Student Life
Missouri S&T named to honor roll for transfer students
Missouri S&T has been named to Phi Theta Kappa’s 2024 Transfer Honor Roll. The list identifies colleges and universities that recognize the needs of and properly supports students who are transferring from community colleges to bachelor’s degree-granting institutions.
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A beautiful blade
When viewing a curvy Damascus steel-styled dagger with feathering and a bronze and titanium handle on display on the first floor of McNutt Hall at Missouri S&T, many students and faculty members have stopped and marveled that it is a thing of beauty.
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Look inside S&T’s new Innovation Lab
Missouri S&T’s Innovation Lab opened its doors Monday, Feb. 12. The 50,000-square-foot facility is designed for students to come together, collaborate and create.
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Flying object in Roswell attributed to S&T Miners — not aliens
Earlier this month, a large, white object carrying a string of pink boxes was seen floating through the sky not far from Roswell, New Mexico, but no one is blaming aliens, as was the case during the community’s 1947 UFO incident.
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S&T students explore history, architecture of Chicago
Twelve Missouri S&T students spent two weeks last month exploring Chicago to learn about the city and its architecture through a two-week course in the Windy City. “There’s no better place to learn about the history of modern architecture than Chicago, and there’s no better way to experience architecture than in person,” says Dr. Jeff […]
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‘MacGyver’ Miner: From maintenance worker to middle school math teacher to mechanical engineer
In 2004, Chad Abernathy graduated from high school in Newtown, Missouri, and began his collegiate studies at Missouri S&T. Not long after, he started working as a part-time maintenance worker for S&T’s student affairs and auxiliary services.
Four years later, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences and earned magna cum laude honors.
Fast-forward another 15 years, and Abernathy is now in the final days of his second bachelor’s degree from S&T, and this time, it is in mechanical engineering.
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100 years of ham radio: Missouri S&T club celebrates its centennial
Over the past 100 years, Missouri S&T and higher education in general has changed in countless ways, but one aspect of S&T that has remained constant is the presence of an amateur radio club.
The Missouri S&T Amateur Radio Club, call sign W0EEE, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding on Saturday, April 15. The public is invited to attend an open house 2-5 p.m. in the club’s radio shack located in Emerson Hall.
Read More »Missouri S&T group named NSBE Medium Chapter of the Year
The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) chapter at Missouri S&T was named NSBE Medium Chapter of the Year at the organization’s annual convention, held March 22-26 in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Better than ‘Lassie?’: S&T student studies robotic dog’s potential for mine emergencies
Can a robotic version of man’s best friend help miners in perilous situations escape? That is a question Dustin Peterson, a mining engineering student at Missouri S&T, has been contemplating, and he says the research is promising.
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Missouri S&T among top 10 public universities for economic success of graduates
Missouri S&T ranks among the nation’s top universities for graduates’ economic success, according to the latest rankings from the college guide website DegreeChoices. According to this ranking, Missouri S&T is first in the state of Missouri and 10th nationwide among public universities. Missouri S&T ranks 18th in the nation overall. DegreeChoices uses federal data to […]
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