Student Life
‘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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Missouri S&T launches robot delivery service
Starship Technologies rolled out its robot food delivery service today on Missouri S&T’s campus. The fleet of 16 autonomous, on-demand robots deliver from all campus eateries.
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Missouri S&T crowns 2022 Homecoming royalty
Missouri S&T crowned the 2022 Homecoming Queen and King during halftime of the Oct. 22 football game between S&T and McKendree University. The event was part of S&T’s MinerFest Homecoming celebration.
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Keeping the dream alive
Somaya Faruqi led the “Afghan Dreamers” all-girl robotics team before fleeing Afghanistan when the Taliban regained power. Today, she’s a first-year student at Missouri S&T.
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Missouri S&T student design teams gear up for competition
Innovation doesn’t take a break. Missouri S&T student design teams are working on everything from rockets to underwater robotics, and are preparing to take their projects to regional, national and international competitions in the coming months.
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Nathan Swadley: finishing strong
Less than 90 minutes before check-in time for the biggest meet of his collegiate track and field career, while other student-athletes were warming up for the event, Missouri S&T student Nathan Swadley was in a suit and tie, seated at a desk in a converted racquetball court, discussing mathematical models with his instructor and classmates […]
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Sports Headlines
- Swadley takes fifth in shot put, earns fourth career All-America award
- Luebbert breaks hammer throw record to finish third at NCAA Championships
- Miners fall short in playoff for match play; Liljedahl finishes sixth
- S&T’s Hampton earns first-team D2CCA All-Midwest Region honors
- Liljedahl in tie for second at NCAA-II Championships, but Miners slip to sixth