Tag: Missouri engineering school

Record number of employers expected to recruit at UMR

Posted by on August 30, 2006

The future’s so bright at the state’s premier technological research university that students might want to consider wearing shades.

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CAT Week at UMR begins Sept. 5

Posted by on August 28, 2006

Representatives from Caterpillar Inc. will be on the University of Missouri-Rolla campus Tuesday, Sept. 5-Thursday, Sept. 7, to allow students to explore leadership practices, career opportunities and life in the corporate world of a Fortune 100 company.

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UMR Observatory to host three Visitors’ Nights this fall

Posted by on August 25, 2006

The moon and Jupiter will be visible after sunset on Friday, Sept. 1, and amateur astronomers and curious skywatchers will be able to view them through the University of Missouri-Rolla Observatory’s 16-inch telescope.

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Fall Film Festival features acclaimed movies

Posted by on August 24, 2006

Beginning with Match Point on Tuesday, Aug. 29, this season’s University of Missouri-Rolla Free Film Festival will showcase 13 critically acclaimed feature films and documentaries.

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Women hold key student leadership positions at UMR

Posted by on August 22, 2006

Although the male-to-female ratio at the University of Missouri-Rolla is still nearly 3-to-1, women aren’t the minority in student leadership. This fall marks the first time at UMR that all three top Student Council leadership positions are held by women.

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UMR, Missouri State form partnership to offer engineering degrees

Posted by on August 21, 2006

Plans to offer two engineering degrees from the University of Missouri-Rolla on the Missouri State University campus in Springfield advanced with the signing today of an agreement that outlines how the two universities will work together to deliver the programs.

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U.S. News ranks UMR among top 50 engineering schools

Posted by on August 18, 2006

U.S. News and World Report has ranked the University of Missouri-Rolla undergraduate engineering program as one of the top 50 in the nation in the magazine’s annual guidebook, America’s Best Colleges 2007, which hits newsstands next week.

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UMR experts conduct geophysical survey of Southwest Missouri sinkhole

Posted by on August 18, 2006

Two researchers from the University of Missouri-Rolla are conducting ground surveys at the site of a Southwest Missouri home that is in the process of being swallowed by a sinkhole.

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UMR students boost Rolla economy

Posted by on August 18, 2006

With the new school year starting Monday, the Rolla region should once again see the economic boost provided by University of Missouri–Rolla students.

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Fall enrollment at UMR increases

Posted by on August 18, 2006

The University of Missouri-Rolla is again breaking with the national trends that show a decrease in the number of students interested in studying mathematics, engineering, and science. Enrollment on the first day of classes at UMR is expected to be 5,663, an increase of 234 students over last year’s figure of 5,429, says Laura Stoll, […]

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