Recent changes to Missouri University of Science and Technology’s web presence are part of an initiative to more effectively market the university on the web. The first phase of this initiative includes the website’s gateway (home page) and several departmental and second-level pages, as well as unified branding of the university’s official social media presence.

In his Dec. 18 commencement address at Missouri University of Science and Technology, Keith Bailey told new graduates to embrace change and progress.

Southerners are storytellers, and many of the stories told during the volatile years at the turn of the 20th century reflected a conviction that all southern whites, regardless of their religion, class and ethnicity, were bound by a love of family, home and community, and an uncompromising belief in white supremacy. Dr. Trent Watts examines his theory in his new book One Homogeneous People: Narratives of White Southern Identity, 1890-1920.

Commencement ceremonies at Missouri University of Science and Technology are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, in the Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building, 10th Street and Bishop Ave., Rolla. More than 600 students will receive degrees.