Graduating senior draws on language skills at Latino outreach center, aims to...
When Kim Castizo crosses the UMSL commencement stage next month, she’ll be celebrating the completion of two degrees and making both her mother and her 11-month-old son, Daniel, especially proud....
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DeAnna Anderson tackled being a new mother, living with lupus and an education degree all in 4 1/2 years at UMSL. She’ll graduate next month with a BSEd in elementary education. (Photo by August...
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UMSL seniors (from left) Tabitha Milon, Braxton Perry and Lizzy Turner, along with classmate Davide Scacchetti (not pictured), have gained friends and valuable work experience at the Recreation and...
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War and a severe injury interrupted Joshua Eckhoff’s student experience, but the graduating senior ultimately transitioned the circumstances into a source of strength. (Photo by August Jennewein)...
View ArticlePsychology graduate and heart transplant patient Angela Farrell eyes graduate...
Angela Farrell’s time at UMSL was interrupted by heart transplant surgery during the first semester of her sophomore year. Three years later, she’s healthy and set to graduate with a degree in...
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Kelsey Wortmann (at left) and Kristin Gonzalez will be the lone female mechanical engineering majors to cross the commencement stage on Saturday. While they are outnumbered at work and in a majority of...
View ArticleMusic education degree is dream come true for nontraditional student Odell...
The percussionist, aspiring band director and father of three is graduating summa cum laude after turning an initial fear of failure into a cumulative GPA of 3.8. (Photo by August Jennewein) On the...
View ArticleAnthropology graduate Shawn Edghill studies the past as he reshapes his own...
Shawn Edghill already had a degree in urban planning and design when he decided to return to school to pursue a second bachelor’s in anthropology. The new UMSL graduate spent much of his final semester...
View ArticleJames Day aims for a job with National Park Service after earning criminology...
New criminology and criminal justice graduate James Day plans to enroll in the Seasonal Law Enforcement Training Program in Franklin, North Carolina, with the goal of becoming a law enforcement ranger...
View ArticleUMSL history major looks to continue research into late antiquity in grad school
Audri Adams’ lifelong interest in people – of all times and places – motivated her choice of major at UMSL, where she earned a BA in history this past fall along with honors college and writing...
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