Webster University

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.edu is the winner in the New Website category of the Ragan Communications PR Daily Nonprofit Communications Awards.

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

Webster University will now require that all students, faculty and staff begin the vaccination process by the start of the fall semester.

“We are extremely cognizant of the impacts that our students have endured during this past year and purposefully looked for the best ways to ease their financial burdens in the coming year,” said Webster University President Julian Z. Schuster.

The National Science Foundation grant will create scholarships and support systems for low-income, talented students who transfer from community colleges to complete a four-year STEM degree.

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."