Kummer Center for STEM Education

Keune named communications, outreach and engagement leader for Missouri S&T

Posted by on October 15, 2025

Katharine Keune, a longtime communications leader at The Ohio State University, has been named vice chancellor for communications, outreach and engagement at Missouri S&T. Her appointment will begin Monday, Oct. 27.

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Haunted Mine offers free admission, STEM-themed event on Oct. 24

Posted by on October 13, 2025

The Missouri S&T Kummer Center for STEM Education is teaming up with the university’s Haunted Mine for a free, one-night-only event called “STEM in the Shadows” for K-12 students and their families. 

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How a St. Louis couple’s $300 million gift has transformed Missouri S&T  

Posted by on October 10, 2025

The following opinion piece by Dr. Richard K. Brow, executive director of operations for the Kummer Institute for Student Success, Research and Economic Development, was published in the St. Louis Business Journal.

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Not your average summer camp: Teens operate nuclear reactor at Missouri S&T

Posted by on August 1, 2025

Forty high school students from across the United States and abroad traveled to Missouri S&T and spent part of their summer doing something very few teenagers — or even adults — ever experience: operating a nuclear reactor. 

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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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Missouri S&T to host FIRST Tech Challenge March 8 

Posted by on February 6, 2025

The FIRST Tech Challenge Championship is coming back to Missouri S&T starting 11:50 a.m. Saturday, March 8, in the Gale Bullman Building, located at 705 W. 10th St.  

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Missouri S&T summer camp registration now open 

Posted by on December 19, 2024

From robotics to rockets, movies to history or biology to mining — Missouri S&T has a summer camp for any interest, and registration is open now. There are 29 camps for K-12 students to choose from this year, including six new camps.  

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Missouri S&T launches free after-school STEM program for local students 

Posted by on September 24, 2024

Missouri S&T recently launched a free after-school program for three Phelps County school districts thanks in part to a grant totaling almost $2 million over the next several years. 

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S&T’s manufacturing academy available statewide for after-school programs, career courses 

Posted by on September 19, 2024

Missouri S&T is starting another year of the Missouri Manufacturing Academy, and school districts throughout the state with after-school programs or career courses are invited to apply to participate. 

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Campus is a busy place during summer break

Posted by on July 20, 2024

Courtney Jones, director of the Kummer Center for STEM Education, highlights some of the unique experiences at S&T’s recent summer camps.

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