The search for UM-St. Louis' athletic director ended last week. Just over a week after interviewing the last of two finalists for the athletics director position at UM-St. Louis, the University's athletics director search committee decided to hire John Garvilla of Belhaven College in Mississippi.
An organized group involved in St. Louis area university and college textbook thefts, consisting of a scam to convince students to sell stolen textbooks to campus bookstores, has been apprehended. According to an e-mail sent on June 14 from Robert Roeseler, director of University police, the group of 12 individuals, both male and female, stole textbooks from bookstores at Fontbonne, Maryville, Washington University, Florissant Valley and UM-St.
The Metro Pass program will see at least one more term at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The pass will cost $60 for the fall semester, a $15 increase from last year's $45 per semester price. Fall 2006 was the first semester students were required to pay $45 per pass.
Thanks to Gov. Matt Blunt, Benton-Stadler Hall will soon undergo needed renovations. Chancellor Thomas George said that the plan to renovate Benton and Stadler Hall began about 10 years ago. The project finally received its funding when Gov. Matt Blunt signed Senate Bill 389 which allocated the project a budget of $28.
On June 9 the UM-St. Louis police arrested a man who had been sleeping in Lucas Hall for several weeks. The custodial staff encountered the individual when coming to work as early as 4 a.m. The man had been warned not be on campus as he had no official university business, police said.
Kyungho Oh, associate professor of mathematics and computer science, in the UM-St. Louis math department died on June 11 at the age of 48. Oh died because of complications associated with cancer. Oh was educated at the National University of Seoul in South Korea before receiving his Ph.
Gov. Matt Blunt signed Senate Bill 389 Wednesday in Century Room C of the Millennium Student Center. The bill will allocate $28.5 million for complete renovations of UM-St. Louis's Benton and Stadler Halls. After a brief introduction by 16th district representative Carl Bearden, Chancellor Thomas George took to the podium to graciously thank the governor for signing 389 into legislation.
The search for a new University of Missouri system president has started over. Months after Elson Floyd's resignation from the title of the University of Missouri system president, the UM Board of Curators has called for a clean slate in the search for a new system president, sources say.
On June 11, UM-St. Louis Adjunct Professor Emeritus Louise Buenger Robbert lost her battle with cancer at the age of 81. Robbert became professor emeritus for the history department in 1997 at UM-St. Louis. Robbert was born Aug 18, 1925 in St. Paul, Minn.
Carlene Nicholson Juncker, assistant professor of theater and dance, lost her battle with cancer on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 13. Juncker leaves behind friends, a host of colleagues and students, and her family, including her two children, Steven and Laura Juncker.
Last Friday the University of Missouri unanimously accepted the new identity of UM-St. Louis, the Tritons. The external affairs committee of the UM Board of Curators voted Thursday on the recommendation given to the board on Friday. They also voted unanimously on the approval of the Tritons.
UMSL Founder dies Morris E. Blitz, one of the founding members of the University's campus, died on Friday, June 8, 2007 at the age of 93. Blitz died in his home because of complications from cancer. Blitz served as superintendent of the Normandy School District for five years.
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