General Motors week begins Oct. 4 at UMR

Posted by on September 27, 2005

Using the theme, “Love What You Do,” representatives from General Motors will come to the University of Missouri-Rolla Oct. 4 to kick-off the company’s week-long recruiting effort to find highly talented students.

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UMR to host underground mine rescue event

Posted by on September 26, 2005

Mine rescues are serious business, and mining industry professionals make sure they are prepared for disasters. But so do mining engineering students at the University of Missouri-Rolla.    

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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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UMR enrollment tops 5,600

Posted by on September 23, 2005

Fall semester enrollment at UMR stands at 5,602 after four weeks – the highest enrollment for the campus in more than a decade, according to Laura Stoll, UMR registrar.

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Advising Week set for Oct. 24-28

Posted by on September 22, 2005

With Advising Week starting Monday, Oct. 24, UMR students should begin scheduling appointments to meet with their advisors to select classes for spring 2006.

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UMR’s Nick Knight presents free lecture series on Chaucer

Posted by on September 19, 2005

Dr. W. Nicholas Knight, professor emeritus of English at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will present a series of lectures on Geoffrey Chaucer during October.

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Engineering dean to speak at ‘Rolla Night’ in St. Louis

Posted by on September 19, 2005

Dr. Robert Mitchell, dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will speak to prospective UMR students and their families on Thursday, Oct. 6, at UMR’s annual “Rolla Night” at the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis, 4359 Lindell Blvd.

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Brewer and Shipley to perform in concert at UMR to raise hurricane-relief funds

Posted by on September 19, 2005

Folk rock duo Brewer and Shipley will headline an Oct. 6 benefit concert at the University of Missouri-Rolla to aid victims in the recovery of areas of the Gulf Coast ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.

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UMR to unveil official rings during Homecoming

Posted by on September 16, 2005

The University of Missouri-Rolla will unveil its first official UMR rings during Homecoming. The unveiling will occur during UMR’s Alumni Roundup Awards Banquet, to be held from 6:15-9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Havener Center on campus.

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"Snowflake" to visit Rolla as part of UMR Family Series

Posted by on September 16, 2005

The 2005-2006 season of the Family Series at the University of Missouri-Rolla will begin with “Snowflake” at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23.

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