Tag: Rolla

Rolla prepares for annual St. Pat’s Parade

Posted by on February 4, 2011

The annual St. Pat’s Parade in Rolla will start at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 12.

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See solar cars in Rolla

Posted by on June 17, 2010

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.

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Free concert to follow St. Pat’s Parade

Posted by on February 25, 2010

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.

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Snakes on campus and other St. Pat’s stuff

Posted by on February 18, 2010

Students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are preparing for a snake invasion.

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Rolla to celebrate Earth Day

Posted by on April 6, 2009

Earth Day will be celebrated Wednesday, April 22, at Missouri University of Science and Technology. This year’s theme is “Let’s Go Green!”

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Bodeman to portray St. Pat

Posted by on March 6, 2009

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.

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In Rolla, St. Pat’s tradition continues

Posted by on February 25, 2009

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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S&T to host financial aid event for high school seniors

Posted by on February 3, 2009

The student financial assistance office at Missouri University of Science and Technology is hosting an event for high school seniors from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, in the Carver-Turner Room of the Havener Center on campus.

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Puddle of Mudd, Shinedown to appear in Rolla

Posted by on February 3, 2009

Puddle of Mudd and Shinedown will headline the annual St. Pat’s Concert in Rolla on Saturday, March 14, at the Gale-Bullman Multi-Purpose Building, 10th Street and Bishop Avenue, Rolla.

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S&T students are becoming real rocket scientists

Posted by on September 25, 2008

Two years ago, a group of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology were involved in an informal rocketry challenge with some would-be rocket scientists from Iowa State University. The Iowa State program didn’t get off the ground that year, but the Missouri S&T students built a 12-foot-tall rocket that reached speeds approaching 1,000 mph and a height of 19,000 feet.

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