Tag: diversity

Missouri S&T works to increase diversity in computer science

Posted by on October 9, 2014

Missouri University of Science and Technology is one of 15 schools selected by the Anita Borg Institute (ABI), a nonprofit organization focused on advancing women in computing, and Harvey Mudd College to participate in a new program designed to increase the percentage of undergraduate computer science majors who are female or students of color.

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Former Powell residence to house student diversity, outreach, women’s programs

Posted by on February 24, 2014

The office of student diversity, outreach and women’s programs (SDOWP) at Missouri University of Science and Technology will soon have a new home in the former home of the late John D. Powell, a prominent Rolla business leader.

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‘Green’ degree paying off for UMR graduate

Posted by on April 18, 2006

Leonor Valdez-Sanchez, the state’s first environmental engineering graduate, is enjoying life outside the classroom.

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Affirmative action specialist Shirley Wilcher to speak at UMR

Posted by on March 9, 2006

Affirmative action specialist Shirley J. Wilcher will explore issues that affect the acceptance and appreciation of people in a lecture 3 p.m. Thursday, March 23, in Room 125 of the Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Building on the University of Missouri-Rolla campus. Wilcher will present “Insight into Problems and Actions Facing America: Affirmative Action, Diversity and Civil Rights,” […]

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