Planning begins for UMR transition to ‘zero-schools’ model

Posted by on October 2, 2006

As part of a move to streamline the University of Missouri-Rolla’s academic administration, UMR Provost Warren K. Wray recently announced the formation of five committees to examine the impact of eliminating the university’s four main academic units.

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UMR to present awards during homecoming banquet

Posted by on October 2, 2006

Fourteen people with ties to the University of Missouri-Rolla will be honored during the MSM-UMR Alumni Association’s Awards Banquet Saturday, Oct. 21, at UMR.

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Best showing ever: UMR students prove they can hang with professional mine rescuers

Posted by on September 29, 2006

Two mine rescue teams from the University of Missouri-Rolla competed against about a dozen teams of professionals from the mining industry this week at UMR’s Experimental Mine. UMR’s gold team took third place overall in the competition and UMR’s black team placed fourth.         

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New center allows UMR researchers to study maintenance systems

Posted by on September 29, 2006

The National Science Foundation recently helped researchers at University of Missouri-Rolla to establish a Center Site on Intelligent Maintenance Systems as part of the foundation’s Industry/University Collaborative Research Center program.

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State’s DNR director to speak at conference at UMR

Posted by on September 28, 2006

Doyle Childers, director of Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources, will provide the keynote address for the 12th annual Mid-America Environmental Engineering Conference, to be held Oct. 6-7 at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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Training class deals with difficult people in the workplace

Posted by on September 27, 2006

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach (CEO) at the University of Missouri-Rolla will host a training class on strategies for dealing with difficult people in the workplace from 8 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Oct. 18, in the Carver Room of the Havener Center.

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UMR researcher co-authors textbook detailing engineering optimization

Posted by on September 27, 2006

A textbook co-authored by a University of Missouri-Rolla professor is being used to educate engineers at some of the leading universities around the world.

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General Motors week begins Oct. 3 at UMR

Posted by on September 27, 2006

Using the theme, “Love What You Do,” representatives from General Motors will come to the University of Missouri-Rolla Oct. 3 to kick-off the company’s week-long recruiting effort to find highly talented students.

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UMR program links international students and community families

Posted by on September 26, 2006

This fall, the international affairs office at the University of Missouri-Rolla is again sponsoring the International Friends Program to help match international students with individuals and families in the community.

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UMR’s Huebner named KUMR Volunteer of the Year

Posted by on September 26, 2006

The staff of public radio station KUMR recently honored an outstanding volunteer with the Louise Roach Volunteer of the Year Award.

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