What is your favorite memory of UMSL?
We asked Alumni Weekend 2009 attendees what their favorite memories of UMSL are. Here's what they said:
My favorite memory from my time at UMSL is…
...being asked to serve on the I.S. Board of Advisors. -David Burlis ‘85
...taking class with friends. -Marianne Burlis '80
...working in the office of Student Affairs. -Rex Carter '89
...the student center playing cards. -Marie L. Crinnion '83
...Cultural Center with Susan – Anthropology teacher. -Pam Ramsey '04
...helping to paint the Black Culture Room in the original Administration Building. -Diane Kedley Clark ‘78
...the Bugg Lake & video game arcade area (72-76). -Mary (Maniaci) Braun ’76, ’92, ‘99
...going to Rivermen baseball games. -Ryan Metcalf '01
...leaving Non-Western Music after roll call, to get something to eat (300 students approx. in class) and socializing with schoolmates and friends in the Thomas Jefferson Library. -Brenda J. Ellis '73 Winter Graduation
...Mr. Winters, Business Law. -Carolyn Desloge '82
...hanging out with our group of friends – the “Social Club”. -Carolyn Desloge '82
...my work-study job (with Blair Farrell & Mike Houston) doing research on potential supporters for the future optometry school. -Ann Gleason Ernst '77
...joining fellow students at Clarks II. -Larry Zielinski ‘94
...beating SLU in basketball at the Kiel Center in 1984 & coaching the Men’s Tennis Team to a 3rd place finnish at the conference tourney (without international players). -Jeff Zoellner '84
...Dr. Granger’s nude slides – interspersed to keep us awake during lectures. -Ann (Lamprecht) Austin '83 & '88
...running around campus trying to register for a class in 2008. It took 2 weeks to find the correct person to get me registered. -Alan Shenberg '03
...obviously graduation & Prof. Winters Business Law class. -Terry Elmendorf ’86 & ‘95
...trying to find a parking place. All classes in Benton Hall. The only food source was out of a machine. -Janet Pleimann (Bradford) '76
...when I was involved with STAT. I had to dress up in a giant hot dog suit and skip around the MSC! It was so much fun! -Tegan Viggers '07
...when the MSC opened and the SGA had their first meeting on the third floor. -FredRick Eccher Jr. '03
...when I was a T.A. for accounting. One of the fellows put up a Playboy pinup in our office. So, in retaliation, the girls put up a pinup of the first *movie star to pose nude in Cosmopolitan magazine. This caused quite a ruckus & the picture had to come down. *(Burt Reynolds). -Fran Schuchardt '80
...Business Law class by Professor Winter. -Yanda Xu '04
...meeting with friends for a beer AFTER graduation. -David Runde '82
...new student orientation days, fun events ---Big event, Mirthday, everything. I ♥ UMSL! -Michelle (Pierson) Kilper '05
...Mirthday 2009! -Stefanie Davis '09
...awakening retreats with the Catholic Newman Center helped me get to know many great students at UMSL! -Lauren (Updike) Royal '04
...field trips with IBC-Club. -Dejan Cirkovic ‘08
...Graduation. My internship with Small Business Center/Vista. -John Veal ‘77
...climbing the steps in the tower to get to my advisor’s office! I never took the elevator! -Sally Breck ‘78
...a growing learning center then in the 70’s & 80’s, & even better now. My favorite memory is all those here who helped me learn & grow, too. -Ron Barnaro ‘92
...all the people I’ve met and now working here. -Thomas Stork '06
...streakers in the Quad in 1974 & UMSL beating Lincoln in NCAA Tournament in 1972. -Bob Braun ‘74
...the wonderful group of friends I made and still have! -Terri (Schmitt) Karcher ‘83
...seeing Al Gore over at Mark Twain. -David Gellman '95
...Chancellor Barnett made Sandy McClain and other admin people get in wheelchair for disability awareness week. She got in one as well. -Michelle McMurray ‘93
...making the Dean's list and National Dean's list 2 years straight while working full time and working with Chancellor Marguerite Ross Barnett. -Sharon R. Holbrooks '96
...student teaching (elementary level) at Clayton School System – Captain School. -G. Pasley '89
...Dr. George Taylor’s class sessions. He made learning so much fun! -Tasha Burton '07
...lab classes. -Kathy Janus ’75, ’82, ‘96
...Graduating. -Dineen Kehm Ebert ’67, 82
...dances, basketball games, fraternity activities. -Bill Neukum ‘72
...when I was President of the Student Body in 1974-1975. -Bob Engelken ‘75
...Mirthday. -Jenell Statum-Cogshell ‘92
...seeing my friend, Katie Mallon, make her debut as the first ever Riverpup. -Meg O’Connell Naes '01
...I had a hard time Speaking Spanish. III. -Gregg Tolson '98
...working with the first computer (IBM 1130). -John Sona '71
...My favorite memory souvenir from my time at UMSL is…Ryan Harris, my fiancé. We met on April 18th, 2004 at a BBQ at the Meadows. -Silvia Nyhoff ‘03
...meeting my future wife! -Ryan Harris '00
...CS department is very helpful. -Tri Nguyen ‘09
...Graduation! -Janet Scurlock '00
...when I made the Dean’s List. -Darren T. Williams '07
...meeting one of the foreign students here on a scholarship. She was a wonderful woman from Tajikstan. -Dorothy Rice '99
...Mirthday 2007. -Toma Cirkovic '08
...the weekend movies shown in Stadler Hall, The Underground, The University Center, and last but not least the swimming pool and tennis courts in the middle of campus when I was young. I thought that was cool!!! -Cassandra L. Gay '88
...Homecoming week and Mirthday. -Adriana Hughey ‘07
...pulling the 30’ TKE tower down in the athletic field with a jeep after homecoming. “Rivermen Tower Over the Huskies”. -Louis Pfleckl ‘76
...our trip to Vienna in 2002. Business / Art Studies with Dr. Ricks, Gertrand Wild. -Jennie Shane '03
...Dr. Howard Balz’ Elementary Statistics – “Let’s entertain the idea of multiple distribution”. -Elaine Gough Conway '82
...Dr. Kathleen Haywood’s patience & belief that I could & would graduate! -Dr. Monica A. Stewart ‘95
...having my roommates crank my 1960 Triumph TR3 in the wintertime. -Lamont Shannon ‘81
...volleyball at Newman House. -Dennis McCarthy ‘68
...that when I graduated from UMSL in 2003, I started to cry & my mother was very proud of me. That was one of the happiest days of my life! Thank you! -Cozene Watson '03
...hayrides & Sundays at Pizza Inn. -Bonnie Pfleckl (Westfall) ‘79
...being part of Delta Sigma Pi – business fraternity. -Stacey Scheinkman '94