Tag: STEM

Curators approve S&T’s ‘Advancing Missouri’s STEM Education’ plans

Posted by on September 7, 2023

With approval by the University of Missouri Board of Curators, Missouri S&T will move forward with three projects that will help advance STEM education and workforce development in the state. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Read More »

Missouri S&T hosts high school students from St. Louis area for STEM camp

Posted by on July 10, 2023

A group of over 20 high school students primarily from the St. Louis area recently lived on the Missouri University of Science and Technology campus for multiple days for the university’s Minority Introduction to STEM (Mi-STEM) camp.

Read More »

Lights, camera, action! Movie Makers camp open for registration

Posted by on May 30, 2023

Registration is now open for Movie Makers, an evening camp offered by the Kummer Center for STEM Education at Missouri S&T. Movie Makers takes place 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, June 20, through Saturday, June 24. The camp is open to students entering grades 5-12. Tuition for the camp is $400, which includes all activities, supplies and meals. Full scholarships are available.

Read More »

Catherine Johnson is Missouri S&T’s 2023 Woman of the Year

Posted by on April 12, 2023

Missouri S&T honored Dr. Catherine Johnson, the Robert H. Quenon Associate Professor of Mining Engineering, as the 2023 Woman of the Year today (Wednesday, April 12) during a reception at Hasselmann Alumni House. 

Read More »

‘Black Girls Do STEM’ founder Cynthia Chapple to speak at S&T

Posted by on January 26, 2023

Cynthia Chapple, founder of Black Girls Do STEM, will give a presentation at at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall.

Read More »

Missouri S&T kicks off community outreach events in Salem

Posted by on November 30, 2022

Representatives from Missouri S&T kicked off a new community outreach program Monday, Nov. 28, at the Dent County Extension Council meeting at the Salem Community Center in Salem, Missouri. Representatives of the Extension Council and other community leaders attended the event. The Missouri S&T program is designed to raise awareness among community leaders of the […]

Read More »

Missouri S&T receives $1 million grant to attract, retain and advance women faculty in STEM programs

Posted by on July 27, 2022

The National Science Foundation has awarded $1 million to Missouri S&T to support the university’s efforts to attract, retain and advance more women faculty into the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Dr. Jessica Cundiff, associate professor of psychological science, will lead the three-year project, which is intended to increase the representation of […]

Read More »

Missouri S&T to host STEMFest Oct. 2

Posted by on September 28, 2021

Missouri S&T’s 150th anniversary celebration will continue with a celebration of all things science, technology, engineering and mathematics at STEMFest this October.

Read More »

S&T names director of new Kummer Center for STEM Education

Posted by on July 21, 2021

Courtney Jones, a former high school principal in Arkansas and most recently an educator in Jefferson City, Missouri, has been appointed as the founding director of the Kummer Center for STEM Education at Missouri S&T.

Read More »

Missouri S&T to offer new STEM-focused degrees in water sustainability, teacher education

Posted by on February 4, 2021

Missouri S&T plans to address growing demands for careers in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields through two new degree programs – one at the undergraduate level for teachers and one at the graduate level for scientists and engineers.

Read More »