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UMR makes donations to GRACE
The materials science and engineering department at the University of Missouri-Rolla donated four truckloads of canned goods to the Greater Rolla Area Charitable Enterprise (GRACE) Friday, Dec. 9. Additional cash donations totaled more than $2,000.
Read More »Two UMR fraternities to help New Orleans families
The Iota Omega chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi and the Epsilon Psi chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha at the University of Missouri-Rolla are collecting toys, clothing, hair care products and more for New Orleans families.
Read More »Zeb Nash to speak at UMR Commencement
University of Missouri-Rolla graduate Zebulun (Zeb) Nash, manager of ExxonMobil Chemical’s plant in Baytown, Texas, will deliver UMR’s winter commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate during ceremonies at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, in Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building, 10th Street and Bishop Avenue.
Read More »Caterpillar Foundation donates $850,000 to UMR
The Caterpillar Foundation, based in Peoria, Ill., has pledged $850,000 over five years to support several engineering education programs and initiatives, the university announced today.
Read More »UMR recognizes five faculty for teaching excellence
The University of Missouri-Rolla recently recognized five faculty for their consistent demonstration of quality instruction in the classroom.
Read More »State recertifies UMR’s teacher education program
The University of Missouri-Rolla’s Teacher Education Program will continue to prepare students to become professional educators, thanks to a recent decision by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).
Read More »Prohibition literature portrayed a defiant nation, says UMR author
A new book by an English professor at the University of Missouri-Rolla explores the impact of National Prohibition on American literature.
Read More »UMR scholar receives award from electrical engineering society
Dr. Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at UMR, received the ABB PowerTech Transformers Young Achiever’s Award 2005 from the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Read More »UMR library brings 19th-century news to the web
Newspapers from as far back as the Civil War era have gone digital, thanks to a $12,028 grant to the University of Missouri-Rolla’s Curtis Laws Wilson Library.
Read More »UMR faculty member publishes biography on Civil War general
A faculty member at the University of Missouri-Rolla has written the first biography of Gen. Thomas Sweeny, an important figure in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek, Mo.
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