Air Force ROTC

S&T earns Purple Heart University status – free football game tickets for veterans 

Posted by on October 21, 2025

Missouri S&T has been designated as a Purple Heart University, granted in recognition of its commitment to veterans killed or wounded in combat. The designation will be highlighted during halftime of S&T’s Military Appreciation football game on Saturday, Nov. 1.  

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S&T bringing high-tech, hands-on fun to Missouri State Fair

Posted by on July 28, 2025

Drones, robots, virtual reality and a world-champion Mars rover built by students. Missouri S&T will bring hands-on activities for fairgoers of all ages to the Missouri State Fair, Aug. 7-17 in Sedalia, Missouri.

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Jacob Ewing: A leader in the making

Posted by on February 7, 2025

Jacob Ewing is determined to become a successful leader once he graduates from Missouri University of Science and Technology. Through academic excellence and leading cadets in S&T’s Army ROTC Stonehenge Battalion, he’s well on his way. 

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Missouri S&T ROTC teams compete at Ranger Challenge

Posted by on October 30, 2023

Missouri S&T’s Air Force and Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets participated at a two-day competition against teams from several other Midwestern universities Oct. 13-14.

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Michael Carlson embarks on a great journey

Posted by on May 11, 2022

“Getting more involved in satellites will take computer science into a whole new spectrum,” says Michael Carlson. He graduates Saturday with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and will also be commissioned as a lieutenant in the U.S. Space Force, where he plans to specialize in cybersecurity.

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Missouri S&T cadet named Air Force ROTC All-American 2021

Posted by on November 18, 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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Adapting, working hard and growing along the way

Posted by on November 10, 2021

While driving to Rolla to visit Missouri S&T, Ean Buffington, now 22, received an email notifying him that he’d received a national Air Force ROTC scholarship covering all tuition plus a stipend for books and living expenses. Last month, four years after that campus visit, Buffington was named one of 15 finalists for the ROTC All-Americans for 2021.

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Missouri S&T sends two teams to ROTC Ranger Challenge

Posted by on October 6, 2021

Twenty-one ROTC students from Missouri S&T will head to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, on Friday, Oct. 15, to push themselves to the limits in a three-day competition against teams from seven other Midwestern universities. The team that wins the ROTC Ranger Challenge will advance to the broader regional round.

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Missouri S&T ROTC groups to participate in Sept. 11 event

Posted by on September 7, 2021

On Saturday, Sept. 11, Missouri S&T’s Air Force and Army ROTC groups will join local emergency services members and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) at a public memorial service honoring the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.

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Missouri S&T student receives scholarship to study Russian

Posted by on April 15, 2021

Samuel Araujo, a senior in engineering management at Missouri S&T, will spend the summer studying Russian through Indiana University after winning a Project GO scholarship.

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