PhD in criminology and criminal justice – in the spring while settling into a supervisor position at the office in Las Vegas.
Political scientist named UMSL’s first College Professor of Global Studies in Arts and Sciences
Department of Political Science faculty member Joyce Mushaben is taking the lead on plans for an interdisciplinary certificate program in ethnicity, migration and human diversity.
Panel discusses ways to mold future for African Americans in St. Louis
The African American chapter of the UMSL Alumni Association and the Associated Black Collegians presented the event, titled “Black in St. Louis: Sculpting the future.”
Difference makers: 16 UMSL student stories for 2016
Here’s a look back at some of the students who have chosen to get involved, lend a hand and overcome great obstacles over the past year.
Genocide survivor pursues international relations degree with goal of one day doing humanitarian work
Justin Kimenyerwa is a central character in the documentary “The Last Survivor” after fleeing the Congo and coming to the United States as a refugee.
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- Mechanical engineering grad Max Evets leverages internship experiences into full-time position in Ameren’s new gas generation group
- At Boeing, UMSL alum Eric’el Johnson helps open doors for other engineering students
- First-generation college graduate Alondra Mendez plans to pursue master’s in data analytics after earning bachelor’s in math
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