Author: Mary Helen Stoltz
Notes from the Ozark Research Field Station
The COVID-19 pandemic created challenges for the Ozark Research Field Station’s scheduled programming, so in spring 2020, we opened our grounds to faculty and staff as a socially distanced respite with hiking, canoeing, kayaking or just getting some space outdoors to relax and refresh. We also successfully hosted the first courses that allowed students to […]
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Calculating history: Leon Hall pens history of mathematics at S&T
Ask retired mathematics chair Leon Hall how long it took to write his departmental history book, An Ideal Department: Mathematics and Statistics at MSM, UMR, and Missouri S&T, and the answer may surprise you. “I could say 35 years or even 55, but the decision to organize the stuff I had collected into a book was only five […]
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A pioneer of integration
There have to be pioneers to start an integration movement. For Missouri S&T, those pioneers were George Horne and Elmer Bell Jr. Although neither earned degrees from S&T, Horne and Bell were the university’s first two Black students.
Read More »Math faculty accolades
Over the past two years, our faculty members have been productive and have honored for their work. Below is a listing of recent campus honors. Akim Adekpedjou was promoted to professor of mathematics and statistics. Daozhi Han received an Outstanding Teaching Commendation for 2019-20 and a 2020 Faculty Research Award. Xiaoming He received a 2019 […]
Read More »Outside-the-box STEM tutoring
When COVID-19 forced K-12 students across the country to move to online or hybrid schoolwork, STEM advocates with ties to Missouri S&T like Grace Dietzler, BSci’16, helped sequestered kids manage their education during the pandemic. Deitzler, who is now working on a Ph.D. in microbiology at Oregon State University, reached out to Facebook friends who […]
Read More »Online MBA program makes top 25 list
Missouri S&T’s online MBA program has been ranked No. 14 of the top 25 Best AACSB Accredited Online MBA Programs by Guide to Online Schools, 2020. Other universities on the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) list include University of Southern California, Carnegie Mellon University, Indiana University and Purdue University.
Read More »Two faculty ranked among most productive
Two business and information technology faculty members at Missouri S&T, Dr. Keng Siau, chair and professor, and Dr. Fiona Nah, professor, have been ranked among the world’s most productive management information system researchers, according to a 2020 study by the University of Arizona.
Read More »Missouri S&T students chosen to speak during commencement
Three graduating students at Missouri University of Science and Technology were chosen as December 2020 commencement speakers at Missouri S&T. Because COVID-19 policy prohibits in-person events with more than 10 participants, a virtual commencement ceremony will be streamed on the university’s Facebook page. The virtual ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. CST Saturday, Dec. 19, […]
Read More »Synchronized speaking
In fall 2020, two students on S&T’s speech and debate team competed in a virtual synchronized tournament hosted by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Forensic. The tournament included students from 12 colleges throughout the U.S.
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From India, with gratitude
Rahul Kumar had worked in the information technology industry in Bangalore, India, for over seven years before deciding to pursue a master’s degree in computer science at Missouri S&T. Kumar, who earned a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communications engineering from SRM University in New Delhi, says S&T’s reputation led him to apply for study in […]
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