Webster University

Webster University earned a GoAbroad Innovation Award on Friday, June 3, for the “Indigenous Rights and the Rights of Nature in Ecuador” study abroad program launched this year.

The annual Edward R. Murrow Award recently recognized the work of Webster media literacy instructor, Julie Smith, and KMOX reporter, Megan Lynch, entitled the "KMOX Media Literacy Project" a multi-layered approach to introducing media literacy skills. 

Effective June 1, Michael R. Hulsizer, a professor and former chair of the department of psychology, will become dean of the newly formed College of Science and Health. 

Webster University was named to the Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Honor Roll for the sixth year in a row. The Honor Roll recognizes colleges and universities in North America that offer additional support and services to college students who transfer from a community college into a four-year program.

Webster’s Chess Team did not lose a single round during the annual President’s Cup Collegiate Chess Championship – it won one and tied the other two - but was edged out of an overall win by one-half point due to fewer draws early in the tournament. 

 

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences will launch on June 1 to bring together Webster’s core humanities and social science programs in a single college, providing students and faculty members greater opportunities to collaborate.

Webster has begun remodeling the Sverdrup west wing, adding cutting-edge labs, equipment, and collaborative spaces for the School of Communications. Remodeling completion is slated for Fall 2022 classes. Keep informed of construction updates.

Webster University recently added to its more than 50 locations on four continents with a new campus in the South Caucasus nation of Georgia, with plans to hold its first classes in the fall.

Webster University has renamed its nationally renowned Conservatory of Theatre Arts in honor of the late Peter Sargent, founding dean of the Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts. Supporters, members of Sargent's family and Webster alumni celebrated the Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts at a recent event in Webster's Loretto-Hilton Center.

Webster University was listed at #16 on the 2022 Regional University - Midwest list, and was included in four best-of categories.

Senior All-American Will Hocker won the 2021 NCAA Division III National Championship in golf, the first Webster University student-athlete to win an individual national title in any athletics field.

"We sincerely appreciate the opportunity that Webster University has provided us to establish the Gleich Honors College," Marianne and Peter Gleich said in a statement to the University. "We have always felt strongly that education is an extremely important aspect in everyone’s life."