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Lighting a fire
Five years into volunteering for the Rolla Rural Fire District (RRFD), Missouri S&T student Chris Franklin thought of one more way he could give back to the department. Franklin enrolled in Sarah Stanley’s marketing for nonprofits four-week summer course. The majority of class time was to be spent developing marketing materials for local nonprofit Phelps […]
Read More »Oct. 13 is Industry Day at Missouri S&T
Representatives from industry will have the opportunity to learn how their companies can benefit from research at Missouri University of Science and Technology during Missouri S&T’s first Industry Day, which will be held Thursday, Oct. 13, on the S&T campus.
Read More »Fall enrollment at Missouri S&T tops 8,800
The fall 2016 enrollment at Missouri University of Science and Technology, officially recorded at the end of the semester’s fourth week, is 8,838. This is 0.6 percent below the previous record fall enrollment of 8,889, which was set in 2015, says Deanne Jackson, Missouri S&T registrar.
Read More »Missouri S&T solar house to be featured in Julia Child-inspired book
The Nest Home, Missouri University of Science and Technology’s entry into last year’s U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, will be featured in the upcoming book “In Julia’s Kitchen: Practical and Convivial Kitchen Design Inspired by Julia Child.” The book, authored by Pamela Heyne and Jim Scherer and published by the University Press of New England, will be released Tuesday, Oct. 4.
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S&T students offered Black Belt certification
It’s all about making them more attractive to industry.
Students in Missouri University of Science and Technology’s engineering management and systems engineering (EMSE) department have the chance to earn Six Sigma Green Belt and Six Sigma Black Belt certification. The certifications are indicators of expertise in process improvement. Missouri S&T is the first university selected by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) to offer Black Belt certification.
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Albers named S&T interim vice provost and dean for enrollment management
Tim Albers, director of recruitment marketing and enrollment development at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named interim vice provost and dean for enrollment management at Missouri S&T. His appointment takes effect Oct. 25.
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Low oil prices reduce pain at the pump
If you think you’re paying less for gas these days, it’s true. And a Missouri University of Science and Technology professor can explain why.
Nationally, the average price for a gallon of regular was — on Sept. 21 — $2.214, down from September 2015 ($2.365) and 2014 ($3.406). And when measured against September 2008, a gallon of gas today is over $1.50 less.
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Built for speed
Most high school guidance counselors encourage prospective college students to apply to as many as eight schools – from dream destinations to likely matches to safe selections where the odds of acceptance are sky-high.
Read More »Missouri S&T student, alumna die in car accident
Valencia McKinney, 22, a senior in engineering management at Missouri University of Science and Technology, and Marquia Lewis, 23, a May 2016 Missouri S&T computer science graduate, were killed in a traffic accident on Friday, Sept. 16. Both women were from St. Louis.
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KMST offers incentives for early giving during fall drive
Public radio KMST’s fall membership drive is now underway. The live portion of drive will start on Saturday, Oct. 1. KMST staff has planned early prize drawings to help encourage new and returning members to give early in the drive. “We have planned several nice drawings into the early portion of our fall membership drive, […]
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