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St. Pat’s sweatshirts and novelty items for sale in Rolla
The St. Pat’s Celebration Committee at UMR announced that select businesses in Rolla are selling St. Pat’s sweatshirts and novelty items for the 96th annual St. Pat’s Celebration through Saturday, March 13.
Read More »UMR management course becomes incubator for two student start-ups
Through a partnership with a local bank, undergraduate students in a new capstone business course at the University of Missouri-Rolla are getting some real-world lessons in entrepreneurship by forming two companies, developing a product to sell and writing a business plan. Soon they will present those plans to a loan board to secure funding for […]
Read More »National Engineers Week banquet in Fort Leonard Wood; UMR students take part
The commanding general of Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., is the speaker for this year’s Engineers Week Banquet to be held Friday, Feb. 27, at the Audie Murphy Club in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
Read More »UMR in the news
A roundup of recent media coverage about the UMR people, research and events making news around the state and nation.
Read More »St. Pat’s celebration committee seeking entries for annual parade
The St. Pat’s Celebration Committee at UMR is still accepting entries for the annual St. Pat’s Parade. This year’s parade will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 13, in downtown Rolla.
Read More »Equipment donation aids chemical and biological engineering
Chemical and biological engineering students at UMR are getting more real-world experience with control systems in one of the department’s most important laboratories, thanks to the efforts of two UMR alumni who helped secure a recent donation of modern equipment and software for the department.
Read More »Civil chair elected fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers
Dr. William P. Schonberg, professor and chair of UMR’s civil, architectural and environmental engineering department, has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Read More »Alumnus interview: Gary Forsee, CE’72, CEO of Sprint
When they began the search for a new CEO last spring, the members of Sprint’s board of directors were looking for a proven leader in the telecommunications business. They found exactly what they were looking for in Gary D. Forsee, CE’72.
Read More »UMR Habitat chapter builds home for family
The day was cold and rainy, but Nancy Davis and her three children were moving into a warm home of their own at 62 Elm St. in St. James, Mo., thanks to the UMR and Phelps County chapters of Habitat for Humanity.
Read More »Miners in space
David Harris now knows why they call NASA’s KC-135 aircraft the "vomit comet." The UMR mechanical engineering senior led a team of seven other UMR students and two Rolla Senior High School students on a trip aboard the KC-135 last summer to conduct welding experiments in near-zero gravity. The plane flies in parabolic patterns to […]
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