Student Life

Lighting a fire

Posted by on September 27, 2016

Five years into volunteering for the Rolla Rural Fire District (RRFD), Missouri S&T student Chris Franklin thought of one more way he could give back to the department. Franklin enrolled in Sarah Stanley’s marketing for nonprofits four-­week summer course. The majority of class time was to be spent developing marketing materials for local nonprofit Phelps […]

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Built for speed

Posted by on September 20, 2016

Most high school guidance counselors encourage prospective college students to apply to as many as eight schools – from dream destinations to likely matches to safe selections where the odds of acceptance are sky-high.

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Missouri S&T student works to localize corporate social media

Posted by on August 23, 2016

Language barriers and cultural differences lead to the need for large, multinational corporations to adopt localized social media strategies. One graduate student at Missouri University of Science and Technology is looking at four companies in two countries to study best practices for building such a strategy.

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Up from adversity

Posted by on August 17, 2016

Horatio Alger Scholar finds a home at S&T After spending most of her youth living off and on with relatives, Mikayla Bridgewater was homeless at age 15 – just days before her sophomore year of high school was to begin.

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S&T Solar Car team earns fourth in 1,975-mile race

Posted by on August 9, 2016

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Solar Car Design Team earned fourth place at the American Solar Challenge. The worldwide collegiate race challenged teams to design and build solar-powered vehicles and race them 1,975 miles from Ohio to South Dakota.

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Missouri S&T Solar Car team to race across the country

Posted by on July 18, 2016

A group of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology will race a solar-powered car approximately 1,800 miles against teams from around the nation in the American Solar Challenge, a competition for collegiate design teams.

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Student’s essay illustrates how women can succeed at Missouri S&T

Posted by on June 24, 2016

More women are studying at Missouri S&T than ever before, but the percentage of women enrolled remains at around 23 percent as total enrollment continues to grow. That low percentage may lead some women to question whether S&T is the right choice for them. If you’re one of those women who are wondering, Elizabeth Mulina has […]

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Two Missouri S&T racecar design teams to race in Nebraska

Posted by on June 9, 2016

Two teams of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology will demonstrate their Formula One-style racecars at Formula SAE-Lincoln, an international student design competition sponsored by the SAE International.

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Missouri S&T Formula car wins Canadian competition

Posted by on June 6, 2016

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Formula Car Design Team won first place this past weekend at the Formula North competition in Barrie, Ontario. The event challenged collegiate teams from around the world to design, build and operate Formula One-style racecars.

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Missouri S&T design team heads to ‘Mars’

Posted by on May 31, 2016

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Mars Rover Design Team is one of 30 international teams selected to compete at the University Rover Challenge, where teams showcase potential next-generation planet surveyors.

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