Maryville StoryCast

Patrick Fette is a Maryville Online graduate student from Louisville, KY. And he has a better mustache than you. In fact, he's a four-time world champion! What does it take to win in the competitive world of mustache growing? Patrick gives us all the details in this episode of the StoryCast.

Joey Abeles serves as Maryville's Hillel Manager within the Office of Service and Spiritual Life. Our chapter is part of Hillel International, the world’s largest and most inclusive Jewish campus organization. Joey also runs a training for Maryville students called Resetting the Table that's designed to foster dialogue and deliberation across differences. He shares a story of what's possible when our students open themselves up to differing viewpoints, even if they sternly disagree with each other.

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Bruce and Hannah Ha are 6th-year PT students who met freshman year, attended classes together, but finally caught each other's eye senior year (and the rest is history). Bruce also discusses being away from home in Vietnam for over eight years and the sacrifices his mom and dad made to give him a better life.

Kirstan Riddle and Ethan Weeks are history majors at Maryville and secured amazing internships at the St. Louis Science Center. Their supervisor, Kristina Hampton, is a Maryville alumna and is proud to provide our students a rich, real-world learning experience at the Science Center's off-site storage facility.

Scott Angus, Director of Maryville's Photography and Digital Art Programs and Associate Professor of Art and Digital Photography in our College of Arts and Sciences, shares thoughts about his iPad Digital World Exploratory course in which students explore St. Louis with iPads in tow. What are the learning takeaways from this experiential learning course? Listen and learn!

Mike Denney has been Maryville University's wrestling coach since 2011. His experience spans 54 years and and he ranks as one of Division II’s greatest wrestling coaches, a multiple national champion, and one of the most prominent figures in the history of the sport. In this episode of the Maryville StoryCast, he tells a stressful story with a happy ending - how he started the wrestling program at Maryville.

We recorded this episode with Coach Denney in early March 2023, and he announced his retirement on April 13, 2023. “Coach Denney has been incredible as our first-ever wrestling coach,” says Lonnie Folks, director of athletics at Maryville. “He and our program have been shining examples for not only our athletics department but across campus. I look forward to leaning on his knowledge during the process as we look for the next coach of our program.”

Coach Denney, you will be missed! Thank you for everything you've given to Maryville University.

READ MORE about his legendary career:

https://www.maryville.edu/mpress/mike-denney-retirement/

Jason Williams, EdD, Assistant Dean for the Simon School of Business, Director of the Rawlings Sport Business Management Program, and Associate Professor of Sport Business Management at Maryville University, shares thoughts on the 10th anniversary of our partnership with Rawlings Sporting Goods. Maryville's Rawlings Sport Business Management program remains the only named and sponsored Sport Business Management program in the U.S., and Jason explains why that's important and discusses the future of the program.

Maryville students Emma Siegfried and Peyton Dietz share the story of an assignment they tackled in their Biology class. Their task was to recreate an 18th century medicinal recipe and, well, let's just say it involved some unorthodox ingredients!

Maryville alumnus Tommy Henry shares his story of overcoming a rare neurodegenerative disorder to make amazing art.

In this inaugural episode of the Maryville StoryCast, we are joined by Dr. LaTonia Collins Smith, President of Harris-Stowe State University. Dr. Collins Smith is a Maryville alum and shares the story of how she first arrived at Harris-Stowe many years ago. Hint: another Maryville alum had a lot to do with it! Now in her 11th position at the university, she is the first African-American female president of the storied HBCU.