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Missouri S&T offers prize drawing to encourage alert registration
Missouri University of Science and Technology is adding an extra incentive to encourage more students, faculty and staff to register for its emergency alert system. People who register by noon on Tuesday, Jan. 29, will be automatically entered into a drawing to receive a $75 gift certificate from the Missouri S&T Bookstore.
Read More »New name, same enrollment trend for Missouri S&T
Enrollment on the first day of classes at Missouri University of Science and Technology is expected to be 5,531, a 4.2 percent increase from last year’s first day enrollment, says Laura Stoll, Missouri S&T registrar.
Read More »Kiplinger’s selects Missouri S&T among ’08 best values
Missouri University of Science and Technology, formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla, is one of the top 100 values in public higher education, according to new rankings released by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance.
Read More »Missouri S&T continues to develop plans for Innovation Park
Development of the Innovation Park at Missouri University of Science and Technology is progressing, and hopes are that ground will be broken on the site’s first building by summer 2008.
Read More »Giglio named Maxwell C. Weiner Professor of Humanities at Missouri
Dr. James N. Giglio, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Missouri State University, has been named the 2008 Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Read More »Former Chancellor Gary Thomas dies at age 70
Dr. Gary Thomas of West Orange, N.J., chancellor of UMR (now Missouri University of Science and Technology) from 2000-2005, died Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008, at age 70.
Read More »‘72 grad named president of University of Missouri System
Gary Forsee, former chief executive of Sprint Nextel and a 1972 civil engineering graduate of the University of Missouri-Rolla, was chosen today (Thursday, Dec. 20) by the University of Missouri Board of Curators as the system’s 22nd president.
Read More »Missouri S&T website launched
UMR unveiled a new look for its main website today (Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007) in preparation for the university’s name change on Jan. 1, when it becomes Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T).
Read More »Emerson Motor Company donates $250,000
Emerson, through its Emerson Motor Company, a long-time supporter of the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently pledged $250,000 to upgrade the Emerson Machines and Drives Laboratory in Emerson Hall.
Read More »Chesapeake Energy gives $150,000 for scholarships
Twelve petroleum engineering students at the University of Missouri-Rolla have been awarded scholarships in the amount of $1,000 or more, thanks to a $150,000 pledge from Chesapeake Energy Corp. in Oklahoma City.
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