Legal Studies Students Taste International Law in The Netherlands
"He looked like he could work as a high-level union manager for a St. Louis labor union," said Walker, a Legal Studies major. "He looks so ... normal." Milosevic is facing trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, charged with war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. Walker and a handful of Webster University students attended a portion of the trial as part of the new Legal Studies summer program in Leiden, The Netherlands. "The program is just amazing," Walker said. "My head is still spinning when I think about it. To be that close and to hear everything that was coming out of his mouth ... it's something I would have never imagined." FULL STORY |
Students and faculty outside the Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons | A Familiar Struggle: Creative Writing Students Learn from Writers Who've Been There
For more than two decades, the English Department's Creative Writing program has helped English majors hone their creative instincts into a disciplined craft while showing them a new way to approach literature. For this emphasis within the English major, core literature classes are accompanied by topical and genre writing courses that widen the range of influences for students. Writing workshops then give them the chance to expose their work to the critical eye of peers and teachers. True to Webster's "real world" approach, these teachers are active, published writers themselves. FULL STORY |
Faculty Feature
A Q-and-A with new full-time faculty member Mary Harmon-Vukic.
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Tucked away in the corners of the University's historic Pearson House, an eclectic crew of artists and their pupils has quietly shined as one of the gems of Webster's College of Arts & Sciences.
In naming Michael DeHaven the chair of the College of Arts & Sciences' Advisory Board, Dean David Wilson would have had a tough time finding a more fitting representative of the Webster ideal. A successful attorney and public policy specialist, DeHaven truly lives a commitment to "life-long learning." He reads relentlessly, keeps up with current events, has his hand in public policy issues and is connected within the St. Louis leadership community. DeHaven, vice president and general counsel for BJC HealthCare and a member of the Webster University Board of Trustees, sees a special relevance in the University's educational model. "I've watched with great interest Webster's development for a couple of decades now," DeHaven says. "I've been impressed with what it means to the community and what it can do for the community. And I really appreciate the University's holistic approach toward what it means to be educated in today's world." FULL STORY |
