Tag: Rolla
Fall enrollment breaks records
The fall 2013 enrollment at Missouri University of Science and Technology, officially recorded at the end of the semester’s fourth week, is 8,130 students. This is the highest enrollment in the university’s history, up 6.3 percent from the official fall 2012 figure, says Deanne Jackson, Missouri S&T registrar.
Read More »Students at S&T are preparing for St. Pocalypse
Students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are preparing for the 104th St. Pat’s celebration in Rolla. The festivities will include a parade at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 17. This year’s theme is St. Pocalypse.
Read More »S&T’s Experimental Mine is spooktacular
Once again, mining engineering students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are planning for underground fright nights at S&T’s Experimental Mine.
Read More »See solar cars in Rolla
Teams participating in the 2010 American Solar Challenge are expected to arrive in Rolla for a required stop between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 23.
Read More »Free concert to follow St. Pat’s Parade
The St. Pat’s Celebration Committee at Missouri University of Science and Technology will present a free concert featuring EVE 6 and special guest The Schwag following the annual St. Pat’s Parade in Rolla on Saturday, March 13.
Read More »Snakes on campus and other St. Pat’s stuff
Students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are preparing for a snake invasion.
Read More »Rolla to celebrate Earth Day
Earth Day will be celebrated Wednesday, April 22, at Missouri University of Science and Technology. This year’s theme is “Let’s Go Green!”
Read More »Bodeman to portray St. Pat
Colin Bodeman, a junior in mining engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, will portray St. Patrick, the patron saint of engineers, during the 101st celebration of St. Pat’s in Rolla. Bodeman is from O’Fallon, Mo.
Read More »In Rolla, St. Pat’s tradition continues
St. Patrick lived roughly 1,600 years ago and historians will tell you he wasn’t really Irish – he was probably Welsh. Legend has it that he was kidnapped as a teenager by pirates and taken to Ireland, where he was enslaved. He escaped and eventually became the patron saint of Ireland. (After becoming a Bishop, he went back to Ireland and ultimately died there.) He was never an engineer and there haven’t been snakes in Ireland since before the last ice age.
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