Author: Patrick Collins
Missouri S&T names Richard Billo founding director of Kummer Institute Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Dr. Richard Billo, who previously served as associate vice president for research and professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed founding director of the Kummer Institute Center for Advanced Manufacturing and professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. He began his duties Jan. 4.
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POSTPONED: Missouri S&T’s Campus Performing Arts Series presents nationally touring production of ‘Hamlet’s Big Adventure’
POSTPONED: The Reduced Shakespeare Company’s performance of “Hamlet’s Big Adventure” on Sunday, Jan. 23, is being postponed along with all of the production’s January tour dates due to the recent surge in COVID cases. A new date has not yet been announced. To request a refund, ticket holders can contact the Leach Theatre at 573-341-4219 or leach@mst.edu or visit the box office at 103 Castleman Hall 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Selma veteran Bettie Mae Fikes to speak at Missouri S&T’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration
Bettie Mae Fikes, whose penchant for setting civil rights marches to song earned her the moniker “the voice of Selma,” will speak as part of Missouri S&T’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. Her talk will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, at the Leach Theatre in Castleman Hall, located on the S&T campus at […]
Read More »Mix and match style and discarded items at Missouri S&T’s ‘trashion’ show March 1
The Center for Arts and Innovation will award $1,000 in prizes to teams of students that participate in Missouri University of Science and Technology’s upcoming “trashion” show at noon Tuesday, March 1, in the atrium of the Havener Center. An interdisciplinary jury will award prizes for garments made of at least 90% reused and recycled materials. Prizes will be awarded based on the design’s innovation, sustainability and construction and the garment’s overall visual impact.
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Final Missouri S&T lecture in Missouri Bicentennial focuses on state’s most famous military leaders
Missouri’s most famous military leaders – three generals who played prominent roles in the 20th century’s two world wars – are the subjects of the final talk of a Missouri Bicentennial Alliance Lecture Series presented by Missouri University of Science and Technology at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8.
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CANCELED: Missouri S&T choirs, wind symphony, jazz ensembles to perform holiday concert Dec. 12
CANCELED: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the holiday concert has been canceled. If you already purchased tickets for the event please email the Leach Theatre Box Office at leachtheatre.mst.edu or call 573-341-4219.
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Missouri S&T cadet named Air Force ROTC All-American 2021
Ean Buffington, an aerospace engineering major from Jackson, Missouri, has been named the Navy Federal Credit Union Air Force ROTC All-American for 2021. Buffington, a cadet in S&T’s Air Force ROTC program, was chosen from more than 300 others who were nominated by ROTC programs across the country. He receives $6,500 scholarship, and his S&T detachment receives $5,000.
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Missouri S&T choirs and symphony orchestra to perform new cantata Dec. 5
Missouri S&T’s arts, languages, and philosophy department will present the world premiere of “Da Vinci at the River,” a newly commissioned cantata for orchestra, choir, and solo base, at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5. The cantata was written to commemorate S&T’s 150th anniversary and funded in part by one of several mini-grants for the year-long celebration
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A transformative gift for S&T has worldwide benefits
In October 2020, June and the late Fred Kummer gave a jaw-dropping $300 million to Missouri S&T – the largest gift ever to a public university in our state and one of the largest university gifts in history. The Kummer Institute Foundation will channel the gift into several new buildings and labs, greater community outreach, and new initiatives at Missouri S&T.
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‘Christmas in Killarney’ to offer holiday celebration the Irish way
The national touring production of “Christmas in Killarney” will be performed at Missouri University of Science and Technology this December as part of S&T’s 2021-22 Campus Performing Arts Series. The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, at Leach Theatre in Castleman Hall on the Missouri S&T campus.
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