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Employers continue to recruit S&T students in record numbers
The 2012 Fall Career Fair at Missouri University of Science and Technology will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, September 25.
Read More »Missouri S&T to test emergency alert system
Missouri University of Science and Technology will conduct a test of its emergency alert system at noon Wednesday, Sept. 12.
Read More »Steel drums, bagpipes, camel rides and more at this year’s cultural celebration
Mark your calendars for Saturday, Sept. 29, when downtown Rolla comes alive for the third annual Celebration of Nations. This year’s highlights include performances by the Caribbean-style steel drum Banana Oil Pan Band and the Springfield Kiltie Band on bagpipes. Five-dollar camel rides will also be available and cameras are welcome.
Joseph Smith to lead Missouri S&T energy center
Dr. Joseph D. Smith, the Laufer Chair of Energy at Missouri University of Science and Technology, will become director of Missouri S&T’s Energy Research and Development Center on Sept. 1.
Read More »Service learning motivates, encourages engineering students, research suggests
First-year engineering students who participate in service-learning projects as part of their coursework see themselves as more capable and more motivated to learn than those who do not take part in service-learning projects, a recent study suggests.
Read More »Historian examines animals’ role in westward expansion
The story of westward expansion in the United States is often told from the perspective of the men and women who crossed the Great Plains in search of a better life in the west. But a historian at Missouri University of Science and Technology is bringing to light the role settlers’ animals played in the westward migration of the mid-1800s.
Enrollment at S&T continues to climb
The first day of classes at Missouri University of Science and Technology began Monday, Aug. 20. Enrollment on the first day was 7,406, an increase of nearly 2 percent from fall 2011 first-day enrollment of 7,271.
Read More »Stewart to retire from S&T library
Andy Stewart, director of library and learning resources at Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Curtis Laws Wilson Library, will retire from his position effective Friday, Aug. 31. Maggie Trish, assistant director for library technical services, will serve as interim director during the search for a permanent successor.
Read More »Stichnote named director of admissions at Missouri S&T
Lynn Stichnote, director of student financial assistance at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named director of admissions at Missouri S&T. She will take her new position on Sept. 1.
Read More »Free film festival begins Aug. 28
Area residents will once again have a chance to see distinctive films they might otherwise have missed. Missouri S&T’s Free Fall 2012 Film Festival includes an eclectic mix, beginning on Aug. 28 with the Academy Award-winning The Descendants, starring George Clooney.
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