March 12, 2007
Congressman William “Lacy” Clay and Michael V. Roberts, J.D., chairman and CEO of The Roberts Companies, will be among those appearing at the 17th annual conference of the Missouri Association for Blacks in Higher Education, to be held April 12-14 at Maryville University. This is the first year that Maryville has hosted the conference, which [...]
March 12, 2007
Essayist and author Ron Chernow will be the the next speaker in the 2006-07 Maryville University St. Louis Speakers Series. Chernow will give his lecture at 8 p.m., Thursday, March 22, at Powell Symphony Hall. As a critic, essayist, commentator and business writer, Chernow’s work is revered. As the author of The House of Morgan; [...]
March 2, 2007
In an effort to take academic theory out of the classroom, Carrie Ellis-Kalton, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Maryville University, (right) has declared the week of March 25-30 “Maryville Women’s Health and Well-Being Week.” Plans for the week include a health fair and a 5K run to benefit a local women’s organization. Ellis-Kalton, who [...]
March 2, 2007
For Alice Jensen, associate professor of nursing at Maryville University, teaching is a total body experience. “For me, it is an endeavor of the heart and mind,” said Jensen, recipient of the University’s 2007 Anna Moudy Award for Excellence in Education. “I take my teaching seriously and reflect upon it continually.” Jensen, who has taught [...]
March 2, 2007
In January, Maryville University sophomore Erica Lyles led the crowd in the singing of “Lift Every Voice” at the University’s Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration. Recently, Lyles of Ballwin lifted her own voice to take first place among sophomore women at the St. Louis regional auditions of the National Association of Teachers of Singing [...]
February 28, 2007
With the Academy Awards held earlier this week, a lecture by a film critic is especially timely. And film critic is just one of many titles held by Michael Medved, the next speaker in the 2006-07 Maryville University St. Louis Speakers Series. Medved will deliver his remarks at 8 p.m., Thursday, March 1, at Powell [...]
February 28, 2007
Though she has at least another year before she enters her chosen field of interior design, Nicki Steffen already has learned the first rule of the profession. “Never call us interior decorators, that will be sure to get you a nasty look,” Steffen said with a laugh. Steffen of Iowa City is a junior majoring [...]
February 28, 2007
Maryville University has rescheduled its screening and panel discussion of the Academy-Award-winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” for Thursday, March 15, in the Auditorium at 7 p.m. The event, which is co-sponsored by the Academy of Sciences, is free and open to the public. The event is rescheduled from last month when it was postponed due [...]
February 26, 2007
Maryville University of Saint Louis has named its resident assistant/apartment assistant staff for the 2007-08 academic year. Students are chosen, based on academic criteria and leadership qualifications. “An RA must possess good judgment, strength of character, self-confidence, a strong sense of responsibility and sensitivity, and an understanding of the needs of many different types of [...]
February 26, 2007
Maryville University Chair of the Board of Trustees Peter F. Benoist announced this morning the election of Mark O. Lombardi, Ph.D. as the 10th President of Maryville University. Lombardi will assume his new role on July 1, 2007. “I am deeply honored to be elected by the Trustees with the support of the campus community,” [...]