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New Online Program to Help Adults Finish Bachelor’s Degrees
Webster University has launched an Online Undergraduate Degree Completion program for adults. The program is designed for those who have attended college but have not completed a bachelor’s degree. Students accepted into the program can choose from four majors: business intelligence technologies, management, media communications, and religion and global society. Applications are currently being accepted, [...]
Film Series Explores the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict; ‘Barriers’ Screens June 17
Webster University School of Communications is partnering with the Barbara and Michael Newmark Institute for Human Relations of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), and the Jewish Community Center’s (JCC) Jewish Film Society to present four movies that explore various aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Barriers, a short film that examines the complexities behind the [...]
President Stroble Receives Norman Stack Award from St. Louis JCRC
Webster University President Elizabeth “Beth” Stroble received the Norman A. Stack Community Relations Award from the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC). The award was established 25 years ago to honor St. Louis community leaders who made significant contributions to interfaith understanding, intergroup relations and social justice. It’s named after the former executive director of the [...]
Mitchell Wins 2nd Tony Award for Best Choreography
Webster University alumnus Jerry Mitchell captured his second Tony Award for Best Choreography for his work on the musical “Kinky Boots” during Sunday evening’s annual Tony Awards. The Broadway musical won six Tonys in all, including Best Musical, Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Sound Design of a [...]
Spreading the Word: Webster as Leader in International Education
Webster University’s lead presence at the NAFSA conference last week was the latest event that placed the University at the forefront of conversations on international education. CIC: Webster as a Model for Internationalization The Council of Independent Colleges invited President Stroble to present at its conference earlier this year in a session titled, “International Considerations: [...]
Webster Partners with First Responders for Access to Higher Education
Webster University has announced a First Responder Program that will enhance access to higher education opportunities to those who put their lives on the line in their communities every day. Starting this fall, qualified law enforcement professionals, fire department personnel, EMT personnel and 911 Dispatchers will receive a reduced tuition rate in Webster’s undergraduate, graduate [...]
NAFSA Day 3: Schuster on KMOX Cardinals Broadcast, Chess on Exhibit, Guests at OPO
The whirlwind week of activities around the NAFSA conference of international educators continued Thursday, with Webster University introducing global visitors to many attractions Webster and St. Louis have to offer. Provost Julian Schuster hosted guests at the St. Louis Cardinals game and was interviewed just before the game by Cardinals announcer John Rooney for airing [...]
Webster at NAFSA, Day 1: ‘Catalyst for Progress in Every Community We Serve’
The 65th annual NAFSA Conference opened at the America’s Center in downtown St. Louis Tuesday and by the end of the day, the majority of the 8,000 attendees knew that Webster University was the center of international education in St. Louis. Hints that Webster takes international education seriously greeted conference attendees immediately upon their arrival, [...]
Excellence in Teaching: Kemper Award Winners DiFate, Palmer, Delman, Hutton
The William T. Kemper Award for Excellence in Teaching is awarded each year to two full-time and two part-time faculty members at Webster University who demonstrate teaching at its finest. Nominated and supported by students and colleagues, they are selected by a committee of their peers for their outstanding teaching. This year’s full-time faculty recipients [...]
Webster Welcomes International Educators, NAFSA to St. Louis
More than 8,000 international university and college presidents, provosts, professors, administrators and policy experts from approximately 120 countries will be meeting in St. Louis May 26-31 for an annual, six-day NAFSA conference that focuses on the globalization of higher education. With 10,000 members worldwide, NAFSA is the world’s largest nonprofit association dedicated to international education, and [...]
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