Harris-Stowe State University

St. Louis-area high school alumni will have a chance to show their school pride during next year’s 314 Day in an Olympic-inspired tournament by St. Louis hip-hop great Nelly.

Harris-Stowe State University has a five-year strategic plan to better prepare students for careers in science and technology and secure the university’s accreditation. The plan aims to improve student achievement rates, retention, innovation, academic assessments, service and fiscal responsibility.

The Higher Learning Commission placed Harris-Stowe State University on notice that it could lose its accreditation. The university is at risk of being out of compliance with accreditation requirements.

Across the country, some universities have weighed in on the new abortion landscape, but most St. Louis institutions have avoided taking a hard stance.

LaTonia Collins Smith is Harris-Stowe State University’s 21st president. During her presidency, Collins Smith hopes to increase enrollment and open university centers for workforce development, entrepreneurship and STEM programs.

Harris-Stowe State University temporarily shut down Tuesday after receiving a bomb threat. The threat came a day after several historically Black colleges and universities nationwide received similar threats.

About 300 students at Harris-Stowe University will not have to worry about some of the debt they took on to pay for school during the pandemic.

Under Givens' stewardship, the school added 13 academic degrees, including criminal justice, business administration and urban studies.

Harris-Stowe State University has a new leader for the second time in just over a year. Corey S. Bradford Sr. stepped down as president last week after one year in the job. Latonia Collins Smith, provost and vice president of academic affairs, will serve as interim president.

Attorney Wayman F. Smith III served as a member of the Harris-Stowe State University Board of Regents for 21 years, and as chairman for 12 of those years beginning in 1989. Smith died at Barnes-Jewish Hospital on Tuesday. He was 80.