February 9, 2007
Helping students develop the “Write Stuff” will be the focus of the next Maryville Lunch and Learn seminar, scheduled for Wednesday (Feb. 14), from 12:15 -1:15 p.m., in Conference Room A, on the top floor of Gander Hall. “Writing has been getting attention in the academic community for the past few years as a major [...]
February 9, 2007
ST LOUIS – Prospective students will get an enticing taste of Maryville University at the Must See Maryville event taking place on Monday, Feb. 19, from noon to 5 p.m. The event is held by the University’s office of admissions three times a year (twice in the fall and once in the spring) and caters [...]
February 6, 2007
As Valentine’s Day approaches, romance and love are on the minds of many. But one Maryville University professor says many notions of romance are romanticized themselves. And that can lead to failed relationships. “The most complicated of emotions has produced a range of myths that demonstrate how we romanticize love,” said Linda Lindsey, Ph.D., professor [...]
February 2, 2007
ST. LOUIS — A Maryville University professor hopes to initiate dialogue on environmental issues and raise awareness about climate change at a free screening and panel discussion of the Academy Award-nominated documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” to be held 7 – 10 p.m., February 13, in the Maryville University auditorium. Organizing the event is Nadine Ball, [...]
February 1, 2007
The leading hand therapist from Guatemala will be on Maryville University’s campus Tuesday and Wednesday (February 6 and 7) to observe the latest therapeutic techniques for the management of upper extremity injuries. Marta Beatriz Pineda Molina, president of the Guatemalan Association of Hand Therapists, is spending the week of February 5-9 in St. Louis at [...]
January 29, 2007
Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, former chief administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, will deliver a lecture at 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 1, at Powell Symphony Hall, as part of the 2006-07 Maryville University St. Louis Speakers Series. During his 23-year career in the State Department, Bremer served six Secretaries of State. Prior to [...]
January 29, 2007
Maryville University freshman Lauren Robb (pictured) is offering a cure for those winter blahs as well as a way to spice up your Saturday nights. Robb of Smithton, Ill., an M-PACT scholar who is majoring in physical therapy, is organizing a new campus event, the Maryville Ball, a semi-formal dance which will be held from [...]
January 22, 2007
A quartet including Saint Louis Symphony violinist and concertmaster David Halen will be the featured performers in the next Music at Maryville concert, sponsored by Maryville University. The concert will be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 11, in the Maryville University Auditorium. The quartet, which also includes Halen’s wife, soprano Miran Halen; cellist Savely [...]
January 22, 2007
About 110 guidance counselors from Illinois and Missouri high schools and community colleges will gather at Maryville University on Friday, Jan. 26, for Unique Courses 6, an event that focuses on unique academic programs offered by Maryville and five other Midwestern colleges. The event, now in its sixth year, will begin with a luncheon at [...]
January 19, 2007
Suzanne Riordan and Todd Wallace do not yet know the flavor or size of their wedding cake. But one thing is guaranteed when they cut the first piece: Suzanne will eat the icing and Todd will eat the rest. “Eating cake was one of the first things we talked about after we met and we [...]