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Eye on UMSL: For a good cause

UMSL students participated in “Pie the Greek” last month to help fraternity and sorority members raise money for their philanthropies.

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UMSL partners with medical school

UMSL partners with medical school

Students set on a career in medicine now have a new option that promises to save them time and money. The University...

St. Louis American honors administrator

St. Louis American honors administrator

Natissia Small, assistant dean of students at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, was one of 12 educators honored last Friday during the St. Louis American’s 24th annual “Salute to Excellence in Education” scholarship and awards gala.

Small, who serves as director of UMSL’s Office of Precollegiate Programs, received the 2011 Excellence in Education Award. She recently added the Office of Multicultural Relations to her responsibilities at UMSL.

Free UMSL concert to include music by noted faculty composer

Free UMSL concert to include music by noted faculty composer

An upcoming concert at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will feature two members of the UMSL faculty and include music composed by a third member of the faculty.

The concert will be held at 5 p.m. Sept. 18, in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. Free and open to the public, it will feature a performance of “Harriet’s Story,” a new song cycle by noted composer Barbara Harbach.

UMSL administrator named ACE Fellow

UMSL administrator named ACE Fellow

Gwendolyn Deloach-Packnett, who has served the University of Missouri–St. Louis for 14 years as the founding director of the Office of Multicultural Relations, has been selected to participate in the American Council on Education Fellows Program.

Packnett is currently assistant vice chancellor for academic affairs at UMSL. As a member of the ACE Fellows Program, she will spend the 2011-12 academic year at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis observing and monitoring the administration.

Xtreme IT! kicks off at UMSL

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Two tenants join IT Enterprises

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Celtic music comes to UMSL

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Learn about Irish Western writers

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