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Bodeman to portray St. Pat
Colin Bodeman, a junior in mining engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, will portray St. Patrick, the patron saint of engineers, during the 101st celebration of St. Pat’s in Rolla. Bodeman is from O’Fallon, Mo.
Read More »Swing with the Glenn Miller Orchestra on March 16
The most popular big band in the world, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 16, on the campus of Missouri S&T. The performance is part of the Campus Performing Arts Series and will be held in Leach Theatre.
Read More »S&T student proving walls (even sofas) can talk
Most college students will admit to searching their couch cushions for extra coins to do laundry. But Jon McKinney’s cushion hunt isn’t about finding money. He wants to help epidemiologists identify what’s triggering diseases like asthma in children, and he’s got the backing of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Read More »International Students Day to include Emerson visit
U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson will be the guest of honor at Missouri S&T’s International Students Day on Sunday, March 8, in the Havener Center. She will speak at 2 p.m. prior to the cultural show. The event is sponsored by the Missouri S&T International Students Club.
Read More »Chancellor Carney to chair Missouri Energy Summit
Missouri S&T Chancellor John F. Carney III will chair a statewide energy summit hosted by the four-campus University of Missouri System April 22-23 in Columbia. Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens, architect of the “Pickens Plan” to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, is the keynote speaker for the event.
Read More »‘Road to WrestleMania 25’ tickets available
There is still time to buy tickets to “Road to WrestleMania 25.” The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 20, in Missouri S&T’s Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.
Read More »Kiplinger’s again names Missouri S&T a top value
Missouri University of Science and Technology is again one of the top 100 values in public higher education, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance.
Read More »Veteran ‘Sweeney’ to play title role in student production
Kirk Lawrence, a professional actor who recently played Sweeney Todd to sold out audiences in Genesius Theatre in Reading, Pa., will join Missouri S&T’s Miner League Theatre Players in their production of the musical thriller “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” next week.
Read More »Jean Carnahan named Honorary St. Patrick, Honorary Knights also announced
Former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan has been named Honorary St. Patrick for the 101st St. Pat’s Celebration in Rolla.
In addition, the Missouri University of Science and Technology committee that helps organize St. Pat’s events has named eight individuals Honorary Knights of St. Patrick for 2009. The Honorary Knights are Kathy Allison, Dr. Cynthia Bolon, Linda Bramel, Rodney Edwards, Gary Forsee, Ron Miller, Darlene Ramsay and Randy Stoll.
At Missouri S&T, there’s plenty of room at the nano level
Dr. Ming Zhang isn’t interested in the big picture. Zhang, operator of the only focused ion beam microscope in Missouri, is much more curious about things you can’t see with your own eyes.
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