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Irish literature expert named Weiner Professor
Dr. Dillon Johnston, former professor of English at Wake Forest University, has been named the 2007 Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of Missouri-Rolla. He began his work with the UMR English and technical communication department in January.
Read More »St. Pat’s sweatshirts and novelty items on sale in Rolla
The St. Pat’s Committee at the University of Missouri-Rolla has partnered with several businesses to sell sweatshirts and novelty items for the 99th annual St. Pat’s Celebration.
Read More »Students prepare for 99th St. Pat’s celebration
This week on the campus of the University of Missouri-Rolla, students are busy chasing imaginary snakes with big sticks called shillelaghs. Next week, several traditional events will be held in anticipation of St. Patrick’s Day.
Read More »Honorary Knights of St. Patrick named
Eight individuals have been named Honorary Knights of St. Patrick for 2007 by the University of Missouri-Rolla committee that helps organize St. Pat’s events in Rolla.
Read More »University of Missouri Board of Curators schedules presidential search open forums
On Tuesday, March 20, the University of Missouri Board of Curators will travel to the University of Missouri-Rolla to hold a public forum to discuss the search for the UM System’s next president. The board is seeking a successor to President Elson S. Floyd, who is departing this spring to assume the presidency of Washington […]
Read More »UMR announces winners of Leila Thompson Flagg Art Contest
The University of Missouri-Rolla is pleased to announce the names of the elementary and middle school students who took top awards in its 2007 Leila Thompson Flagg Art Contest. Ninety entries, from nine schools throughout the state, were judged in the contest and were on display during February in the Havener Center lobby.
Read More »Jim Driscoll takes center stage
When civil engineering student Jim Driscoll began studying at UMR, the first club he joined was not a technical design group, but rather an assembly of stage performers.
Read More »Peaslee named UMR’s first Iverson Chair of Steelmaking Technology
Dr. Kent Peaslee, Curators’ Teaching Professor of metallurgical engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been named the F. Kenneth Iverson Chair of Steelmaking Technology at UMR.
Read More »Campus community invited to open forum
UMR students, faculty and staff are invited to an open forum to discuss the events that led to the Tuesday, Feb. 27, cancellation of classes. The forum will be held at noon today, Wednesday, Feb. 28, in the Havener Center on the UMR campus.
Read More »Student leadership conference to be held Saturday at UMR
The annual Student Leadership Conference at the University of Missouri-Rolla will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 3, in the St. Pat’s Ballroom of the Havener Center on the UMR campus.
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