Opportunities Abound

The Suggs Scholarship has allowed Olivia Rivers to take advantage of opportunities such as working at MUTV. As a student at McCluer High School in Florissant, Missouri, MU sophomore Olivia Rivers was an accomplished student, athlete and leader. She was elected president of the National Honor Society, served as vice president of Future Business Leaders…

On to the Big Apple

Nikonowicz utilizes mapping software to computer-generate landscapes and make photographs within them. These spaces often appear impossibly perfect in comparison to what a viewer might expect. Mizzou’s Drew Nikonowicz is the youngest recipient of the Aperture Portfolio Prize. When 22-year-old Mizzou student Drew Nikonowicz awoke to an email from the Aperture Foundation early one morning, he wasn’t…

Real-World Experiences

As part of an NEH grant project on media representation of race, journalism professor Berkley Hudson and Discovery Fellow Ginger Hervey look at microfilm of 1935 pages of the Commercial Dispatch of Columbus, Mississippi. Berkley Hudson, a professor in the School of Journalism, recognizes some faculty would rather have a graduate or doctoral student assist…

Winning Tradition

MU faculty Sarah Bush, Bethany Stone, Newton D’Souza and Betsy Baker are four of the last five winners of the prestigious Boyer Award. Betsy Baker can’t remember a time when she was not using technology as part of her teaching. “I was teaching second grade in the 1980s,” Baker says, “and I brought in my Commodore…

The Beauty of Science

Artist Meiqi Yuan’s (left) collaborated with researcher Sera Holland to create a 3D representation of Holland’s research. When Meiqi Yuan registered for a 3D Design course, she didn’t realize it would involve researching mycorrhizae fungi. As part of a summer course, Professor Hannah Reeves’ students teamed up with undergraduate researchers on a collaborative project in which the…

Forecasting Student Success

Eric Aldrich steps away from television and into a new role which puts a focus on student success. Eric Aldrich’s interest in meteorology began when he was a child and was frightened by severe thunderstorms. If he could predict when a thunderstorm was going to happen, he thought, then maybe he wouldn’t be afraid. So began…

Path to Success

New Director of Academic Retention Services Donell Young is no stranger to the struggles students encounter while in college. The first semester of college was a struggle for Donell Young. He had always done well academically, graduating in the top 10 percent of his class at Kansas City Central High School, but as a freshman at…