Tag: alumni
S&T alumna encourages women to consider nuclear engineering
Corie Glenn, a Missouri S&T alumna, has been interested in nuclear engineering since she was a teenager, and she says she hopes more young women will realize this is a potential career path.
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Missouri S&T alumnus to be awarded 2024 Fulbright Prize
Gary White, an alumnus of Missouri S&T, has been announced as a 2024 recipient of the J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding along with Academy award-winning writer, actor and humanitarian Matt Damon.
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S&T to honor nearly 700 graduates at fall commencement ceremonies
Missouri University of Science and Technology will hold three commencement ceremonies this fall in the Gale Bullman Building, located at 10th Street and Bishop Avenue in Rolla. Ph.D. candidates will be honored during a ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15. Bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates will be recognized during two ceremonies held at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16. Saturday’s ceremonies are divided by discipline.
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Missouri S&T graduate appears on ABC’s ‘Shark Tank,’ receives offer
M-T Strickland, an alumnus of S&T’s electrical engineering program, represented the Metric Mate company on the episode, along with his business partners, Braxton Davis and Ecleamus Ricks Jr.
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S&T alumna becomes first Indian-American woman elected Maryland’s lieutenant governor
Missouri S&T graduate Aruna (Katragadda) Miller made history Tuesday, Nov. 8, when she was elected as the first immigrant and Indian-American woman to become lieutenant governor of Maryland.
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S&T alumni mentor students to help future careers
Engineering graduates enter the workforce with essential academic knowledge, technical skills and problem-solving ability. But employers say they need more than academic prowess and technical know-how. Soft skills like effective communications, leadership, networking, negotiating, conflict resolution and cultural aptitude play a critical role in employees’ success. Students at Missouri S&T are getting help in those areas from alumni mentors through a program housed in the Doshi Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (ChBE).
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A formula for success
Sarah Locke grew up in the small rural town of Lynnville, Tenn., before earning her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Tennessee at Martin in 2016. “I grew up on a cattle farm and loved every minute of it,” says Locke, who is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in mathematics at Missouri S&T. Locke […]
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Introducing: Nearly 1,120 new Miner alumni
With three semesters of their college careers affected by COVID-19, our spring graduating class has had its share of unique challenges. But overcoming obstacles and finding pathways to success are what Missouri S&T alumni are known for.
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Computer niche leads S&T grad to Garmin
Growing up in Edwardsville, Ill., Kyle Harper was captivated by computers and electronics – from researching computers to learning about their repair and operating systems to computing networking. When it came time to look at colleges, he picked S&T for its range of engineering courses, and that’s where he earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 2015.
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Mentors make the difference, says Missouri S&T alumnus Lamont Orange
Lamont Orange has risen to the top of his field as a chief information security officer (CISO) named one of the 2020 Top 100 Cyber Defense professionals in the industry. He says mentors with honest feedback made a significant difference in his career.
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