Kummer Institute
Kummer Vanguard Scholars reflect on their experiences
Now in its fourth year, the Kummer Vanguard Scholars program boasts 1,300 students at Missouri S&T. The program, established by a generous gift in 2020 from Fred and June Kummer, goes beyond a traditional scholarship program. We asked five first-generation college students about how their experience through the Kummer Vanguard Scholars program and Missouri S&T are helping them fulfill their dreams. Here’s what they said:
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State of Missouri awards $9.1 million for higher ed collaboration to boost manufacturing
Three Missouri higher education institutions are working together to modernize the state’s manufacturing industry and develop its workforce, with $9.1 million in Missouri’s fiscal year 2025 budget being awarded to support their efforts.
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Kummer Institute Foundation Board of Directors at Missouri S&T welcomes new member
The Kummer Institute Foundation Board of Directors at Missouri S&T recently welcomed a new member to its team: Susan Simmons, retired senior resident engineer at Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis.
Read More »Kathryn Walker named chair of Kummer Institute Foundation Board
Kathryn Walker, of Olathe, Kansas, managing director of OpenAir Equity Partners, has been named chair of the Kummer Institute Foundation Board of Directors at Missouri S&T. Board members recently elected Walker to succeed Dr. G.P. “Bud” Peterson, who had led the institute for three years.
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Hurry up and innovate: S&T event challenges students to improve energy storage
Noah Johnson, a rising sophomore in mechanical engineering from Washington, Illinois, won first place in S&T’s first Grand Micro Challenge in late April. The challenge gave students just a few hours on a Sunday afternoon to propose a way of storing the energy generated by sun and wind without relying on lithium-ion batteries.
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Missouri S&T to break ground on research complex’s expansion, renovation April 18
Missouri S&T will hold a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate a major expansion and renovation of the Engineering Research Laboratory building at 8 a.m. Thursday, April 18.
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Rachel Kohman receives 2024 Women’s Advocate Award
Dr. Rachel Kohman, director of Kummer Student Programs at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named the 2024 recipient of the Dr. Elizabeth Cummins Women’s Advocate Award at Missouri S&T. She was honored during a reception today (Thursday, April 4) at Hasselmann Alumni House.
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New roles announced for Richard Brow, Stephen Roberts
Dr. Richard K. Brow, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering, has been appointed executive director of operations for the Kummer Institute for Student Success, Research and Economic Development, effective Friday, March 1. Brow succeeds Dr. Stephen Roberts as chief operating officer of the Kummer Institute. Roberts will remain in his role as chief strategy officer through the end of the academic year to lead new initiatives on behalf of the university.
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Missouri S&T mourns the death of benefactor June Kummer
June Marie Kummer, who worked alongside her late husband and Missouri S&T graduate Fred S. Kummer to build a general contracting business into the world’s largest design-build firm for health care and financial facilities, died Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in St. Louis. She was 93.
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Missouri S&T students pitch their startup concepts for cash prizes
Glassiderm, a treatment for acne scars developed by three Missouri University of Science and Technology students, won the $5,000 first-place prize in the university’s second annual Startup Challenge on Nov. 13. S&T developed the challenge to give all students the chance to experience presenting a business model to a panel of judges with entrepreneurial experience.
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