Tag: history
James Madison fellowships available for teachers and future teachers
March 1 is the deadline for interested college students and graduates to apply for the 2022 James Madison Graduate Fellowships, says Dr. Patrick Huber, professor of history at Missouri University of Science and Technology. The fellowships are awarded by the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, a federally endowed program designed to strengthen instruction about the […]
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Grinding jungle combat highlighted in new World War II book
From the highest-ranking generals to the lowest-ranking foot soldiers, U.S. Army soldiers’ perspectives of war in the Pacific theater during World War II are shared in the latest book by military historian Dr. John McManus.
Read More »S&T researcher highlights the first Black newspaperman in America
A Missouri S&T history professor has recently made new discoveries about the life and work of America’s first Black newspaperman.
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Missouri S&T Constitution Day focuses on 14th Amendment
Celebrate national Constitution Day at Missouri S&T and hear an S&T historian discuss two former students who were key to the campus’s desegregation in 1950.
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Sheppard named first Christensen Fellow at S&T
Dr. Kathleen Sheppard has been named Missouri S&T’s first Christensen Fellow of history and political science. The fellowship provides funding for faculty to travel to find and study original source materials to support their research, as well as to provide funding for research assistants, memberships in professional organizations, summer salaries and publishing costs.
Read More »History professor writes new ‘history of the losers’ of the Protestant Reformation
A Missouri S&T history professor has written a new book about the history of the Protestant Reformation, using new digital tools to find patterns in centuries-old letters.
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Women’s History Month events to be held at S&T
The community is invited to celebrate Women’s History Month this March with Missouri S&T. Participants must register to attend the events online at sdi.mst.edu/upcoming-events. The following events are a part of the campus celebration taking place throughout the month.
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Missouri S&T students create digital story map to trace Trail of Tears journey through Missouri
Missouri University of Science and Technology students created a digital exhibit to tell the story of how thousands of Native Americans travelled through Missouri nearly 200 years ago on a forced march westward that became known as the “Trail of Tears.” Students in Dr. Justin Pope’s Native American History course at Missouri S&T developed the […]
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New book chronicles Missouri S&T’s 150-year history
Dr. Larry Gragg tells the story of Missouri S&T from its founding in 1870 to today in a commemorative history book that will be available this fall for the university’s 150th anniversary. Gragg is a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor emeritus of history and political science at Missouri S&T. His new book, Forged in Gold: Missouri S&T’s First 150 Years, is the account of the campus’s commitment to its land grant mission.
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