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Full text of Zeb Nash’s 2005 Winter Commencement address
Below is the complete text of the 2005 Winter Commencement address delivered on Dec. 17, 2005, by Zebulun (Zeb) Nash, manager of ExxonMobil Chemical’s plant in Baytown, Texas, and a 1972 chemical engineering graduate of UMR.
Read More »Grant gives Lincoln students nuclear engineering options through UMR
The Department of Energy is supporting a University of Missouri-Rolla plan to cultivate nuclear engineering students at Lincoln University. The DOE announced Dec. 7 that it has awarded UMR a $375,000 grant to foster the partnership with Lincoln, a minority-serving higher education institution in Jefferson City, Mo.
Read More »UMR Provost Y.T. Shah to step down in August
Dr. Y. T. Shah has announced plans to step down from his position as provost at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »UMR’s Pringle named Curators’ Teaching Professor
Dr. Allan Pringle, professor of physics at the University of Missouri-Rolla, was named a Curators’ Teaching Professor during UMR commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 17.
Read More »UMR’s Schulz named Curators’ Professor
Dr. Michael Schulz, professor of physics at the University of Missouri-Rolla, was named Curators’ Professor of physics during UMR commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 17.
Read More »UMR faculty members receive excellence awards
Eighteen University of Missouri-Rolla faculty members received Faculty Excellence Awards from UMR Chancellor John F. Carney III during a dinner Dec. 15.
Read More »UMR successful at American Concrete Institute convention
The University of Missouri-Rolla was more than successful at this fall’s annual American Concrete Institute conference, held Nov. 7-9 in Kansas City, Mo. In addition to receiving numerous awards, UMR helped reorganize the national conference, which was relocated from New Orleans to Kansas City after the damage from Hurricane Katrina.
Read More »Worldwide shortage of mining and nuclear engineers puts UMR grads in ‘catbird’s seat’
A worldwide shortage of mining and nuclear engineers is making some students at the University of Missouri-Rolla a hot commodity.
Read More »Experts to investigate breach at Taum Sauk hydroelectric plant
A hazards-mitigation team from UMR and the U.S. Geological Survey plan to assess this morning’s reservoir breach at a hydroelectric power plant in southeast Missouri to help determine the cause of the incident.
Read More »UMR receives six awards from electrical engineering association
The St. Louis Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) presented University of Missouri-Rolla students, alumni and faculty with six awards during a banquet held Dec. 3 in St. Louis.
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