Tag: Engineering school

UMR to host opening reception for fall art exhibition Sept. 20

Posted by on September 7, 2005

An opening reception for “Art Works in Rolla III,” an exhibition that celebrates the University of Missouri-Rolla’s connection to the art world with works by artists with a historical connection to UMR, will be held at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 20, in the lobby of Castleman Hall.

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UMR to celebrate connection to local artists in fall exhibition

Posted by on September 7, 2005

This September, the University of Missouri-Rolla will celebrate its connection to the art world with an exhibition of works by area artists whose works are already in the university collection or who have taught at UMR. The show will include works that reflect the history or missions of the university, including its unique place in […]

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UMR historian launches project to research the U.S. Bureau of Mines

Posted by on September 6, 2005

When University of Missouri-Rolla historian Dr. Jeff Schramm began researching the U.S. Bureau of Mines Rolla experiment station last spring, he found that almost no scholarly works about the bureau exist.

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Ozark author Donald Harington to read from his latest novel at UMR Sept. 9

Posted by on September 2, 2005

Author Donald Harington, recognized by the Boston Globe as “one of America’s great contemporary authors,” will read from his latest novel, The Pitcher Shower, on the University of Missouri-Rolla campus on Friday, Sept. 9.

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UMR Fall 2005 Free Film Festival to feature several acclaimed movies

Posted by on August 26, 2005

Beginning with Million Dollar Baby on Tuesday, Aug. 30, this season’s University of Missouri-Rolla Free Film Festival will showcase 13 critically acclaimed feature films and documentaries.

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UMR program links international students with community families

Posted by on August 26, 2005

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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U.S. News ranks UMR among top engineering schools, No. 52 public university

Posted by on August 19, 2005

U.S. News and World Report has again ranked the University of Missouri-Rolla as one of the nation’s top engineering schools in the magazine’s annual guidebook, America’s Best Colleges 2006, which hits newsstands next week. UMR ranks No. 52 among the nation’s top doctoral-granting public universities.

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Enrollment up again at UMR

Posted by on August 19, 2005

Missouri’s technological research university is gearing up for fall semester classes to get underway on Monday. Enrollment on the first day of classes at the University of Missouri-Rolla is expected to be 5,429, an increase of 201 students over last year’s figure of 5,228, says Laura Stoll, UMR registrar. The total enrollment is now more […]

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UMR‘S Bogan to present lecture on teaching experience

Posted by on August 19, 2005

Dr. James Bogan, Curators’ Teaching Professor of art history and film at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will present a unique lecture titled Adventures in Pedagogy: Confessions of a Re-Habbed English Major during a reception to be held in his honor.

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