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Businesses benefit from entrepreneurial seminars at UMR

Posted by on February 14, 2005

The latest in a series of Science, Technology and Entrepreneurial Partnership events offered by the Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach (CEO) at the University of Missouri-Rolla is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 28, in the Meramec and Ozark Rooms of UMR’s Havener Center.

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UMR scholar publishes engineering exam study guide

Posted by on February 14, 2005

A new study guide by a University of Missouri-Rolla associate professor may help engineering students earn their professional engineering license by reviewing the basics of industrial engineering, common mistakes, and sample problems found in the industrial engineering portion of the national Fundamentals of Engineering exam.

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Annual ‘Dinner to Jazz’ banquet at UMR set for Feb. 26

Posted by on February 14, 2005

The Association of Black Students (ABS) at the University of Missouri-Rolla will hold its annual "Dinner to Jazz" banquet at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, in the Havener Center on the UMR campus. This year, the band Rainhouse will be the featured entertainer.

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‘Remembering York’ to be performed at UMR Feb. 25

Posted by on February 10, 2005

"Remembering York," a free portrayal of the black slave that accompanied explorers William Clark and Meriwether Lewis on their expedition, comes to the University of Missouri-Rolla campus Feb. 25.

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An eye for design: Flexibility to meet function in new UMR degree program

Posted by on February 1, 2005

“This program was developed for students who have interests that are multi-disciplinary in nature and who are interested in design,” says Dr. Ron Fannin, professor and chair of basic engineering, where the program will be located. “There’s going to be a very strong design focus, probably more than in any other engineering program we offer.”

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UMR, Rolla community team to aid tsunami victims

Posted by on January 25, 2005

University of Missouri-Rolla faculty, staff and students have joined Rolla community members to form the Rolla Community Tsunami Relief Fund to raise funds for assistance to victims of the earthquake and tsunami in southeast Asia. To date the groups have raised more than $5,000.

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EPA selects UMR to help others improve environmental performance

Posted by on January 25, 2005

The University of Missouri-Rolla, the only university in the United States with an ISO-14001-certified campuswide Environmental Management System, has been selected by the Environmental Protection Agency to help promote EMS within college and university communities and in public sectors.

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Researcher to discuss top five environmental problems

Posted by on January 24, 2005

A member of the National Academy of Engineering will discuss this century’s top five environmental challenges and the technological, societal and cultural advances needed to address those issues Friday, Jan. 28, on the University of Missouri-Rolla campus.

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UMR offers first explosives engineering minor

Posted by on January 18, 2005

As the spring semester started last week, the University of Missouri-Rolla became the first university in the United States to offer a minor in explosives engineering. Also new this semester, UMR is offering a demolitions course that is the first of its kind in the nation.

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UMR’s Eta Kappa Nu chapter receives national honor

Posted by on January 14, 2005

Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), the electrical and computer engineering honor society at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received an honorable mention in the 2003-04 Outstanding Chapter Activities program. UMR’s chapter has received the honor for four of the past five years.

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