News Articles
Students frustrated about cuts
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Although students have been showing major concern for the well being of the university in light of the recently announced budget cuts, the university administration, faculty and staff have an optimistic outlook on the situation and believe decision makers had good intentions.
No CPR, first aid training for RAs
Budget cuts may mean no instruction
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Webster University's health services department will no longer be training students, faculty and staff on campus in CPR, First Aid or Automated External Defibrillators (AED). Dean of Students, Ted Hoef said the decision was made in consultation with Susan Daily, director of health services, due to financial constraints.
Becoming globally conscious
Documentary filmmaker details struggle to be accepted in Japan
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Filmmaker Regge Life challenged Webster students to think of themselves as world citizens instead of national citizens in his Nov. 15 lecture in the University Center Sunnen Lounge. Life encouraged students to travel internationally.
Int'l grad student enrollment up
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Although there has been an approximate four-year decline in the total amount of international students entering U.S. universities, the number of international graduate students has been on the rise.
Congress mulls student aid changes this week
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Students who get federal financial aid loans may find the process for obtaining those loans has changed when they go to apply for financial aid next year.
Arrested student says it was art
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The student charged with indecent exposure at the Webster University career fair Nov. 1, has stated the incident was a performance art piece. In his blog, Misha Sulpovar, an art and religious studies major, said the alleged exposure was one in a series of social experiments meant to assess cultural taboos in society involving awkwardness around the human body.
Future dorm residents get a say in furniture choices
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Students, faculty and staff interested in the kinds of furniture that will decorate the new dorm buildings had a chance to influence the process Nov. 9 and 10 at Webster's furniture display in the UC Sunnen Lounge. Students and faculty demoed sets of beds, wardrobes and desks from four vendors and filled out a survey, indicating what they liked, what they didn't and specifics on both.
Portal bugs being worked out
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Webster's Connections Portal, the online interface students, faculty and staff can use for e-mail, calendars, or simple communication with other people on campus, has been updated with more features and more content. With these updates have come new problems, however, as well as a couple problems still lingering around from the portal's launch earlier this year.
