UMSL Athletics, volunteers pitch in to create a positive environment during the Midwest Regional Championships Members of the UMSL volleyball team celebrate the closing point in their Midwest Region Championship win over Ferris State as the crowd erupts behind them Saturday at the Mark Twain Athletic Center. (Photo by Patrick Clark/Athlete's Eye Photography) All eyes were on fourth place University of Missouri – St. Louis volleyball team last weekend as it hosted the Division II NCAA Midwest Region tournament at the Mark Twain Athletic Center. The Tritons put on a show for the 1,000 weekend crowd, dispatching eighth-seeded Missouri S&T,…
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Opus College of Business has announced a new Master of Science in Management (MSM), the first program of its kind in the Upper Midwest. Designed for current students and recent non-business graduates, this 10-month hybrid program integrates students' unique undergraduate interests with core business and management knowledge, creating a pathway to accelerate their early careers. With the inaugural cohort starting in fall 2024, students from liberal arts and STEM majors will have the opportunity to leverage their disciplinary knowledge with essential business know-how, making them even more valuable in today's job market. Building a bridge between specialist knowledge and business…
Dean Regas | Special to the Cincinnati EnquirerThe green comet to pass by Earth, will not return for another 50,000 yearsAstronomy experts say that if the comet named C2022 E3 ZTF ever returns, it won't be for at least another 50,000 years.Scott L. Hall, USA TODAYA green comet is coming to Earth's night sky!You may have read online about a new, nocturnal visitor to the skies – a “bright” comet coming closer to Earth and appears pure green in color. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unfortunately, don't believe the hype about this comet. It must…
History links Freshman Haiden Diemer-McKinney and superior Reyes Thomas Both turned in career-best efforts at Thursday's Midwest Twilight Qualifier at Augustana College in efforts to advance to next week's NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field National Championships at the University of St. Louis. John Fisher in Rochester, New York. Thomas hit a career-best and school-record 52.23 meters (171 feet, 4 inches) for what would have been today's 13u-The best sign of the season. The top 22 points advance to the championship meet with the field of competitors to be announced on Friday 19 May.Diemer-McKinney finished…
September 18, 2023 Purdue University's northwest steeple landmark between Lawshe Hall, the Student Union Library Building, and the Nils Bioscience Building. Purdue University Northwest (PNW) is recognized by US News & World Report in its 2024 annual Best Colleges rankings for its social mobility and top undergraduate programs. Purdue University Northwest (PNW) has earned recognition for many undergraduate programs and social mobility in the US News & World Report's The annual Best Colleges 2024 rankings, published on Monday, September 18. PNW is named a top regional university in the Midwest and is ranked 33rd among public institutions. Among Midwest regional…
[Read our 2020 presidential election electoral college explainer.]DES MOINES — President Trump stunned the political universe in 2016 with a series of critical Northern swing states, winning Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin by less than one percentage point and forcing Democrats into four years of soul-searching over what went wrong. wrong in their historical geographical position. base.Four years later, the frigid Midwest is once again seen as the primary battleground for the election, and on Friday Mr. Trump and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. crisscrossed the region campaigning in states that not only the president must win but also…
06 October 2022 The Princeton Review ranks SIU among the best in the Midwest CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois University Carbondale is one of the best universities in the Midwest, according to the Princeton Review's “Best of the Midwest” feature. The university is one of 158 Midwestern colleges and universities selected by the education services company. The Princeton Review's 2023 Best Regional Colleges make up just 23% of the nation's four-year colleges. From hundreds of institutions reviewed in each region, The Princeton Review chose these schools primarily for their outstanding academics. It also weighed in on what students who attended…
Corner down icon An icon in the shape of a corner pointing down. Charles Murray/Getty Images As a New Yorker, I was curious about moving to a different city.I've liked other cities in the Midwest, so I was excited to go to Cleveland.I loved Cleveland's walkability, cleanliness and food. I just wished there were more people. As someone who grew up in the tri-state area and lived most of her life in New York, I've been itching to move in a few years. I love my neighborhood and will have a hard time leaving, but my partner and I were…
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Amazon's profitable cloud business will invest about $7.8 billion through the end of 2029 to expand its data center operations in central Ohio, state leaders announced Monday, further advancing the state's efforts to establish itself as technology hub of the Midwest. The new Amazon Web Services, or AWS, investments were announced by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gen. Jon Husted, who heads the governor's technology office. The financial spending “further strengthens Ohio as the heart of our nation's technology and innovation,” the governor said in a statement. AWS opened its first data centers in the region…
Tribune Staff Report | South Bend TribuneELKHART — The exhibit “Enchanted Lands: The Collage Works of Scott Hatt” continues through March 5 at the Midwest Museum of American Art, 429 S. Main St.Hutt, who died in October 2021 at age 64, operated The Spurious Fugitive art gallery in downtown South Bend from 2005 to 2008 and was known for his prolific work in collage art that led him to collaborate with artists around the world.He also taught fine art and graphic design at South Bend University in Indiana from 1998 to 2003.The exhibition includes more than 50 pieces by Hatt.IUSB…