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Maryville Art and Design Program on the Rise

Student painting in Maryville's studio art program. Photo courtesy of Maryville.

There are many degrees offered at Maryville, ranging from nursing to chemistry, and everywhere in between. One of Maryville’s most innovative, and to some extent, unknown, area of study is the art and design program. The art and design program offers degrees in studio art, art history, interior design, interactive design and its most popular, graphic design. These areas of ... Read More »

St. Louis Bread Company Fights Hunger with Pay-What-You-Can Chili

The millions of Americans who are affected by food insecurity. Photo courtesy of Caitlin Johnson.

 St. Louis Bread Company has created a new menu option to draw in local St. Louis residents. However, it is not the food itself that is new but the purchase options. Panera Bread has created the Meal of Shared Responsibility social experiment. This meal consists of turkey chili in a sourdough bread bowl, and it will cost $5.89. When this order is placed, ... Read More »

Magnolia Receives Record Submissions

Alicia Trebus, co editor of Magnolia, holds a copy of last year's edition. Photo courtesy of Whitney Dutton.

Magnolia, Maryville’s art and literary magazine, has reached a record number of submissions this spring. The magazine usually sees around 80 to 90 submissions. After the March 12 deadline was extended to March 18 this year, there were 172. The increase in submissions is due to a push in advertisements and promotion of the magazine. Magnolia is created every year ... Read More »

Graduation Fair 2013

Graduation Fair

Students and their families are invited to attend Graduation Fair 2013 (dates below). This event provides a great opportunity to take care of all the necessary details for your upcoming graduation.  This is the best time to pick up your cap and gown, make your class gift to get your inscribed brick, purchase diploma frames, sign up for Grads Give Back, ... Read More »

How to Prevent Test-Taking Anxiety

Here are ways to stop the anxieties of test-taking. Photo courtesy of Microsoft.

Contributed by Rachel Gagliardi Many students experience it: the gut-retching, nail biting horror before and during a test. Even when students are confident that they know the material, once the test is placed in front of them, their hearts begin to race and their minds go blank. Hours of reading, remembering, self-quizzing and flash cards still will not help the ... Read More »

Work Hard, Play Harder

Maryville's 'Lady Saints' continue to have a great season. Photo courtesy of Maryville Athletics homepage.

Contributed by Kelly Gould As I watch in suspense, the Maryville women’s basketball team is down only a few points to the well-played offense of Missouri Western. It is only the beginning of the season, so I didn’t believe I would see such a nail biting game. Most of the students at Maryville are long gone because of Thanksgiving break, ... Read More »

Mark Roman Memorial Oct. 10

Mark Roman. Courtesy of Maryville University.

The  memorial ceremony for the late professor Mark Roman, Celebration of Mark’s Life, will take place Wednesday, Oct. 10, in the Huttig Chapel at 2 p.m. Come join the School of Business faculty, staff and students as well as Mark’s widow, Sandy, to honor Mark and to celebrate his life and achievements. Mark, 51, died on July 11, 2012 of heart disease. ... Read More »

Advice: Tug-o-war Troubles

“Dear Oranous, Since college started I’ve been texting my friends at home a lot. They keep asking me when I am coming back home. I’m trying to branch-out and meet new people but I don’t want to ignore my friends back home. How can I make new friends and still keep the old living so far away? I miss them ... Read More »

Magic Mike for Men?

Courtesy of Allied Media

I liked Magic Mike. There, I said it. As a guy, I was worried walking into the theater (which was comprised of 90% women), but I was determined to set my preconceived notions aside and watch without judgment. What I found was a pretty decent movie about power, money, and abs girls, and the lengths men will go to get ... Read More »

The Course to Round Out Your Education

Image Courtesy of The New England Job Show

The following is a story submitted by student reader, Sheryl Holstein. Most students today are preparing to enter the workforce for the first time, or due to the economy, finding themselves preparing for a job search for that new career. While the academic programs teach us what is needed to perform the duties of your chosen career path, there is ... Read More »

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