New Webster office aims to attract grant funding
The Webster University Provost’s Office announced the creation of a new Office of Research and Sponsored Projects on Oct. 25, which will lead Webster’s efforts to attract more institutional and faculty...
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Webster alum involved with Wikileaks portrays whistleblower trial in art
The Hunt Gallery exhibit depicts courtroom drawing of Chelsea Manning’s court martial / Photo by Jordan Palmer After graduating from Webster University, artist and activist Clark Stoeckley worked with...
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Webster paid $17,000 to consulting firm specialized in defeating unionization
In the spring of 2015, Webster’s adjunct professors filed to vote on unionization, a vote that would ultimately fail in a 268 to 212 decision May 11, 2015. During that time, Webster hired Greer...
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Former head of Webster’s Confucius Institute allegedly embezzled more than...
Deborah Pierce’s indictment was announced in a press release from Eastern District of Missouri office of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). | Photo from Webster University Archives The former head...
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Student-Worker Alliance protests Trump, Webster administration
In a protest led by the Webster Student-Worker Alliance (SWA), Webster University students and faculty spoke out against the policies of both the Webster University administration and President-elect...
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Pro-union adjuncts say hired consulting firm was anti-union
Webster University adjunct professor Elizabeth Sausele said she was unhappy when she read the university paid $17,000 to a consulting company during last year’s adjunct unionization effort. Sausele...
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Webster to switch to single meal plan option in fall 2017
Photo illustration by Melissa Buelt Webster University is introducing a new meal plan system starting in the 2017-18 academic year. The “Blue and Gold” meal plan will be the only option for students,...
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Racist, homophobic messages posted in Webster dorm building
A Webster University custodian found flyers containing racist and homophobic messages surrounding the door of an African-American student in the West Hall dormitory this morning. The university is...
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Students respond to hate crime in dorms with protest, solidarity
Since Webster University reported a hate crime on campus when flyers carrying racist and homophobic messages were found in West Hall, students and staff have responded with art, protest and solidarity....
View ArticleAdministration says staff jobs are not in danger despite budget shortfall
The path forward for Webster University will focus on reaching out to minority and first-generation college students, as well as offering more need-based financial aid, administrators said at a meeting...
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Entrepreneur works with Webster staff in business competition
Dawn Manske spent ten years in China, seeing firsthand the challenges girls and young women face in Asia. After watching a video from an undercover investigation of the sex trade in Cambodia, Manske...
View ArticleBomb threat cancels military campus classes
Night classes were canceled at Webster University’s Scott Air Force Base (SAFB) location after a bomb threat was called in at the base. Parts of the base, which is located in Illinois, were evacuated...
View ArticleStudents, staff vote on new ISB furniture
Webster University students and faculty were invited to pick their seats during the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building (ISB) Furniture Fair. The event in which students and staff chose furniture for...
View ArticleInternational Business course offers Saturday schedule
The School of Business and Technology at Webster University is offering a Saturday schedule for the international business course. This introductory level course was designed for the 1 year MBA, but...
View ArticleWebster offers new “bystander intervention” training
Webster University will begin offering a training program to teach students the skills to intervene in “problem situations” they see on campus. The program will be offered through Step Up! Bystander...
View ArticleActivist Bree Newsome speaks at MLK Day dinner
Bree Newsome, an activist best known for removing the Confederate flag from the grounds of the North Carolina statehouse, spoke at Webster’s Dr. Martin Luther King commemoration day Jan. 30. The...
View ArticleSGA proposes an ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Day’
Some Webster University students have joined a national movement to change the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day. The Student Government Association (SGA) is assembling a proposal...
View ArticleWebster urges international students, staff not to travel abroad during ban
Webster University is offering advice and support to students affected by President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on immigration and international travel. Trump signed an executive order Jan....
View ArticleISB construction creates woes for Pearson
Ongoing construction on the new Interdisciplinary Science Building (ISB) has caused noise and construction woes for students in Pearson House. In a statement given by Webster News, all parking spots in...
View ArticleStudy abroad sets new goals
Webster University is making an effort to double the study abroad enrollment of U.S. students with the goal of sending 500 students abroad a year by 2020. The Office of Study Abroad sent 270 students...
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