Beginning in spring of 2011, the College of Nursing has the possibility of presenting a part-time student option within its college. The demand for a part-time option for students has been desired for years at the University of Missouri-St. Louis could finally be coming into play.

A newly employed University of Missouri-St. Louis employee went missing July 28 and was found July 31. Susan Allen, 55, employed a week and a half at the university left for lunch that Wednesday and never returned. Co-workers became worried after a few hours of her absence. Mitchell Hess, Manager of Cashiering said certain things Allen left behind led to great concern. “It was a possibility [Allen could have just quit] but we had a few things, that I can’t go into detail, that would have made me think otherwise.” Therefore, Hess notified campus police. “Normal procedure is to contact the emergency contact for the employee and then notify the police,” Hess said. There was not a valid emergency contact for Allen.

The University of Missouri-St. Louis’ “Gateway for Greatness” campaign surpassed its $100 million goal two years ahead of schedule.

The University of Missouri-St. Louis has signed a new contract with Metro Transit-St. Louis which allows all UM-St. Louis students unlimited access to Metrolink and Metrobus. The program is called the Universal Pass where eligible students pay $2 per credit hour capped at 12 credit hours totaling $24.

It is expected that by January 2011 the Institute of Women and Gender studies department will be renamed “Gender Studies” to better reflect gender interest. The idea of changing the department’s name began five years ago, but general feelings of not wanting to deflect the original idea of the program deterred the process from progressing. On a system wide level the department is no longer an institute, so the department chose to make its various changes now