May 4, 2011
The seventh edition of Magnolia, Maryville’s annual art and literary publication edited and designed by students, is now available. Works of photography, prose, poetry and art created by students, faculty, staff and alumni are featured. “We had a common purpose of giving back to the Maryville community and giving something that represents the creative spirit [...]
April 28, 2011
(ST. LOUIS, MO) – Maryville University has announced its intention to field a varsity wrestling program that will compete in NCAA Division II as an independent during the 2011-2012 competitive season. The University has hired legendary wrestling coach Mike Denney to establish the team, effective June 1, 2011. Denney, whose teams have won three-consecutive NCAA [...]
April 21, 2011
The FIRST® World Championship is coming to St. Louis from April 27-30, the first of three years that the competition will be held in the Edwards Jones Dome. Maryville University is a co-sponsor of Scholarship Row at the FIRST Championship and will be among other institutions onsite with a scholarship opportunity for FIRST participants. FIRST [...]
April 21, 2011
Michael Kiener, PhD, CRC, associate professor, has been named director of the Maryville University Rehabilitation Services and Counseling programs. About 85 students are currently enrolled as undergraduate and graduate students in the programs. Kiener had previously served as interim director since last August, when Barbara Parker, then director, passed away suddenly. “It has been a [...]
April 20, 2011
Kathy Quinn, associate dean of students for Maryville University, has been recognized for her longtime work with Habitat for Humanity by WEAR ABC 3-TV in Pensacola, Fla., in the news segment, Angels in Our Midst. This year, as she has for the past 15 years, Quinn recently accompanied a group of 14 Maryville students to [...]
April 14, 2011
Maryville University’s Weekend and Evening College will move its Southwest County Center, currently located in Fenton, to Sunset Hills. Classes for the 2011 summer session will be the last delivered at the Fenton location. The new site is easily accessible from I-270 at the Gravois exit and visible from 270. The facility includes a 13,752 [...]
March 23, 2011
Maryville University’s St. Louis Speakers Series features an impressive lineup of authors, journalists, activists and leaders for the fourteenth season, 2011-2012. The series will open with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Joseph Ellis and will close with one of the most trusted figures in broadcasting, Tom Brokaw. Held at Powell Symphony Hall, the upcoming St. Louis Speakers [...]
March 21, 2011
Maryville University’s Art & Design program in the College of Arts and Sciences has announced a generous donation from the Society of Midwest Metalsmiths. “In appreciation for the use of our facilities, the Society has shared visiting artists with our students,” said John Baltrushunas, associate professor of art. “This year, the organization’s generosity includes a [...]
March 18, 2011
Maryville University has announced that Cokie Roberts, respected journalist, author and ABC News political commentator, will deliver the 2011 commencement address on Saturday, May 7. The University will present Roberts with an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during the ceremony. Roberts, who is also a senior news analyst for National Public Radio, was named [...]
March 14, 2011
Maryville University has been awarded a two-year, $300,000 federal grant through the Missouri Department of Higher Education to develop Constructivist Early Childhood Science: Building Inquiring Minds, a program aimed at improving early childhood science education. The program will be coordinated through Maryville’s School of Education and College of Arts and Sciences. The grant partnership includes [...]