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Students angle for win at UMR competition

Posted by on February 16, 2006

Just days after trout fishing season opens in Missouri, students from across the country will try to snag the top prize in a fishing pole design competition at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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UMR students form companies to compete for loan money

Posted by on February 16, 2006

Six fledgling companies made up of students at the University of Missouri-Rolla recently pitched business ideas to representatives from Phelps County Bank, but only three of the student companies came away with start-up loans. 

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UMR students to spend spring break disinfecting water supplies in Guatemala

Posted by on February 14, 2006

This spring break, students from two University of Missouri-Rolla classes will travel south with water on their minds. Not the kind of water with waves and sunny beaches – these students are using the break to help people in Guatemala improve the quality of water coming out of their taps.         

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UMR dean receives award from national sorority

Posted by on February 13, 2006

Dr. Paula M. Lutz, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri-Rolla, was recently named a recipient of a 2005 Order of the Pearl award from Kappa Delta sorority.

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UMR enrollment exceeds 5,200 students

Posted by on February 10, 2006

Official fourth-week enrollment figures at the University of Missouri-Rolla list a total enrollment of 5,224 students, an increase of 218 students over last spring’s fourth-week enrollment, says Laura Stoll, UMR registrar.

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Employers ready to converge on Rolla for UMR’s spring career fair

Posted by on January 31, 2006

Employers from as many as 35 states will converge on Rolla, Mo., Feb. 8, to recruit students from the University of Missouri-Rolla.                   

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New MBA program at UMR gets approval

Posted by on January 27, 2006

The University of Missouri Board of Curators voted Jan. 26 during meetings in Columbia, Mo., to approve the creation of a master of business administration degree program at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Pending further approval by Missouri’s Coordinating Board for Higher Education, the first students to pursue MBA degrees at UMR will begin classes in […]

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UMR shines in annual CASE competition

Posted by on January 25, 2006

The University of Missouri-Rolla received 10 awards for alumni relations, marketing, media relations, publications, online communications and video and DVD production from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) during the CASE District VI conference held Jan. 22-24 in St. Louis.        

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UMR among nation’s ‘most connected campuses’

Posted by on January 20, 2006

The University of Missouri-Rolla is one of the nation’s “most connected” campuses, according to a new report from the Princeton Review and Forbes.com.

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CD of Missouri performance for sale

Posted by on January 18, 2006

The arts, languages and philosophy department at the University of Missouri-Rolla announced that CDs of the Jacques Thibaud Trio’s October 2005 performance at the Peaceful Bend Vineyard in Steelville, Mo., are now available for $20.

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