Webster University

Webster U. Celebrates College Chess Title, As New Hire Pays Off

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:56:39 +0000

If there's no such thing as bad publicity, how much is good publicity worth? Webster University wants to find out.

Last year, the university didn't have a chess team. On Sunday, its team took home the national college championship, the President's Cup, after winning what is often called the "Final Four" of chess.

Webster, which is located just outside of St. Louis, picked up its team nearly intact last year from Texas Tech.

Mary Beth Tinker On The First Amendment And Rights Of Students

Mary Edwards, Alex Heuer and Don Marsh — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:58:28 +0000

When Mary Beth Tinker was a middle school student in Iowa, she never dreamed that she would one day see her name attached to a Supreme Court decision in her college text book. But that’s exactly what happened.

Ex-inmate gets 4 years for student aid fraud against Webster University

The Associated Press — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:00:48 +0000

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A former South Carolina inmate has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for using the identities of 23 fellow prisoners to collect thousands of dollars of student financial aid through Webster University in suburban St. Louis.

Michelle Owens of Florence, S.C., pleaded guilty in June to federal student financial aid fraud and mail fraud. She was sentenced Thursday in Florence.

SC woman pleads guilty to defrauding Webster University

The Associated Press — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:52:53 +0000

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A former South Carolina inmate has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges for posing as online students at Webster University and collecting thousands of dollars of financial aid.

The U.S. attorney's office in St. Louis said Wednesday that Michelle Owens submitted fraudulent admission applications to the suburban St. Louis-based university in the names of 23 people who were inmates at Leath Correctional Institution in South Carolina.

Webster University Project documents the end of Kodachrome

Libby Franklin — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:53:43 +0000

On January 18, 2011, the very last batches of Kodachrome film were processed at Dwayne's Photo Lab in Parsons, Kansas. Webster University students and faculty were there to witness that last run, which included 100 rolls of their own.