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Outstanding faculty members receive teaching awards

Posted by on December 10, 2005

Thirty-six University of Missouri-Rolla faculty members received the Outstanding Teaching Award for 2004-2005 during a luncheon held Friday, Dec. 9, on campus.

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Patricia Robertson: mucking champion

Posted by on November 30, 2005

Patricia Robertson is not afraid to get dirty. In fact, she welcomes it.

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Honorary professional degrees to be awarded at UMR Commencement

Posted by on November 30, 2005

The University of Missouri-Rolla will award 12 honorary professional degrees during its winter commencement Saturday, Dec. 17.         

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Players of the year: Football stars get top honors

Posted by on November 21, 2005

The most successful football season in 20 years for the University of Missouri-Rolla has resulted in the Miners earning several of the top honors from the Independent Football Alliance for the 2005 season.

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Miners’ quarterback earns honors for record-setting day

Posted by on November 1, 2005

University of Missouri-Rolla quarterback Evan Gray (Tucson, Ariz./Canyon Del Oro) had a record-setting day Saturday in the Miners’ victory over Austin Peay – and has earned a pair of weekly awards for that performance.

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Mulligan makes cheerleading macho

Posted by on October 31, 2005

As a student at Olin, Iowa, high school, Phil Mulligan wasn’t a cheerleader. Mulligan, a junior in mining engineering, earned 20 varsity letters playing football, track and field, baseball, basketball and golf.

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UMR names Parent of the Year during Family Day

Posted by on October 18, 2005

The University of Missouri-Rolla announced its Parent of the Year as part of its annual Family Day celebration on Saturday, Oct. 15.

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Awards presented at MSM-UMR Alumni Association Banquet

Posted by on October 5, 2005

Eighteen alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the University of Missouri-Rolla were honored during the MSM-UMR Alumni Association’s Awards Banquet Saturday, Oct. 1, at UMR.

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Adding a new dimension

Posted by on October 4, 2005

R2D2 is capable of displaying urgent messages from Princess Leia in three dimensions. But holographic technology is also possible in a galaxy no-so-far-away. In fact, Harold (Skip) Garner, NucE’76, has a machine in his Texas laboratory that is capable of generating holographic movies.

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Miner Toni Donovan to the rescue

Posted by on September 26, 2005

Toni Donovan, a junior in mining engineering from Homewood, Ill., has to watch her step, just in case she starts a fire, kills a trapped miner or touches electricity.

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