People

A passion for organization

Posted by on February 8, 2006

For as long as she can remember, Jessica (Marshall) Crouch, EMgt’99, MS EMgt’00, has been helping other people get organized.

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It’s good to be King

Posted by on February 8, 2006

The minimum requirement for portraying St. Pat is the ability to grow a beard. But Jeremiah King, UMR’s 2004 St. Pat, has a lot more than facial hair going for him.

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Emilio Nanni: Global research

Posted by on February 8, 2006

Growing up, Emilio Nanni knew his father enjoyed his job and that one day he would follow in his dad’s footsteps. What he didn’t realize was that those footsteps would one day echo on the same campus.

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Ty Cobb: Global entrepreneurship

Posted by on February 8, 2006

Related to one of baseball’s fiercest competitors, Ty Cobb has the drive to succeed in his blood.

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Renee Eimer: Experiential design

Posted by on February 8, 2006

Listen to Renee Eimer talk about her desire to meld math and science with art and it’s easy to see why this M.C. Escher fan was drawn to UMR’s Global Design Learning Community.

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Maggie Thompson: On the court and off the field

Posted by on February 8, 2006

No team is made of one man alone, but junior Maggie Thompson, a pre-medical student from Marshall, Mo., does her fair share of helping UMR athletic teams.

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Jack Guth: An artist at heart

Posted by on February 8, 2006

Jack Guth, CE’50, has always been an artist at heart — even as a schoolboy.

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Matt Fischer explores the weird world of noodles

Posted by on January 4, 2006

When he heard that incoming UMR freshmen received Ramen noodles in their welcome packages this fall, Matthew Fischer, CSci’99, was a little jealous. “Too bad they never did that when I was in school,” says Fischer, who edits a blog dedicated to the economical and belly-filling noodles.

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Obituary for Dr. Larry Vonalt

Posted by on December 27, 2005

Dr. Larry Paul Vonalt, chair of the department of English and technical communications at the University of Missouri-Rolla, died at Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla on Dec. 26, 2005.

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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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